---
name: "DR::SunDown"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libdr-sundown-perl"
version: "0.02-1+b11"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/DR::SunDown"
---

# DR::SunDown(3pm)

perl bindings for sundown

## NAME

DR::SunDown - perl bindings for sundown

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use DR::SunDown;
    my $markdown = `cat README.markdown`;
    my $html = markdown2html $markdown;
```

### utf8

The converter returns utf8-strings if it receives utf8-strings.

```
    use Encode 'encode', 'decode';
    # $string is encoded utf8
    my $string = markdown2html encode utf8 => $data;
    # $string and $data have the same utf8 flag
    my $string = markdown2html $data;
    utf8::decode( $data ) if utf8::is_utf8( $data );
    # $string is decoded utf8
    my $string = markdown2html $data;
```

## DESCRIPTION

The library is a perl binding for C-library sundown \<https://github.com/vmg/sundown.git\>.

## EXPORTS

### markdown2html(TEXT)

Converts markdown text to html.

## AUTHOR

```
 Dmitry E. Oboukhov <unera@debian.org>
```

## LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.