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+*~
+#*
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+;;; md4tj_parse --- Summary
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;;; Code:
+(require 'cl-lib)
+
+(defun getline ()
+  "Get current line from loaded buffer."
+  (buffer-substring-no-properties (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position)))
+
+(defun md4tj-begin-tag (tag &optional attrs)
+  "Return beginning html tag for TAG with optional ATTRS."
+  (concat "<" tag
+		  (mapconcat 'identity (cl-map 'listp (lambda (l) (concat " " (nth 0 l) "=" (nth 1 l))) attrs) "")
+		  ">"))
+
+(defun md4tj-end-tag (tag)
+  "Return end html tag for TAG."
+  (concat "</" tag ">"))
+
+(defun md4tj-process-header (line)
+  "Process LINE known to be header, return HTML."
+  (let ((level (length (nth 0 (split-string line)))))
+	(if (or (< level 0) (> level 6))
+		(error (concat "Error parsing: " line "\n"))
+	  (concat (md4tj-begin-tag (concat "h" (number-to-string level)))
+			  (mapconcat 'identity (cdr (split-string line)) " ")
+			  (md4tj-end-tag (concat "h" (number-to-string level)))))))
+
+(defun md4tj-process-paragraph (line)
+  "Process LINE that is paragraph, return HTML."
+  (concat (md4tj-begin-tag "p") line (md4tj-end-tag "p")))
+
+;; Note: a "block" is the smallest unit of parsing
+;; It is normally a line of the code, but can be
+;; multiple lines in the case of a block (NI)
+(defun md4tj-process-block (codeblock)
+  "Process CODEBLOCK and return html."
+  (cond ((string-match "^# " codeblock) (md4tj-process-header codeblock))
+		(t (md4tj-process-paragraph codeblock))))
+	  
+
+(defun md4tj-parse (mdfile outfile)
+  "Entry point to parse MDFILE and output to OUTFILE."
+  (with-temp-buffer
+	(insert-file-contents mdfile)
+	(goto-char (point-min))
+	(while (< (point) (point-max))
+	  (md4tj-process-block (getline))
+	  (forward-line))))
+
+(provide 'md4tj_parse)
+;;; md4tj_parse.el ends here
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+# Hello world!
+## Hello world!
+### Hello world!
+#### Hello world!
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