blackfriday/markdown.go

//
// Blackfriday Markdown Processor
// Available at http://github.com/russross/blackfriday
//
// Copyright © 2011 Russ Ross <russ@russross.com>.
// Distributed under the Simplified BSD License.
// See README.md for details.
//

//
//
// Markdown parsing and processing
//
//

// Package blackfriday is a markdown processor.
//
// Translates plain text with simple formatting rules into HTML or LaTeX.
package blackfriday

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"strings"
	"unicode/utf8"
)

// Version string of the package.
const Version = "2.0"

// Extensions is a bitwise or'ed collection of enabled Blackfriday's
// extensions.
type Extensions int

// These are the supported markdown parsing extensions.
// OR these values together to select multiple extensions.
const (
	NoExtensions            Extensions = 0
	NoIntraEmphasis         Extensions = 1 << iota // Ignore emphasis markers inside words
	Tables                                         // Render tables
	FencedCode                                     // Render fenced code blocks
	Autolink                                       // Detect embedded URLs that are not explicitly marked
	Strikethrough                                  // Strikethrough text using ~~test~~
	LaxHTMLBlocks                                  // Loosen up HTML block parsing rules
	SpaceHeaders                                   // Be strict about prefix header rules
	HardLineBreak                                  // Translate newlines into line breaks
	TabSizeEight                                   // Expand tabs to eight spaces instead of four
	Footnotes                                      // Pandoc-style footnotes
	NoEmptyLineBeforeBlock                         // No need to insert an empty line to start a (code, quote, ordered list, unordered list) block
	HeaderIDs                                      // specify header IDs  with {#id}
	Titleblock                                     // Titleblock ala pandoc
	AutoHeaderIDs                                  // Create the header ID from the text
	BackslashLineBreak                             // Translate trailing backslashes into line breaks
	DefinitionLists                                // Render definition lists
	Smartypants                                    // Enable smart punctuation substitutions
	SmartypantsFractions                           // Enable smart fractions (with Smartypants)
	SmartypantsDashes                              // Enable smart dashes (with Smartypants)
	SmartypantsLatexDashes                         // Enable LaTeX-style dashes (with Smartypants)
	SmartypantsAngledQuotes                        // Enable angled double quotes (with Smartypants) for double quotes rendering
	TOC                                            // Generate a table of contents
	OmitContents                                   // Skip the main contents (for a standalone table of contents)

	CommonHTMLFlags HTMLFlags = UseXHTML

	CommonExtensions Extensions = NoIntraEmphasis | Tables | FencedCode |
		Autolink | Strikethrough | SpaceHeaders | HeaderIDs |
		BackslashLineBreak | DefinitionLists | Smartypants |
		SmartypantsFractions | SmartypantsDashes | SmartypantsLatexDashes
)

// DefaultOptions is a convenience variable with all the options that are
// enabled by default.
var DefaultOptions = Options{
	Extensions: CommonExtensions,
}

// ListType contains bitwise or'ed flags for list and list item objects.
type ListType int

// These are the possible flag values for the ListItem renderer.
// Multiple flag values may be ORed together.
// These are mostly of interest if you are writing a new output format.
const (
	ListTypeOrdered ListType = 1 << iota
	ListTypeDefinition
	ListTypeTerm

	ListItemContainsBlock
	ListItemBeginningOfList
	ListItemEndOfList
)

// CellAlignFlags holds a type of alignment in a table cell.
type CellAlignFlags int

// These are the possible flag values for the table cell renderer.
// Only a single one of these values will be used; they are not ORed together.
// These are mostly of interest if you are writing a new output format.
const (
	TableAlignmentLeft = 1 << iota
	TableAlignmentRight
	TableAlignmentCenter = (TableAlignmentLeft | TableAlignmentRight)
)

// The size of a tab stop.
const (
	TabSizeDefault = 4
	TabSizeDouble  = 8
)

// blockTags is a set of tags that are recognized as HTML block tags.
// Any of these can be included in markdown text without special escaping.
var blockTags = map[string]struct{}{
	"blockquote": struct{}{},
	"del":        struct{}{},
	"div":        struct{}{},
	"dl":         struct{}{},
	"fieldset":   struct{}{},
	"form":       struct{}{},
	"h1":         struct{}{},
	"h2":         struct{}{},
	"h3":         struct{}{},
	"h4":         struct{}{},
	"h5":         struct{}{},
	"h6":         struct{}{},
	"iframe":     struct{}{},
	"ins":        struct{}{},
	"math":       struct{}{},
	"noscript":   struct{}{},
	"ol":         struct{}{},
	"pre":        struct{}{},
	"p":          struct{}{},
	"script":     struct{}{},
	"style":      struct{}{},
	"table":      struct{}{},
	"ul":         struct{}{},

