maruku 0.6.1 → 0.7.0.beta1

data/lib/maruku/input/parse_doc.rb

@@ -1,33 +1,16 @@
-#--
-#   Copyright (C) 2006  Andrea Censi  <andrea (at) rubyforge.org>
-#
-# This file is part of Maruku.
-# 
-#   Maruku is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-#   (at your option) any later version.
-# 
-#   Maruku is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#   GNU General Public License for more details.
-# 
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#   along with Maruku; if not, write to the Free Software
-#   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-#++
-
-module MaRuKu; module In; module Markdown; module BlockLevelParser
-		
-	def parse_doc(s)
-		# FIXME \r\n => \n
-		meta2 =  parse_email_headers(s)
-		data = meta2[:data]
-		meta2.delete :data
-		
-		self.attributes.merge! meta2
-		
+require 'strscan'
+require 'cgi'
+
+module MaRuKu::In::Markdown::BlockLevelParser
+
+  def parse_doc(s)
+    # Remove BOM if it is present
+    s = s.sub(/^\xEF\xBB\xBF/u, '')
+    meta2 = parse_email_headers(s)
+    data = meta2.delete :data
+
+    self.attributes.merge! meta2
+
 =begin maruku_doc
 Attribute: encoding
 Scope:     document
@@ -37,50 +20,40 @@ If the `encoding` attribute is specified, then the content
 will be converted from the specified encoding to UTF-8.
 =end
 
-		enc = self.attributes[:encoding]
-		self.attributes.delete :encoding
-		if enc && enc.downcase != 'utf-8'
-
-			# Switch to ruby 1.9 String#encode
-			# with backward 1.8 compatibility
-			if data.respond_to?(:encode!)
-				data.encode!('UTF-8', enc)
-			else
-				require 'iconv'
-				data = Iconv.new('utf-8', enc).iconv(data)
-			end
-
-		end
-
-		@children = parse_text_as_markdown(data)
-		
-		if true #markdown_extra? 
-			self.search_abbreviations
-			self.substitute_markdown_inside_raw_html
-		end
-		
-		toc = create_toc
-
-		# use title if not set
-		if not self.attributes[:title] and toc.header_element
-			title = toc.header_element.to_s
-			self.attributes[:title]  = title
-#			puts "Set document title to #{title}"
-		end
-		
-		# save for later use
-		self.toc = toc
-		
-		# Now do the attributes magic
-		each_element do |e|
-			# default attribute list
-			if default = self.ald[e.node_type.to_s]
-				expand_attribute_list(default, e.attributes)
-			end
-			expand_attribute_list(e.al, e.attributes)
-#			puts "#{e.node_type}: #{e.attributes.inspect}"
-		end
-	
+    enc = self.attributes.delete(:encoding) || 'utf-8'
+    if enc.downcase != 'utf-8'
+      # Switch to ruby 1.9 String#encode
+      # with backward 1.8 compatibility
+      if data.respond_to?(:encode!)
+        data.encode!('UTF-8', enc)
+      else
+        require 'iconv'
+        data = Iconv.new('utf-8', enc).iconv(data)
+      end
+    end
+
+    @children = parse_text_as_markdown(data)
+
+    if markdown_extra?
+      self.search_abbreviations
+      self.substitute_markdown_inside_raw_html
+    end
+
+    self.toc = create_toc
+
+    # use title if not set
+    self.attributes[:title] ||= toc.header_element.children.join if toc.header_element
+
+    # Now do the attributes magic
+    each_element do |e|
+      # default attribute list
+      if default = self.ald[e.node_type.to_s]
+        expand_attribute_list(default, e.attributes)
+      end
+      expand_attribute_list(e.al, e.attributes)
+#     puts "#{e.node_type}: #{e.attributes.inspect}"
+    end
+
 =begin maruku_doc
 Attribute: unsafe_features
 Scope:     global
@@ -89,144 +62,101 @@ Summary:   Enables execution of XML instructions.
 Disabled by default because of security concerns.
