- added rdiscount filter for templating system (like the textilize filter, but for markdown)

lib/jekyll/filters.rb

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ module Jekyll
       TextileConverter.new.convert(input)
     end
 
+    def rdiscount(input)
+      RDiscount.new(input).to_html
+    end
+
     def date_to_string(date)
       date.strftime("%d %b %Y")
     end

test/test_filters.rb

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class TestFilters < Test::Unit::TestCase
       assert_equal "<p>something <strong>really</strong> simple</p>", @filter.textilize("something *really* simple")
     end
 
+    should "rdiscount with simple string" do
+      assert_equal "<p>something <strong>really</strong> simple</p>\n", @filter.rdiscount("something **really** simple")
+    end
+
     should "convert array to sentence string with no args" do
       assert_equal "", @filter.array_to_sentence_string([])
     end