Software
markdown
The first generation of Markdown rendering for R (born in 2012), based on commonmark. Note that this package is markdown, not *rmarkdown*
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The markdown package provides wrappers for converting plain-text Markdown syntax to HTML and other formats using the commonmark package. It is no longer actively developed, with new development continuing in the litedown package instead.
This package serves as a bridge between R and the commonmark Markdown parser, allowing R users to render Markdown content programmatically. It has been superseded by litedown, which offers a new implementation of R Markdown with ongoing development and support.