	// HTML5
	"address":    struct{}{},
	"article":    struct{}{},
	"aside":      struct{}{},
	"canvas":     struct{}{},
	"figcaption": struct{}{},
	"figure":     struct{}{},
	"footer":     struct{}{},
	"header":     struct{}{},
	"hgroup":     struct{}{},
	"main":       struct{}{},
	"nav":        struct{}{},
	"output":     struct{}{},
	"progress":   struct{}{},
	"section":    struct{}{},
	"video":      struct{}{},
}

// Renderer is the rendering interface.
// This is mostly of interest if you are implementing a new rendering format.
//
// When a byte slice is provided, it contains the (rendered) contents of the
// element.
//
// When a callback is provided instead, it will write the contents of the
// respective element directly to the output buffer and return true on success.
// If the callback returns false, the rendering function should reset the
// output buffer as though it had never been called.
//
// Currently HTML and Latex implementations are provided
type Renderer interface {
	Render(ast *Node) []byte
	RenderNode(w io.Writer, node *Node, entering bool) WalkStatus
}

// Callback functions for inline parsing. One such function is defined
// for each character that triggers a response when parsing inline data.
type inlineParser func(p *parser, data []byte, offset int) int

// Parser holds runtime state used by the parser.
// This is constructed by the Markdown function.
type parser struct {
	refOverride    ReferenceOverrideFunc
	refs           map[string]*reference
	inlineCallback [256]inlineParser
	flags          Extensions
	nesting        int
	maxNesting     int
	insideLink     bool

	// Footnotes need to be ordered as well as available to quickly check for
	// presence. If a ref is also a footnote, it's stored both in refs and here
	// in notes. Slice is nil if footnotes not enabled.
	notes []*reference

	doc                  *Node
	tip                  *Node // = doc
	oldTip               *Node
	lastMatchedContainer *Node // = doc
	allClosed            bool
	currBlock            *Node // a block node currently being parsed by inline parser
}

func (p *parser) getRef(refid string) (ref *reference, found bool) {
	if p.refOverride != nil {
		r, overridden := p.refOverride(refid)
		if overridden {
			if r == nil {
				return nil, false
			}
			return &reference{
				link:     []byte(r.Link),
				title:    []byte(r.Title),
				noteID:   0,
				hasBlock: false,
				text:     []byte(r.Text)}, true
		}
	}
	// refs are case insensitive
	ref, found = p.refs[strings.ToLower(refid)]
	return ref, found
}

func (p *parser) finalize(block *Node) {
	above := block.Parent
	block.open = false
	p.tip = above
}

func (p *parser) addChild(node NodeType, offset uint32) *Node {
	for !p.tip.canContain(node) {
		p.finalize(p.tip)
	}
	newNode := NewNode(node)
	newNode.content = []byte{}
	p.tip.appendChild(newNode)
	p.tip = newNode
	return newNode
}

func (p *parser) closeUnmatchedBlocks() {
	if !p.allClosed {
		for p.oldTip != p.lastMatchedContainer {
			parent := p.oldTip.Parent
			p.finalize(p.oldTip)
			p.oldTip = parent
		}
		p.allClosed = true
	}
}

//
//
// Public interface
//
//

// Reference represents the details of a link.
// See the documentation in Options for more details on use-case.
type Reference struct {
	// Link is usually the URL the reference points to.
	Link string
	// Title is the alternate text describing the link in more detail.
	Title string
	// Text is the optional text to override the ref with if the syntax used was
	// [refid][]
	Text string
}

// ReferenceOverrideFunc is expected to be called with a reference string and
// return either a valid Reference type that the reference string maps to or
// nil. If overridden is false, the default reference logic will be executed.
// See the documentation in Options for more details on use-case.
type ReferenceOverrideFunc func(reference string) (ref *Reference, overridden bool)

