Add markdown parsing to status entries

eleventy.config.js

@@ -18,6 +18,33 @@ const figoptions = {
 };
 
 export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
+	// Customize Markdown library settings:
+	let markdownItOptions = {
+		html: true,
+		typographer: true,
+	};
+
+	let mdLib = markdownIt(markdownItOptions);
+
+	eleventyConfig.amendLibrary("md", (mdLib) => {
+		mdLib
+			.use(markdownItAnchor, {
+				permalink: markdownItAnchor.permalink.ariaHidden({
+					placement: "after",
+					class: "header-anchor",
+					symbol: "#",
+					ariaHidden: false,
+				}),
+				level: [1, 2, 3, 4],
+				slugify: eleventyConfig.getFilter("slugify"),
+			})
+			.use(markdownItFootnote)
+			.use(mdfigcaption, figoptions)
+			.use(markdownItContainer, "info");
+	});
+
+	eleventyConfig.setLibrary("md", mdLib);
+
 	// Collections
 	eleventyConfig.addCollection("galleryImages", (collection) => {
 		const galleries = collection.getAll()[0].data.galleries;
@@ -114,6 +141,10 @@ export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
 		return `<abbr title="${def}">${abbr}</abbr>`;
 	});
 
+	eleventyConfig.addFilter("markdownify", (markdownString) => {
+		return mdLib.renderInline(markdownString);
+	});
+
 	// Shortcodes
 	// Audio player
 	eleventyConfig.addShortcode(
@@ -181,38 +212,9 @@ export default async function (eleventyConfig) {
 		);
 	});
 
-	// Customize Markdown library settings:
-	let markdownItOptions = {
-		html: true,
-		typographer: true,
-	};
-
-	let mdLib = markdownIt(markdownItOptions);
-
-	eleventyConfig.amendLibrary("md", (mdLib) => {
-		mdLib
-			.use(markdownItAnchor, {
-				permalink: markdownItAnchor.permalink.ariaHidden({
-					placement: "after",
-					class: "header-anchor",
-					symbol: "#",
-					ariaHidden: false,
-				}),
-				level: [1, 2, 3, 4],
-				slugify: eleventyConfig.getFilter("slugify"),
-			})
-			.use(markdownItFootnote)
-			.use(mdfigcaption, figoptions)
-			.use(markdownItContainer, "info");
-	});
-
-	eleventyConfig.setLibrary("md", mdLib);
-
 	return {
 		templateFormats: ["md", "njk", "html", "liquid"],
-
 		markdownTemplateEngine: "njk",
-
 		htmlTemplateEngine: "njk",
 
 		dir: {