 =end
 
-		if Maruku::Globals[:unsafe_features]
-			self.execute_code_blocks
-			# TODO: remove executed code blocks
-		end
-	end
-	
-	# Expands an attribute list in an Hash
-	def expand_attribute_list(al, result)
-		al.each do |k, v|
-			case k
-			when :class
-				if not result[:class]
-					result[:class] = v
-				else
-					result[:class] += " " + v
-				end
-			when :id; result[:id] = v
-			when :ref; 
-				if self.ald[v]
-					already = (result[:expanded_references] ||= [])
-					if not already.include?(v)
-						already.push v
-						expand_attribute_list(self.ald[v], result)
-					else
-						already.push  v
-						maruku_error "Circular reference between labels.\n\n"+
-						"Label #{v.inspect} calls itself via recursion.\nThe recursion is "+
-							(already.map{|x| x.inspect}.join(' => ')) 
-					end
-				else
-					if not result[:unresolved_references]
-						result[:unresolved_references] = v
-					else
-						result[:unresolved_references] << " #{v}"
-					end
-					
-				#	$stderr.puts "Unresolved reference #{v.inspect} (avail: #{self.ald.keys.inspect})"
-					result[v.to_sym] = true
-				end
-			else
-				result[k.to_sym]=v
-			end
-		end
-	end
-
-	def safe_execute_code(object, code)
-		begin
-			return object.instance_eval(code)
-		rescue Exception => e
-			maruku_error "Exception while executing this:\n"+
-				add_tabs(code, 1, ">")+
-				"\nThe error was:\n"+
-				add_tabs(e.inspect+"\n"+e.caller.join("\n"), 1, "|")
-		rescue RuntimeError => e
-			maruku_error "2: Exception while executing this:\n"+
-				add_tabs(code, 1, ">")+
-				"\nThe error was:\n"+
-				add_tabs(e.inspect, 1, "|")
-		rescue SyntaxError => e
-			maruku_error "2: Exception while executing this:\n"+
-				add_tabs(code, 1, ">")+
-				"\nThe error was:\n"+
-				add_tabs(e.inspect, 1, "|")
-		end
-		nil
-	end
-	
-	def execute_code_blocks
-		self.each_element(:xml_instr) do |e|
-			if e.target == 'maruku'
-				result = safe_execute_code(e, e.code)
-				if result.kind_of?(String)
-					puts "Result is : #{result.inspect}"
-				end
-			end
-		end
-	end
-	
-	def search_abbreviations
-		self.abbreviations.each do |abbrev, title|
-			reg = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(abbrev))
-			self.replace_each_string do |s|
-				# bug if many abbreviations are present (agorf)
-				if m = reg.match(s)
-					e = md_abbr(abbrev.dup, title ? title.dup : nil)
-					[m.pre_match, e, m.post_match]
-				else
-					s
-				end
-			end
-		end
-	end
-	
-	include REXML
-	# (PHP Markdown extra) Search for elements that have
-	# markdown=1 or markdown=block defined
-	def substitute_markdown_inside_raw_html
-		self.each_element(:raw_html) do |e|
-			doc = e.instance_variable_get :@parsed_html
-			if doc # valid html
-				# parse block-level markdown elements in these HTML tags
-				block_tags = ['div']
-
-				# use xpath to find elements with 'markdown' attribute
-				XPath.match(doc, "//*[attribute::markdown]" ).each do |e|
-#					puts "Found #{e}"
-					# should we parse block-level or span-level?
-					
-					how = e.attributes['markdown']
-					parse_blocks = (how == 'block') || block_tags.include?(e.name)
-					               
-					# Select all text elements of e
-					XPath.match(e, "//text()" ).each { |original_text| 
-						s = original_text.value.strip
-						if s.size > 0
-
-					#	    puts "Parsing #{s.inspect} as blocks: #{parse_blocks}  (#{e.name}, #{e.attributes['markdown']})  "
-
-							el = md_el(:dummy,
-							 	parse_blocks ? parse_text_as_markdown(s) :
-							                  parse_lines_as_span([s]) )
-							p = original_text.parent
-							el.children_to_html.each do |x|
-								p.insert_before(original_text, x)
-							end
-							p.delete(original_text)
-							
-						end
-					}
-					
-					
-          # remove 'markdown' attribute
-          e.delete_attribute 'markdown'
-          
-				end
-				
-			end
-		end
-	end
-	
-end end end end
+    if Maruku::Globals[:unsafe_features]
+      self.execute_code_blocks
+      # TODO: remove executed code blocks
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Expands an attribute list in an Hash
+  def expand_attribute_list(al, result)
+    al.each do |k, v|
+      case k
+      when :class
+        if result[:class]
+          result[:class] << " " << v
+        else
+          result[:class] = v
+        end
+      when :id
+        result[:id] = v
+      when :ref
