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diff --git a/doc/todo/Improve_markdown_speed.mdwn b/doc/todo/Improve_markdown_speed.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..de3230c9e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Improve_markdown_speed.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +I'm not sure where the bottleneck is for running ikiwiki over a site like +my blog +[Natalian](http://source.natalian-org.branchable.com/?p=source.git;), +though I like to think the markdown processing could be speeded up by the +support of the C implementation of Markdown called +[Sundown](https://github.com/tanoku/sundown). + +>> Sundown doesn't appear to have Perl bindings, so the cost of calling a +>> separate process could wipe out some or all of the speed gain. It might +>> be worth looking into Text::Upskirt instead, which uses the Upskirt +>> library which Sundown appears to be derived from. -- [[KathrynAndersen]] + +>>> It would be fairly easy to write a perl binding for sundown. For that +>>> matter, Text::Upskirt could be adapted to it. I am waiting for any of +>>> upskirt, sundown and perl bindings to get into Debian, then I will +>>> see about making ikiwiki use them. +>>> +>>> For now, I have added discount support to ikiwiki. This does speed up +>>> markdown rendering by up to 40x, although when building a site ikiwiki +>>> in practice does other work, so the gains are less impressive. Building +>>> the ikiwiki doc wiki went from 62 to 45 seconds. The lack of a Debian +>>> package of Text::Markdown::Discount means this is not used by default +>>> yet. +>>> +>>> (Upskirt, discount... Who comes up with these names? Discount also +>>> features a "NOPANTS" option.) --[[Joey]] + +>>>> Thanks for doing this; it's given a well-needed speedup to my huge site. +>>>> +>>>> (At least "Discount" is related to "Mark Down" but I don't fathom "Upskirt" either.) +>>>> --[[KathrynAndersen]] + +[[wishlist]] |