// Options represents configurable overrides and callbacks (in addition to the
// extension flag set) for configuring a Markdown parse.
type Options struct {
	// Extensions is a flag set of bit-wise ORed extension bits. See the
	// Extensions flags defined in this package.
	Extensions Extensions

	// ReferenceOverride is an optional function callback that is called every
	// time a reference is resolved.
	//
	// In Markdown, the link reference syntax can be made to resolve a link to
	// a reference instead of an inline URL, in one of the following ways:
	//
	//  * [link text][refid]
	//  * [refid][]
	//
	// Usually, the refid is defined at the bottom of the Markdown document. If
	// this override function is provided, the refid is passed to the override
	// function first, before consulting the defined refids at the bottom. If
	// the override function indicates an override did not occur, the refids at
	// the bottom will be used to fill in the link details.
	ReferenceOverride ReferenceOverrideFunc
}

// MarkdownBasic is a convenience function for simple rendering.
// It processes markdown input with no extensions enabled.
func MarkdownBasic(input []byte) []byte {
	// set up the HTML renderer
	renderer := NewHTMLRenderer(HTMLRendererParameters{
		Flags:      UseXHTML,
		Extensions: CommonExtensions,
	})

	// set up the parser
	return Markdown(input, renderer, Options{})
}

// MarkdownCommon is a convenience function for simple rendering. It calls
// Markdown with most useful extensions enabled, including:
//
// * Smartypants processing with smart fractions and LaTeX dashes
//
// * Intra-word emphasis suppression
//
// * Tables
//
// * Fenced code blocks
//
// * Autolinking
//
// * Strikethrough support
//
// * Strict header parsing
//
// * Custom Header IDs
func MarkdownCommon(input []byte) []byte {
	// set up the HTML renderer
	renderer := NewHTMLRenderer(HTMLRendererParameters{
		Flags:      CommonHTMLFlags,
		Extensions: CommonExtensions,
	})
	return Markdown(input, renderer, DefaultOptions)
}

// Markdown is the main rendering function.
// It parses and renders a block of markdown-encoded text.
// The supplied Renderer is used to format the output, and extensions dictates
// which non-standard extensions are enabled.
//
// To use the supplied HTML or LaTeX renderers, see NewHTMLRenderer and
// NewLatexRenderer, respectively.
func Markdown(input []byte, renderer Renderer, options Options) []byte {
	if renderer == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return renderer.Render(Parse(input, options))
}

// Parse is an entry point to the parsing part of Blackfriday. It takes an
// input markdown document and produces a syntax tree for its contents. This
// tree can then be rendered with a default or custom renderer, or
// analyzed/transformed by the caller to whatever non-standard needs they have.
func Parse(input []byte, opts Options) *Node {
	extensions := opts.Extensions

	// fill in the render structure
	p := new(parser)
	p.flags = extensions
	p.refOverride = opts.ReferenceOverride
	p.refs = make(map[string]*reference)
	p.maxNesting = 16
	p.insideLink = false

	docNode := NewNode(Document)
	p.doc = docNode
	p.tip = docNode
	p.oldTip = docNode
	p.lastMatchedContainer = docNode
	p.allClosed = true

	// register inline parsers
	p.inlineCallback['*'] = emphasis
	p.inlineCallback['_'] = emphasis
	if extensions&Strikethrough != 0 {
		p.inlineCallback['~'] = emphasis
	}
	p.inlineCallback['`'] = codeSpan
	p.inlineCallback['\n'] = lineBreak
	p.inlineCallback['['] = link
	p.inlineCallback['<'] = leftAngle
	p.inlineCallback['\\'] = escape
	p.inlineCallback['&'] = entity
	p.inlineCallback['!'] = maybeImage
	p.inlineCallback['^'] = maybeInlineFootnote

	if extensions&Autolink != 0 {
		p.inlineCallback['h'] = maybeAutoLink
		p.inlineCallback['m'] = maybeAutoLink
		p.inlineCallback['f'] = maybeAutoLink
		p.inlineCallback['H'] = maybeAutoLink
		p.inlineCallback['M'] = maybeAutoLink
		p.inlineCallback['F'] = maybeAutoLink
	}

