Markdown to plain text in Ruby?

Question

I\'m currently using BlueCloth to process Markdown in Ruby and show it as HTML, but in one location I need it as plain text (without some of the Markdown). Is there a way to

Answer 1

RedCarpet gem has a Redcarpet::Render::StripDown renderer which "turns Markdown into plaintext".

Copy and modify it to suit your needs.

Or use it like this:

Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::StripDown).render(markdown)