+        if self.ald[v]
+          already = (result[:expanded_references] ||= [])
+          if !already.include?(v)
+            already << v
+            expand_attribute_list(self.ald[v], result)
+          else
+            already << v
+            maruku_error "Circular reference between labels.\n\n" +
+            "Label #{v.inspect} calls itself via recursion.\nThe recursion is " +
+              already.map(&:inspect).join(' => ')
+          end
+        else
+          if result[:unresolved_references]
+            result[:unresolved_references] << " " << v
+          else
+            result[:unresolved_references] = v
+          end
+
+          # $stderr.puts "Unresolved reference #{v.inspect} (avail: #{self.ald.keys.inspect})"
+          result[v.to_sym] = true
+        end
+      else
+        result[k.to_sym] = v
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def safe_execute_code(object, code)
+    begin
+      object.instance_eval(code)
+    rescue StandardError, ScriptError => e
+      maruku_error "Exception while executing this:\n" +
+        code.gsub(/^/, ">") +
+        "\nThe error was:\n" +
+        (e.inspect + "\n" + e.caller.join("\n")).gsub(/^/, "|")
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  def execute_code_blocks
+    each_element(:xml_instr) do |e|
+      if e.target == 'maruku'
+        result = safe_execute_code(e, e.code)
+        if result.kind_of?(String)
+          puts "Result is : #{result.inspect}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def search_abbreviations
+    abbreviations.each do |abbrev, title|
+      reg = Regexp.new(Regexp.escape(abbrev))
+      replace_each_string do |s|
+        # bug if many abbreviations are present (agorf)
+        p = StringScanner.new(s)
+        a = []
+        until p.eos?
+          o = ''
+          o << p.getch until p.scan(reg) or p.eos?
+          a << o unless o.empty?
+          a << md_abbr(abbrev.dup, title ? title.dup : nil) if p.matched == abbrev
+        end
+        a
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # (PHP Markdown extra) Search for elements that have
+  # markdown=1 or markdown=block defined
+  def substitute_markdown_inside_raw_html
+    each_element(:raw_html) do |e|
+      html = e.parsed_html
+      next unless html
+
+      html.process_markdown_inside_elements(self)
+    end
+  end
+end

data/lib/maruku/input/parse_span.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,658 @@
+module MaRuKu::In::Markdown::SpanLevelParser
+  include MaRuKu::Helpers
+
+  EscapedCharInText = '\\`*_{}[]()#.!|:+->'.split(//)
+  EscapedCharInQuotes = EscapedCharInText + ["'", '"']
+
+  EscapedCharInInlineCode = ['\\', '`']
+
+  IgnoreWikiLinks = MaRuKu::Globals[:ignore_wikilinks]
+
+  def parse_span(string, parent=nil)
+    string = Array(string).join("\n") unless string.kind_of? String
+    src = MaRuKu::In::Markdown::SpanLevelParser::CharSource.new(string, parent)
+    read_span(src, EscapedCharInText, [nil])
+  end
+
+  # This is the main loop for reading span elements
+  #
+  # It's long, but not *complex* or difficult to understand.
+  #
+  #
+  def read_span(src, escaped, exit_on_chars=nil, exit_on_strings=nil)
+    escaped = Array(escaped)
+    con = SpanContext.new
+    c = d = nil
+    while true
+      c = src.cur_char
+
+      # This is only an optimization which cuts 50% of the time used.
+      # (but you can't use a-zA-z in exit_on_chars)
+      if c && c =~ /a-zA-Z0-9/
+        con.push_char src.shift_char
+        next
+      end
+
+      break if Array(exit_on_chars).include?(c)
+      if Array(exit_on_strings).any? {|x| src.cur_chars_are x }
+        # Special case: bold nested in italic
+        break unless !(['*', '_'] & Array(exit_on_strings)).empty? &&
+          ['**', '__'].include?(src.cur_chars(2)) &&
+          !['***', '___'].include?(src.cur_chars(3))
+      end
+
+      # check if there are extensions
+      next if check_span_extensions(src, con)
+
+      case c = src.cur_char
+      when ' '
+        if src.cur_chars_are "  \n"
+          src.ignore_chars(3)
+          con.push_element md_br
+          next
+        else
+          src.ignore_char
+          con.push_space
+        end
+      when "\n", "\t"
+        src.ignore_char
+        con.push_space
+      when '`'
+        read_inline_code(src, con)
+      when '<'
+        # It could be:
+        # 1) HTML "<div ..."