	if extensions&Footnotes != 0 {
		p.notes = make([]*reference, 0)
	}

	first := firstPass(p, input)
	secondPass(p, first)
	// Walk the tree and finish up some of unfinished blocks
	for p.tip != nil {
		p.finalize(p.tip)
	}
	// Walk the tree again and process inline markdown in each block
	p.doc.Walk(func(node *Node, entering bool) WalkStatus {
		if node.Type == Paragraph || node.Type == Header || node.Type == TableCell {
			p.currBlock = node
			p.inline(node.content)
			node.content = nil
		}
		return GoToNext
	})
	p.parseRefsToAST()
	p.generateTOC()
	return p.doc
}

func (p *parser) generateTOC() {
	if p.flags&TOC == 0 && p.flags&OmitContents == 0 {
		return
	}
	navNode := NewNode(HTMLBlock)
	navNode.Literal = []byte("<nav>")
	navNode.open = false

	var topList *Node
	var listNode *Node
	var lastItem *Node
	headerCount := 0
	currentLevel := 0
	p.doc.Walk(func(node *Node, entering bool) WalkStatus {
		if entering && node.Type == Header {
			if node.Level > currentLevel {
				currentLevel++
				newList := NewNode(List)
				if lastItem != nil {
					lastItem.appendChild(newList)
					listNode = newList
				} else {
					listNode = newList
					topList = listNode
				}
			}
			if node.Level < currentLevel {
				finalizeList(listNode)
				lastItem = listNode.Parent
				listNode = lastItem.Parent
			}
			node.HeaderID = fmt.Sprintf("toc_%d", headerCount)
			headerCount++
			lastItem = NewNode(Item)
			listNode.appendChild(lastItem)
			anchorNode := NewNode(Link)
			anchorNode.Destination = []byte("#" + node.HeaderID)
			lastItem.appendChild(anchorNode)
			anchorNode.appendChild(text(node.FirstChild.Literal))
		}
		return GoToNext
	})
	firstChild := p.doc.FirstChild
	// Insert TOC only if there is anything to insert
	if topList != nil {
		finalizeList(topList)
		firstChild.insertBefore(navNode)
		firstChild.insertBefore(topList)
		navCloseNode := NewNode(HTMLBlock)
		navCloseNode.Literal = []byte("</nav>")
		navCloseNode.open = false
		firstChild.insertBefore(navCloseNode)
	}
	// Drop everything after the TOC if OmitContents was requested
	if p.flags&OmitContents != 0 {
		for firstChild != nil {
			next := firstChild.Next
			firstChild.unlink()
			firstChild = next
		}
	}
}

func (p *parser) parseRefsToAST() {
	if p.flags&Footnotes == 0 || len(p.notes) == 0 {
		return
	}
	p.tip = p.doc
	finalizeHTMLBlock(p.addBlock(HTMLBlock, []byte(`<div class="footnotes">`)))
	p.addBlock(HorizontalRule, nil)
	block := p.addBlock(List, nil)
	block.ListFlags = ListTypeOrdered
	flags := ListItemBeginningOfList
	// Note: this loop is intentionally explicit, not range-form. This is
	// because the body of the loop will append nested footnotes to p.notes and
	// we need to process those late additions. Range form would only walk over
	// the fixed initial set.
	for i := 0; i < len(p.notes); i++ {
		ref := p.notes[i]
		block := p.addBlock(Item, nil)
		block.ListFlags = ListTypeOrdered
		block.RefLink = ref.link
		if ref.hasBlock {
			flags |= ListItemContainsBlock
			p.block(ref.title)
		} else {
			p.currBlock = block
			p.inline(ref.title)
		}
		flags &^= ListItemBeginningOfList | ListItemContainsBlock
	}
	above := block.Parent
	finalizeList(block)
	p.tip = above
	finalizeHTMLBlock(p.addBlock(HTMLBlock, []byte("</div>")))
	block.Walk(func(node *Node, entering bool) WalkStatus {
		if node.Type == Paragraph || node.Type == Header {
			p.currBlock = node
			p.inline(node.content)
			node.content = nil
		}
		return GoToNext
	})
}

