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# jekyll-commonmark

*CommonMark Markdown converter for Jekyll*

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Jekyll Markdown converter that uses [libcmark-gfm](https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm) (via [commonmarker](https://github.com/gjtorikian/commonmarker)). 
As a result, it is faster than Kramdown.

GitHub Pages supports CommonMark through https://github.com/github/jekyll-commonmark-ghpages

## Installation

Add the following to your `Gemfile`

```ruby
group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem 'jekyll-commonmark'
end
```

and modify your `_config.yml` to use **CommonMark** as your Markdown converter

```yaml
markdown: CommonMark
```

## Configuration

To specify [extensions](https://github.com/gjtorikian/commonmarker#extensions) and [options](https://github.com/gjtorikian/commonmarker#options) for use in converting Markdown to HTML, supply options to the Markdown converter:

```yaml
commonmark:
  options: ["SMART", "FOOTNOTES"]
  extensions: ["strikethrough", "autolink", "table"]
```

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
jekyll-commonmark-1.4.0	Readme.md