A MarkDown TextEditor with jQuery and Markitup! and redcarpet for Rails 3

use: Markitup and Redcarpet

Demo

Support Env:

Rails3.0.8+/Ruby1.8.7+

Usage:

you need install pygments

easy_install pygments

1. In Gemfile:

   gem "redcarpet" gem "albino" gem "nokogiri" gem 'rails_markitup'

2. Then run :

   rails g rails_markitup:install

3. In layout:

   stylesheet_link_tag :markitup

   javascript_include_tag :markitup

   or you can use another highlight css:

   stylesheet_link_tag :markitup_shiny

4. In your textarea , simple_form_for exapmle:

   form.input :content, :as => :text, :input_html => => 'markdown'

5. In your application.js:

   $(document).ready(function(){ $('#markdown').markItUp(myMarkdownSettings); });

6. In your show page:

   markdown(@topic.content)

   if you use shiny style

   markdown(@topic.content, 'shiny')