// first pass:
// - normalize newlines
// - extract references (outside of fenced code blocks)
// - expand tabs (outside of fenced code blocks)
// - copy everything else
func firstPass(p *parser, input []byte) []byte {
	var out bytes.Buffer
	tabSize := TabSizeDefault
	if p.flags&TabSizeEight != 0 {
		tabSize = TabSizeDouble
	}
	beg := 0
	lastFencedCodeBlockEnd := 0
	for beg < len(input) {
		// Find end of this line, then process the line.
		end := beg
		for end < len(input) && input[end] != '\n' && input[end] != '\r' {
			end++
		}

		if p.flags&FencedCode != 0 {
			// track fenced code block boundaries to suppress tab expansion
			// and reference extraction inside them:
			if beg >= lastFencedCodeBlockEnd {
				if i := p.fencedCodeBlock(input[beg:], false); i > 0 {
					lastFencedCodeBlockEnd = beg + i
				}
			}
		}

		// add the line body if present
		if end > beg {
			if end < lastFencedCodeBlockEnd { // Do not expand tabs while inside fenced code blocks.
				out.Write(input[beg:end])
			} else if refEnd := isReference(p, input[beg:], tabSize); refEnd > 0 {
				beg += refEnd
				continue
			} else {
				expandTabs(&out, input[beg:end], tabSize)
			}
		}

		if end < len(input) && input[end] == '\r' {
			end++
		}
		if end < len(input) && input[end] == '\n' {
			end++
		}
		out.WriteByte('\n')

		beg = end
	}

	// empty input?
	if out.Len() == 0 {
		out.WriteByte('\n')
	}

	return out.Bytes()
}

// second pass: actual rendering
func secondPass(p *parser, input []byte) {
	p.block(input)

	if p.flags&Footnotes != 0 && len(p.notes) > 0 {
		flags := ListItemBeginningOfList
		for i := 0; i < len(p.notes); i++ {
			ref := p.notes[i]
			if ref.hasBlock {
				flags |= ListItemContainsBlock
				p.block(ref.title)
			} else {
				p.inline(ref.title)
			}
			flags &^= ListItemBeginningOfList | ListItemContainsBlock
		}
	}

	if p.nesting != 0 {
		panic("Nesting level did not end at zero")
	}
}

//
// Link references
//
// This section implements support for references that (usually) appear
// as footnotes in a document, and can be referenced anywhere in the document.
// The basic format is:
//
//    [1]: http://www.google.com/ "Google"
//    [2]: http://www.github.com/ "Github"
//
// Anywhere in the document, the reference can be linked by referring to its
// label, i.e., 1 and 2 in this example, as in:
//
//    This library is hosted on [Github][2], a git hosting site.
//
// Actual footnotes as specified in Pandoc and supported by some other Markdown
// libraries such as php-markdown are also taken care of. They look like this:
//
//    This sentence needs a bit of further explanation.[^note]
//
//    [^note]: This is the explanation.
//
// Footnotes should be placed at the end of the document in an ordered list.
// Inline footnotes such as:
//
//    Inline footnotes^[Not supported.] also exist.
//
// are not yet supported.

// References are parsed and stored in this struct.
type reference struct {
	link     []byte
	title    []byte
	noteID   int // 0 if not a footnote ref
	hasBlock bool
	text     []byte
}

func (r *reference) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("{link: %q, title: %q, text: %q, noteID: %d, hasBlock: %v}",
		r.link, r.title, r.text, r.noteID, r.hasBlock)
}

// Check whether or not data starts with a reference link.
// If so, it is parsed and stored in the list of references
// (in the render struct).
// Returns the number of bytes to skip to move past it,
// or zero if the first line is not a reference.
func isReference(p *parser, data []byte, tabSize int) int {
	// up to 3 optional leading spaces
	if len(data) < 4 {
		return 0
	}
	i := 0
	for i < 3 && data[i] == ' ' {
		i++
	}

	noteID := 0

	// id part: anything but a newline between brackets
	if data[i] != '[' {
		return 0
	}
	i++
	if p.flags&Footnotes != 0 {
		if i < len(data) && data[i] == '^' {
			// we can set it to anything here because the proper noteIds will
			// be assigned later during the second pass. It just has to be != 0
			noteID = 1
			i++
		}
	}
	idOffset := i
	for i < len(data) && data[i] != '\n' && data[i] != '\r' && data[i] != ']' {
		i++
	}
	if i >= len(data) || data[i] != ']' {
		return 0
	}
	idEnd := i