+        # 2) HTML "<!-- ..."
+        # 3) url "<http:// ", "<ftp:// ..."
+        # 4) email "<andrea@... ", "<mailto:andrea@..."
+        # 5) on itself! "a < b  "
+        # 6) Start of <<guillemettes>>
+
+        case d = src.next_char
+        when '<'  # guillemettes
+          src.ignore_chars(2)
+          con.push_char '<'
+          con.push_char '<'
+        when '!'
+          if src.cur_chars_are '<!--'
+            read_inline_html(src, con)
+          else
+            con.push_char src.shift_char
+          end
+        when '?'
+          read_xml_instr_span(src, con)
+        when ' ', "\t"
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        else
+          if src.next_matches(/<mailto:/) ||
+              src.next_matches(/<[\w\.]+\@/)
+            read_email_el(src, con)
+          elsif src.next_matches(/<\w+:/)
+            read_url_el(src, con)
+          elsif src.next_matches(/<\w/)
+            #puts "This is HTML: #{src.cur_chars(20)}"
+            read_inline_html(src, con)
+          else
+            #puts "This is NOT HTML: #{src.cur_chars(20)}"
+            con.push_char src.shift_char
+          end
+        end
+      when "\\"
+        d = src.next_char
+        if d == "'"
+          src.ignore_chars(2)
+          con.push_element md_entity('apos')
+        elsif d == '"'
+          src.ignore_chars(2)
+          con.push_element md_entity('quot')
+        elsif escaped.include? d
+          src.ignore_chars(2)
+          con.push_char d
+        else
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        end
+      when '['
+        if markdown_extra? && src.next_char == '^'
+          read_footnote_ref(src,con)
+        elsif IgnoreWikiLinks && src.next_char == '['
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        else
+          read_link(src, con)
+        end
+      when '!'
+        if src.next_char == '['
+          read_image(src, con)
+        else
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        end
+      when '&'
+        # named references
+        if m = src.read_regexp(/\&(\w+);/)
+          con.push_element md_entity(m[1])
+          # numeric
+        elsif m = src.read_regexp(/\&\#(x)?(\w+);/)
+          num = m[1] ? m[2].hex : m[2].to_i
+          con.push_element md_entity(num)
+        else
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        end
+      when '*'
+        if !src.next_char
+          maruku_error "Opening * as last char.", src, con, 'Treating as literal'
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        else
+          follows = src.cur_chars(4)
+          if follows =~ /^\*\*\*[^\s\*]/
+            con.push_element read_emstrong(src, '***')
+          elsif follows  =~ /^\*\*[^\s\*]/
+            con.push_element read_strong(src, '**')
+          elsif follows =~ /^\*[^\s\*]/
+            con.push_element read_em(src, '*')
+          else # * is just a normal char
+            con.push_char src.shift_char
+          end
+        end
+      when '_'
+        if !src.next_char
+          maruku_error "Opening _ as last char", src, con, 'Treating as literal'
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        else
+          # we don't want "mod_ruby" to start an emphasis
+          # so we start one only if
+          # 1) there's nothing else in the span (first char)
+          # or 2) the last char was a space
+          # or 3) the current string is empty
+          #if con.elements.empty? ||
+          if con.is_end?
+            # also, we check the next characters
+            follows = src.cur_chars(4)
+            if  follows =~ /^\_\_\_[^\s\_]/
+              con.push_element read_emstrong(src, '___')
+            elsif follows  =~ /^\_\_[^\s\_]/
+              con.push_element read_strong(src, '__')
+            elsif follows =~ /^\_[^\s\_]/
+              con.push_element read_em(src, '_')
+            else # _ is just a normal char
+              con.push_char src.shift_char
+            end
+          else
+            # _ is just a normal char
+            con.push_char src.shift_char
+          end
+        end
+      when '{' # extension
+        if ['#', '.', ':'].include? src.next_char
+          src.ignore_char # {
+          interpret_extension(src, con, '}')
+          src.ignore_char # }
+        else
+          con.push_char src.shift_char
+        end
+      when nil
+        maruku_error( ("Unclosed span (waiting for %s" +
+                       "#{exit_on_strings.inspect})") %
+                      [ exit_on_chars ? "#{exit_on_chars.inspect} or" : "" ],
+                      src, con)
+        break
+      else # normal text
+        con.push_char src.shift_char
+      end # end case
+    end # end while true
+
+    con.push_string_if_present
+
+    # Assign IAL to elements
+    merge_ial(con.elements, src, con)
+
+    # Remove leading space
+    if (s = con.elements.first).kind_of? String
+      if s[0, 1] == ' '
+        con.elements[0] = s[1..-1]
+      end
+      con.elements.shift if s.empty?
