# How to create your own markup language? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 8, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278 "2006-04-08T23:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/1 "2006-04-08T23:39:05Z")
I’m actually looking to create my own markup language, after a look to the greats markdown and textilize markup languages they seem to be more complexes that what I need, so not feating with my application. Any help is welcome 😉 – Grosjean Sébastien ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/2 "2006-04-08T23:54:29Z")
Creating your own markup language is a worthy endeavor, but I wonder if it may be better to use textilize and simply limit the recognized vernacular to just the options that suit you. If you take a look at the documentation to Textile, you’ll see that you can turn all kinds of rulesets on and off. What are your needs? Just that people can bold. italicize, and maybe make lists and headings? Pretty easy to do, and a great way to ensure that a future developer on your project is familiar with the markup methods… D. Taylor S., Reality Technician ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 1:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/3 "2006-04-09T01:10:18Z")
2006/4/8, D. Taylor S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > Pretty easy to do, and a great way to ensure that a future developer on > your project is familiar > with the markup methods… isn’t this question Off-Topic ? > > Grosjean Sébastien > > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) – ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/4 "2006-04-09T03:17:16Z")
Well, yes. But surely we can allow this sort of thing. A rails developer should be able to ask for help on all their web-dev problems in one place, imo. -N ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/5 "2006-04-09T12:42:44Z")
\ writes: > I agree on both points, this first comment will really help me and make me discovering new possibilities. But in an other side I’m really curious to know how to create my own markup, that’s meanly based on curiosity now, but I guess this push almost all of us here. ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/6 "2006-04-09T19:19:23Z")
Albertito \ writes: > 2006/4/9, Sébastien Grosjean \: > \ writes:\>\> Well, yes. But surely we can allow this sort > of thing. A rails\> developer should be able to ask for help on all their > web-dev > problems\> in one place, imo. > > > -N\> > > Yes, I’m totally agree but it’s better to separate the different subjects, > isn`t?. Because I read lots of mails everyday and I’d like to know which > I’m > interested and which I’m not.bye! So in fact do anybody have the answer to this famous question : How to create your own markup language ? I do realize for my own that redcloth will not offer what I’m looking for (at least I don’t think so) so I’m gona need to build my own markup language and will like to know if some good classes, helpers, … already exsits for it. ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 7:37pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/7 "2006-04-09T19:37:46Z")
2006/4/9, Sébastien Grosjean [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > problems\> in one place, imo. > > How to create your own markup language ? :-DD I do realize for my own that redcloth will not offer what I’m looking for > (at > least I don’t think so) so I’m gona need to build my own markup language > and > will like to know if some good classes, helpers, … already exsits for > it. I think you could use the Scite library (it’s a DLL). of course, if you’re going to build your own markup language I suppose you should know the formal grammar theory which it’s learnt in Compiladores (TALF) or you know a lot of regular expressions. good luck! * * * > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ## – Alberto Villanueva Del Val Blog Personal: [http://www.ifelsedeveloper.blogia.com](http://www.ifelsedeveloper.blogia.com) P�gina Personal: [http://atetinho.googlepages.com/home](http://atetinho.googlepages.com/home) ---
**Author:** ![SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@SSSSSbastien\_Grosje](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSSSSbastien_Grosje)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2006, 12:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-to-create-your-own-markup-language/57278/8 "2006-04-09T12:51:57Z")
2006/4/9, Sébastien Grosjean [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > \ writes: > > > Well, yes. But surely we can allow this sort of thing. A rails > > developer should be able to ask for help on all their web-dev problems > > in one place, imo. > > -N Yes, I’m totally agree but it’s better to separate the different subjects, isn`t?. Because I read lots of mails everyday and I’d like to know which I’m interested and which I’m not. bye! * * * > Rails mailing list > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > [http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails](http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails) ## – Alberto Villanueva Del Val Blog Personal: [http://www.ifelsedeveloper.blogia.com](http://www.ifelsedeveloper.blogia.com) P�gina Personal: [http://atetinho.googlepages.com/home](http://atetinho.googlepages.com/home)