doc/todo/Add_support_for_latest_Text::Markdown_as_found_on_CPAN.mdwn

   1 Recent versions of Text::Markdown as found on CPAN (e.g. 1.0.16) no longer contains a Text::Markdown::Markdown() routine, but instead contains a Text::Markdown::markdown() routine (notice the difference in capitalization).
   2
   3 It seems that the Text::Markdown module as found on CPAN is now identical to Text::MultiMarkdown - hence the subtle change.
   4
   5 This patch allows IkiWiki to work with either of the two:
   6
   7     --- IkiWiki/Plugin/mdwn.pm.orig     2008-03-08 11:33:50.000000000 +0100
   8     +++ IkiWiki/Plugin/mdwn.pm  2008-03-08 13:37:21.000000000 +0100
   9     @@ -28,14 +28,20 @@ sub htmlize (@) { #{{{
  10                         $markdown_sub=\&Markdown::Markdown;
  11                 }
  12                 else {
  13     -                   eval q{use Text::Markdown};
  14     +                   eval q{use Text::Markdown 'Markdown'};
  15                         if (! $@) {
  16                                 $markdown_sub=\&Text::Markdown::Markdown;
  17                         }
  18                         else {
  19     -                           do "/usr/bin/markdown" ||
  20     -                                   error(sprintf(gettext("failed to load Markdown.pm perl module (%s) or /usr/bin/markdown (%s)"), $@, $!));
  21     -                           $markdown_sub=\&Markdown::Markdown;
  22     +                           eval q{use Text::Markdown 'markdown'};
  23     +                           if (! $@) {
  24     +                                   $markdown_sub=\&Text::Markdown::markdown;
  25     +                           }
  26     +                           else {
  27     +                                   do "/usr/bin/markdown" ||
  28     +                                           error(sprintf(gettext("failed to load Markdown.pm perl module (%s) or /usr/bin/markdown (%s)"), $@, $!));
  29     +                                   $markdown_sub=\&Markdown::Markdown;
  30     +                           }
  31                         }
  32                 }
  33                 require Encode;
  34
  35 The above patch, which is against ikiwiki-2.40, should fix [[bugs/markdown_module_location]].
  36
  37 -- [[HenrikBrixAndersen]]
  38