+    end
+
+    # Remove final spaces
+    if (s = con.elements.last).kind_of? String
+      s.chop! if s[-1, 1] == ' '
+      con.elements.pop if s.empty?
+    end
+
+    educate(con.elements)
+  end
+
+
+  def read_xml_instr_span(src, con)
+    src.ignore_chars(2) # starting <?
+
+    # read target <?target code... ?>
+    target = if m = src.read_regexp(/^(\w+)/)
+               m[1]
+             else
+               # XML instructions are invalid without a target
+               ''
+             end
+
+    delim = "?>"
+
+    code = read_simple(src, nil, nil, delim)
+
+    src.ignore_chars delim.size
+
+    code = (code || "").strip
+    con.push_element md_xml_instr(target, code)
+  end
+
+  # Start: cursor on character **after** '{'
+  # End: curson on '}' or EOF
+  def interpret_extension(src, con, break_on_chars=nil)
+    case src.cur_char
+    when ':'
+      src.ignore_char # :
+      extension_meta(src, con, break_on_chars)
+    when '#', '.'
+      extension_meta(src, con, break_on_chars)
+    else
+      stuff = read_simple(src, '}', break_on_chars)
+      if stuff =~ /^(\w+\s|[^\w])/
+        extension_id = $1.strip
+
+        maruku_recover "I don't know what to do with extension '#{extension_id}'\n" +
+          "I will treat this:\n\t{#{stuff}} \n as meta-data.\n", src, con
+      else
+        maruku_recover "I will treat this:\n\t{#{stuff}} \n as meta-data.\n", src, con
+      end
+      extension_meta(src, con, break_on_chars)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def extension_meta(src, con, break_on_chars=nil)
+    if m = src.read_regexp(/([^\s\:\"\'}]+?):/)
+      name = m[1]
+      al = read_attribute_list(src, con, break_on_chars)
+      self.doc.ald[name] = al
+      con.push md_ald(name, al)
+    else
+      al = read_attribute_list(src, con, break_on_chars)
+      con.push md_ial(al)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def read_url_el(src,con)
+    src.ignore_char # leading <
+    url = read_simple(src, nil, '>')
+    src.ignore_char # closing >
+
+    con.push_element md_url(url)
+  end
+
+  def read_email_el(src,con)
+    src.ignore_char # leading <
+    mail = read_simple(src, nil, '>')
+    src.ignore_char # closing >
+
+    address = mail.gsub(/^mailto:/, '')
+    con.push_element md_email(address)
+  end
+
+  def read_url(src, break_on)
+    if ["'", '"'].include? src.cur_char
+      maruku_error 'Invalid char for url', src
+    end
+
+    url = read_simple(src, nil, break_on) || ''
+
+    if url[0, 1] == '<' && url[-1, 1] == '>'
+      url = url[1, url.size-2]
+    end
+
+    return nil if url.empty?
+    url
+  end
+
+
+  def read_quoted_or_unquoted(src, con, escaped, exit_on_chars)
+    case src.cur_char
+    when "'", '"'
+      read_quoted(src, con)
+    else
+      read_simple(src, escaped, exit_on_chars, nil, false)
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Tries to read a quoted value. If stream does not
+  # start with ' or ", returns nil.
+  def read_quoted(src, con)
+    case src.cur_char
+    when "'", '"'
+      quote_char = src.shift_char # opening quote
+      string = read_simple(src, EscapedCharInQuotes, quote_char)
+      src.ignore_char # closing quote
+      string
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Reads a simple string (no formatting) until one of break_on_chars,
+  # while escaping the escaped.
+  # If the string is empty, it returns nil.
+  # By default, raises on error if the string terminates unexpectedly. This can be
+  # by setting the last argument to false.
