Javascript to convert Markdown/Textile to HTML (and, ideally, back to Markdown/Textile)

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Published on 2009-08-23T21:46:18Z Indexed on 2010/05/02 18:18 UTC
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There are several good Javascript editors for Markdown / Textile (e.g.: http://attacklab.net/showdown/, the one I'm using right now), but all I need is a Javascript function that converts a string from Markdown / Textile -> HTML and back.

What's the best way to do this? (Ideally it would be jQuery-friendly -- e.g., $("#editor").markdown_to_html())

Edit: Another way to put it is that I'm looking for a Javascript implementation of Rails' textilize() and markdown() text helpers

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