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+# External markdown
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+## Slide 1.1
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+Content 1.1
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+## Slide 1.2
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+## Slide 2
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+Content 2.1
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+## Slide 3.1
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+Content 3.1
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+## Slide 3.2
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+Content 3.2
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diff --git a/plugin/markdown/markdown.js b/plugin/markdown/markdown.js
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throw 'The reveal.js Markdown plugin requires Showdown to be loaded';
}
- var sections = document.querySelectorAll( '[data-markdown]' );
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- for( var i = 0, len = sections.length; i < len; i++ ) {
- var section = sections[i];
- var notes = section.querySelector( 'aside.notes' );
+ var stripLeadingWhitespace = function(section) {
var template = section.querySelector( 'script' );
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text = text.replace( new RegExp('\\n? {' + leadingWs + '}','g'), '\n' );
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- section.innerHTML = (new Showdown.converter()).makeHtml(text);
+ return text;
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+ };
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+ var slidifyMarkdown = function(markdown, separator, vertical) {
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+ separator = separator || '^\n---\n$';
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+ var reSeparator = new RegExp(separator + (vertical ? '|' + vertical : ''), 'mg'),
+ reHorSeparator = new RegExp(separator),
+ matches,
+ lastIndex = 0,
+ isHorizontal,
+ wasHorizontal = true,
+ content,
+ sectionStack = [],
+ markdownSections = '';
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+ // iterate until all blocks between separators are stacked up
+ while( matches = reSeparator.exec(markdown) ) {
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+ // determine direction (horizontal by default)
+ isHorizontal = reHorSeparator.test(matches[0]);
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+ if( !isHorizontal && wasHorizontal ) {
+ // create vertical stack
+ sectionStack.push([]);
+ }
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+ // pluck slide content from markdown input
+ content = markdown.substring(lastIndex, matches.index);
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+ if( isHorizontal && wasHorizontal ) {
+ // add to horizontal stack
+ sectionStack.push(content);
+ } else {
+ // add to vertical stack
+ sectionStack[sectionStack.length-1].push(content);
+ }
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+ lastIndex = reSeparator.lastIndex;
+ wasHorizontal = isHorizontal;
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+ }
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+ // add the remaining slide
+ (wasHorizontal ? sectionStack : sectionStack[sectionStack.length-1]).push(markdown.substring(lastIndex));
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+ // flatten the hierarchical stack, and insert tags
+ for( var k = 0, klen = sectionStack.length; k < klen; k++ ) {
+ markdownSections += typeof sectionStack[k] === 'string'
+ ? ''
+ : '' + sectionStack[k].join('';
+ }
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+ return markdownSections;
+ };
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+ var querySlidingMarkdown = function() {
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+ var sections = document.querySelectorAll( '[data-markdown]'),
+ section;
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+ for( var j = 0, jlen = sections.length; j < jlen; j++ ) {
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+ section = sections[j];
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+ if( section.getAttribute('data-markdown').length ) {
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+ var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(),
+ url = section.getAttribute('data-markdown');
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+ xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
+ if( xhr.readyState === 4 ) {
+ section.outerHTML = slidifyMarkdown( xhr.responseText, section.getAttribute('data-separator'), section.getAttribute('data-vertical') );
+ }
+ };
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+ xhr.open('GET', url, false);
+ xhr.send();
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+ } else if( section.getAttribute('data-separator') ) {
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+ var markdown = stripLeadingWhitespace(section);
+ section.outerHTML = slidifyMarkdown( markdown, section.getAttribute('data-separator'), section.getAttribute('data-vertical') );
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+ }
+ }
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+ };
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+ var queryMarkdownSlides = function() {
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+ var sections = document.querySelectorAll( '[data-markdown]');
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+ for( var j = 0, jlen = sections.length; j < jlen; j++ ) {
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+ makeHtml(sections[j]);
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+ }
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+ };
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+ var makeHtml = function(section) {
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+ var notes = section.querySelector( 'aside.notes' );
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+ var markdown = stripLeadingWhitespace(section);
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+ section.innerHTML = (new Showdown.converter()).makeHtml(markdown);
if( notes ) {
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-})();
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+ };
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+ querySlidingMarkdown();
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+ queryMarkdownSlides();
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+})();