+  def read_simple(src, escaped, exit_on_chars=nil, exit_on_strings=nil, warn=true)
+    text = ""
+    escaped = Array(escaped)
+    exit_on_chars = Array(exit_on_chars)
+    exit_on_strings = Array(exit_on_strings)
+    while true
+      c = src.cur_char
+
+      break if exit_on_chars.include?(c)
+      break if exit_on_strings.any? {|x| src.cur_chars_are x }
+
+      case c
+      when nil
+        if warn
+          maruku_error "String finished while reading (break on " +
+            "#{exit_on_chars.inspect})" +
+            " already read: #{text.inspect}", src
+        end
+        break
+      when "\\"
+        d = src.next_char
+        if escaped.include? d
+          src.ignore_chars(2)
+          text << d
+        else
+          text << src.shift_char
+        end
+      else
+        text << src.shift_char
+      end
+    end
+
+    text.empty? ? nil : text
+  end
+
+  def read_em(src, delim)
+    src.ignore_char
+    children = read_span(src, EscapedCharInText, nil, delim)
+    src.ignore_char
+    md_em(children)
+  end
+
+  def read_strong(src, delim)
+    src.ignore_chars(2)
+    children = read_span(src, EscapedCharInText, nil, delim)
+    src.ignore_chars(2)
+    md_strong(children)
+  end
+
+  def read_emstrong(src, delim)
+    src.ignore_chars(3)
+    children = read_span(src, EscapedCharInText, nil, delim)
+    src.ignore_chars(3)
+    md_emstrong(children)
+  end
+
+  # Reads a bracketed id "[refid]". Consumes also both brackets.
+  def read_ref_id(src, con)
+    src.ignore_char # [
+    if m = src.read_regexp(/([^\]]*?)\]/)
+      m[1]
+    else
+      nil
+    end
+  end
+
+  def read_footnote_ref(src,con)
+    ref = read_ref_id(src,con)
+    con.push_element md_foot_ref(ref)
+  end
+
+  def read_inline_html(src, con)
+    h = HTMLHelper.new
+    begin
+      # This is our current buffer in the context
+      next_stuff = src.current_remaining_buffer
+
+      consumed = 0
+      while true
+        if consumed >= next_stuff.size
+          maruku_error "Malformed HTML starting at #{next_stuff.inspect}", src, con
+          break
+        end
+
+        h.eat_this next_stuff[consumed].chr
+        consumed += 1
+        break if h.is_finished?
+      end
+      src.ignore_chars(consumed)
+      con.push_element md_html(h.stuff_you_read)
+    rescue => e
+      maruku_error "Bad html: \n" +
+        e.inspect.gsub(/^/, '>'), src, con, "I will try to continue after bad HTML."
+      con.push_char src.shift_char
+    end
+  end
+
+  def read_inline_code(src, con)
+    # Count the number of ticks
+    num_ticks = 0
+    while src.cur_char == '`'
+      num_ticks += 1
+      src.ignore_char
+    end
+    # We will read until this string
+    end_string = "`" * num_ticks
+
+    code = read_simple(src, nil, nil, end_string)
+
+    # We didn't find a closing batch!
+    if !code || src.cur_char != '`'
+      con.push_element(end_string + (code || '')) and return
+    end
+
+    # We didn't find a closing batch!
+    if !code || src.cur_char != '`'
+      con.push_element(end_string + (code || ''))
+      return
+    end
+
+    #   puts "Now I expects #{num_ticks} ticks: #{src.cur_chars(10).inspect}"
+    src.ignore_chars num_ticks
+
+    # Ignore at most one space
+    if num_ticks > 1 && code[0, 1] == ' '
+      code = code[1..-1]
+    end
+
+    # drop last space
+    if num_ticks > 1 && code[-1, 1] == ' '
+      code = code[0..-2]
+    end
+
+    #   puts "Read `` code: #{code.inspect}; after: #{src.cur_chars(10).inspect} "
+    con.push_element md_code(code)
+  end
+
+  def read_link(src, con)
+    # we read the string and see what happens
+    src.ignore_char # opening bracket
+    children = read_span(src, EscapedCharInText, ']')
+    src.ignore_char # closing bracket
+
+    # ignore space
+    if src.cur_char == ' ' && ['[', '('].include?(src.next_char)
+      src.shift_char
+    end
+
+    case src.cur_char
+    when '('
+      src.ignore_char # opening (
+      src.consume_whitespace
+      url = read_url(src, [' ', "\t", ")"]) || ''
+
+      src.consume_whitespace
+      title = nil
+      if src.cur_char != ')' # we have a title
+        quote_char = src.cur_char
+        title = read_quoted(src, con)
+
+        if not title
+          maruku_error 'Must quote title', src, con
+        else
+          # Tries to read a title with quotes: ![a](url "ti"tle")
+          # this is the most ugly thing in Markdown
+          unless src.next_matches(/\s*\)/)
+            # if there is not a closing par ), then read
+            # the rest and guess it's title with quotes
+            rest = read_simple(src, nil, ')', nil)
+            # chop the closing char
+            rest.chop!
