Rulers: Methods

Methods determine how a tag get processed into HTML. Only certain methods works with other, and some with the proper ruler type. In general, method returns either a string of a HTML element (done in CSS naming scheme; see wrap) or is a function that returns a token. Here is a list of the ones we're aware of:

• wrap
• replace
• before
• after

See Structure of a Ruler for how to make a Ruler

Functions

For the simple way of doing methods, see wrap. Anyway, functions are a complex way of

Wrap

wrap is the simplest method. Here is an example:

  md.inline.bbcode.ruler.push("highlight", {
    tag: "highlight",
    wrap: "span.bbcodeHighlight"
  });

Here [highlight]text[/highlight] becomes <span class="bbcodeHighlight">text</span>.

wrap in this use case is extremely simple, but not very useful. Here is a use case where it take an argument.

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