	// spacer: colon (space | tab)* newline? (space | tab)*
	i++
	if i >= len(data) || data[i] != ':' {
		return 0
	}
	i++
	for i < len(data) && (data[i] == ' ' || data[i] == '\t') {
		i++
	}
	if i < len(data) && (data[i] == '\n' || data[i] == '\r') {
		i++
		if i < len(data) && data[i] == '\n' && data[i-1] == '\r' {
			i++
		}
	}
	for i < len(data) && (data[i] == ' ' || data[i] == '\t') {
		i++
	}
	if i >= len(data) {
		return 0
	}

	var (
		linkOffset, linkEnd   int
		titleOffset, titleEnd int
		lineEnd               int
		raw                   []byte
		hasBlock              bool
	)

	if p.flags&Footnotes != 0 && noteID != 0 {
		linkOffset, linkEnd, raw, hasBlock = scanFootnote(p, data, i, tabSize)
		lineEnd = linkEnd
	} else {
		linkOffset, linkEnd, titleOffset, titleEnd, lineEnd = scanLinkRef(p, data, i)
	}
	if lineEnd == 0 {
		return 0
	}

	// a valid ref has been found

	ref := &reference{
		noteID:   noteID,
		hasBlock: hasBlock,
	}

	if noteID > 0 {
		// reusing the link field for the id since footnotes don't have links
		ref.link = data[idOffset:idEnd]
		// if footnote, it's not really a title, it's the contained text
		ref.title = raw
	} else {
		ref.link = data[linkOffset:linkEnd]
		ref.title = data[titleOffset:titleEnd]
	}

	// id matches are case-insensitive
	id := string(bytes.ToLower(data[idOffset:idEnd]))

	p.refs[id] = ref

	return lineEnd
}

func scanLinkRef(p *parser, data []byte, i int) (linkOffset, linkEnd, titleOffset, titleEnd, lineEnd int) {
	// link: whitespace-free sequence, optionally between angle brackets
	if data[i] == '<' {
		i++
	}
	linkOffset = i
	for i < len(data) && data[i] != ' ' && data[i] != '\t' && data[i] != '\n' && data[i] != '\r' {
		i++
	}
	if i == len(data) {
		return
	}
	linkEnd = i
	if data[linkOffset] == '<' && data[linkEnd-1] == '>' {
		linkOffset++
		linkEnd--
	}

	// optional spacer: (space | tab)* (newline | '\'' | '"' | '(' )
	for i < len(data) && (data[i] == ' ' || data[i] == '\t') {
		i++
	}
	if i < len(data) && data[i] != '\n' && data[i] != '\r' && data[i] != '\'' && data[i] != '"' && data[i] != '(' {
		return
	}

	// compute end-of-line
	if i >= len(data) || data[i] == '\r' || data[i] == '\n' {
		lineEnd = i
	}
	if i+1 < len(data) && data[i] == '\r' && data[i+1] == '\n' {
		lineEnd++
	}

	// optional (space|tab)* spacer after a newline
	if lineEnd > 0 {
		i = lineEnd + 1
		for i < len(data) && (data[i] == ' ' || data[i] == '\t') {
			i++
		}
	}

	// optional title: any non-newline sequence enclosed in '"() alone on its line
	if i+1 < len(data) && (data[i] == '\'' || data[i] == '"' || data[i] == '(') {
		i++
		titleOffset = i

		// look for EOL
		for i < len(data) && data[i] != '\n' && data[i] != '\r' {
			i++
		}
		if i+1 < len(data) && data[i] == '\n' && data[i+1] == '\r' {
			titleEnd = i + 1
		} else {
			titleEnd = i
		}

		// step back
		i--
		for i > titleOffset && (data[i] == ' ' || data[i] == '\t') {
			i--
		}
		if i > titleOffset && (data[i] == '\'' || data[i] == '"' || data[i] == ')') {
			lineEnd = titleEnd
			titleEnd = i
		}
	}

	return
}

// The first bit of this logic is the same as (*parser).listItem, but the rest
// is much simpler. This function simply finds the entire block and shifts it
// over by one tab if it is indeed a block (just returns the line if it's not).
// blockEnd is the end of the section in the input buffer, and contents is the
// extracted text that was shifted over one tab. It will need to be rendered at
// the end of the document.
func scanFootnote(p *parser, data []byte, i, indentSize int) (blockStart, blockEnd int, contents []byte, hasBlock bool) {
	if i == 0 || len(data) == 0 {
		return
	}