+            title << quote_char << rest
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      src.consume_whitespace
+      closing = src.shift_char # closing )
+      if closing != ')'
+        maruku_error 'Unclosed link', src, con, "No closing ): I will not create" +
+          " the link for #{children.inspect}"
+        con.push_elements children
+        return
+      end
+      con.push_element md_im_link(children, url, title)
+    when '[' # link ref
+      ref_id = read_ref_id(src, con)
+      if ref_id
+        con.push_element md_link(children, ref_id)
+      else
+        maruku_error "Could not read ref_id", src, con, "I will not create the link for " +
+          "#{children.inspect}"
+        con.push_elements children
+        return
+      end
+    else # empty [link]
+      con.push_element md_link(children, nil)
+    end
+  end # read link
+
+  def read_image(src, con)
+    src.ignore_chars(2) # opening "!["
+    alt_text = read_span(src, EscapedCharInText, ']')
+    src.ignore_char # closing bracket
+    # ignore space
+    if src.cur_char == ' ' && ['[', '('].include?(src.next_char)
+      src.ignore_char
+    end
+    case src.cur_char
+    when '('
+      src.ignore_char # opening (
+      src.consume_whitespace
+      url = read_url(src, [' ', "\t", ')'])
+      unless url
+        maruku_error "Could not read url from #{src.cur_chars(10).inspect}", src, con
+      end
+      src.consume_whitespace
+      title = nil
+      if src.cur_char != ')' # we have a title
+        quote_char = src.cur_char
+        title = read_quoted(src, con)
+        if !title
+          maruku_error 'Must quote title', src, con
+        else
+          # Tries to read a title with quotes: ![a](url "ti"tle")
+          # this is the most ugly thing in Markdown
+          if !src.next_matches(/\s*\)/)
+            # if there is not a closing par ), then read
+            # the rest and guess it's title with quotes
+            rest = read_simple(src, nil, ')', nil)
+            # chop the closing char
+            rest.chop!
+            title << quote_char << rest
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      src.consume_whitespace
+      closing = src.shift_char # closing )
+      if closing != ')'
+        maruku_error "Unclosed link: '#{closing}'" +
+          " Read url=#{url.inspect} title=#{title.inspect}", src, con
+      end
+      con.push_element md_im_image(alt_text, url, title)
+    when '[' # link ref
+      ref_id = read_ref_id(src, con)
+      if !ref_id # TODO: check around
+        maruku_error 'Reference not closed.', src, con
+        ref_id = ""
+      end
+
+      con.push_element md_image(alt_text, ref_id)
+    else # no stuff
+      ref_id = alt_text.join
+      con.push_element md_image(alt_text, ref_id)
+    end
+  end # read link
+
+  class SpanContext
+    # Read elements
+    attr_accessor :elements
+
+    def initialize
+      @elements = []
+      @cur_string = ''
+    end
+
+    def push_element(e)
+      raise "Only MDElement and String, please. You pushed #{e.class}: #{e.inspect} " unless
+        e.kind_of?(String) || e.kind_of?(MaRuKu::MDElement)
+
+      push_string_if_present
+
+      @elements << e
+    end
+    alias push push_element
+
+    def push_elements(a)
+      a.each do |e|
+        if e.kind_of? String
+          @cur_string << e
+        else
+          push_element e
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def is_end?
+      @cur_string.empty? || @cur_string =~ /\s\z/
+    end
+
+    def push_string_if_present
+      unless @cur_string.empty?
+        @elements << @cur_string
+        @cur_string = ''
+      end
+    end
+
+    def push_char(c)
+      @cur_string << c
+    end
+
+    # push space into current string if
+    # there isn't one
+    def push_space
+      @cur_string << ' ' unless @cur_string[-1, 1] == ' '
+    end
+
+    def describe
+      lines = @elements.map{|x| x.inspect }.join("\n")
+      s = "Elements read in span: \n" +
+        lines.gsub(/^/, ' -') + "\n"
+
+      s += "Current string: \n  #{@cur_string.inspect}\n" unless  @cur_string.empty?
+      s
+    end
+  end
+end