	// skip leading whitespace on first line
	for i < len(data) && data[i] == ' ' {
		i++
	}

	blockStart = i

	// find the end of the line
	blockEnd = i
	for i < len(data) && data[i-1] != '\n' {
		i++
	}

	// get working buffer
	var raw bytes.Buffer

	// put the first line into the working buffer
	raw.Write(data[blockEnd:i])
	blockEnd = i

	// process the following lines
	containsBlankLine := false

gatherLines:
	for blockEnd < len(data) {
		i++

		// find the end of this line
		for i < len(data) && data[i-1] != '\n' {
			i++
		}

		// if it is an empty line, guess that it is part of this item
		// and move on to the next line
		if p.isEmpty(data[blockEnd:i]) > 0 {
			containsBlankLine = true
			blockEnd = i
			continue
		}

		n := 0
		if n = isIndented(data[blockEnd:i], indentSize); n == 0 {
			// this is the end of the block.
			// we don't want to include this last line in the index.
			break gatherLines
		}

		// if there were blank lines before this one, insert a new one now
		if containsBlankLine {
			raw.WriteByte('\n')
			containsBlankLine = false
		}

		// get rid of that first tab, write to buffer
		raw.Write(data[blockEnd+n : i])
		hasBlock = true

		blockEnd = i
	}

	if data[blockEnd-1] != '\n' {
		raw.WriteByte('\n')
	}

	contents = raw.Bytes()

	return
}

//
//
// Miscellaneous helper functions
//
//

// Test if a character is a punctuation symbol.
// Taken from a private function in regexp in the stdlib.
func ispunct(c byte) bool {
	for _, r := range []byte("!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_`{|}~") {
		if c == r {
			return true
		}
	}
	return false
}

// Test if a character is a whitespace character.
func isspace(c byte) bool {
	return c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\f' || c == '\v'
}

// Test if a character is letter.
func isletter(c byte) bool {
	return (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z')
}

// Test if a character is a letter or a digit.
// TODO: check when this is looking for ASCII alnum and when it should use unicode
func isalnum(c byte) bool {
	return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || isletter(c)
}

// Replace tab characters with spaces, aligning to the next TAB_SIZE column.
// always ends output with a newline
func expandTabs(out *bytes.Buffer, line []byte, tabSize int) {
	// first, check for common cases: no tabs, or only tabs at beginning of line
	i, prefix := 0, 0
	slowcase := false
	for i = 0; i < len(line); i++ {
		if line[i] == '\t' {
			if prefix == i {
				prefix++
			} else {
				slowcase = true
				break
			}
		}
	}

	// no need to decode runes if all tabs are at the beginning of the line
	if !slowcase {
		for i = 0; i < prefix*tabSize; i++ {
			out.WriteByte(' ')
		}
		out.Write(line[prefix:])
		return
	}

	// the slow case: we need to count runes to figure out how
	// many spaces to insert for each tab
	column := 0
	i = 0
	for i < len(line) {
		start := i
		for i < len(line) && line[i] != '\t' {
			_, size := utf8.DecodeRune(line[i:])
			i += size
			column++
		}

		if i > start {
			out.Write(line[start:i])
		}

		if i >= len(line) {
			break
		}

		for {
			out.WriteByte(' ')
			column++
			if column%tabSize == 0 {
				break
			}
		}

		i++
	}
}

// Find if a line counts as indented or not.
// Returns number of characters the indent is (0 = not indented).
func isIndented(data []byte, indentSize int) int {
	if len(data) == 0 {
		return 0
	}
	if data[0] == '\t' {
		return 1
	}
	if len(data) < indentSize {
		return 0
	}
	for i := 0; i < indentSize; i++ {
		if data[i] != ' ' {
			return 0
		}
	}
	return indentSize
}

// Create a url-safe slug for fragments
func slugify(in []byte) []byte {
	if len(in) == 0 {
		return in
	}
	out := make([]byte, 0, len(in))
	sym := false

	for _, ch := range in {
		if isalnum(ch) {
			sym = false
			out = append(out, ch)
		} else if sym {
			continue
		} else {
			out = append(out, '-')
			sym = true
		}
	}
	var a, b int
	var ch byte
	for a, ch = range out {
		if ch != '-' {
			break
		}
	}
	for b = len(out) - 1; b > 0; b-- {
		if out[b] != '-' {
			break
		}
	}
	return out[a : b+1]
}