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+{
+  "name": "Selected Markdown to BBCode Dev Version",
+  "identifier": "selected-markdown-to-bbcode-dev",
+  "script": "selected-markdown-to-bbcode.qml",
+  "resources": ["panbbcode.lua"]
+  "authors": ["@pbek"],
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "minAppVersion": "17.05.8",
+  "description" : "With this script you can right click the selected text and convert it to BBCode Code.\n\n<b>Dependencies</b>\n<a href=\"http://pandoc.org\">Pancode</a>\n<a href=\"https://github.com/2ion/pandoc-bbcode\">panbbcode.lua</a>\n\n<b>Installation</b>\nAfter you have installed <i>Pancode</i> you have to download the lua script <code>panbbcode.lua</code> and configure both paths in the script settings."
+}
diff --git a/selected-markdown-to-bbcode-dev/panbbcode.lua b/selected-markdown-to-bbcode-dev/panbbcode.lua
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+-- panbbcode - BBCode writer for pandoc
+-- Copyright (C) 2014 Jens Oliver John < dev ! 2ion ! de >
+-- Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later.
+-- Written for Lua 5.{1,2}
+
+-- PRIVATE
+
+local function enclose(t, s, p)
+  if p then
+    return string.format("[%s=%s]%s[/%s]", t, p, s, t)
+  else
+    return string.format("[%s]%s[/%s]", t, s, t)
+  end
+end
+
+local function lookup(t, e)
+  for _,v in ipairs(t) do
+    if v == e then
+        return true
+    end
+  end
+  return false
+end
+
+local strlen_ger_utf8_t = { [0xc3] = { 0xa4, 0x84, 0xbc, 0x9c, 0xb6, 0x96, 0x9f } }
+
+-- FIXME: check also the byte *after* occurences of 0xc3 (and keep the
+-- loop for that)
+local function strlen_ger_utf8(w)
+  local s = {}
+  local len = 0
+  w:gsub("(.)", function (c)
+    table.insert(s, c:byte())
+  end)
+  for i=1,#s do
+    if strlen_ger_utf8_t[s[i]] then
+      i = i + 1
+    else
+      len = len + 1
+    end
+  end
+  return len
+end
+
+local function column(s, sep, blind)
+  local s = s
+  local sep = sep or "   "
+  local blind = blind or ""
+  local ret = ""
+
+  local y = {}
+  local x = {}
+  local cm = 0
+  local i = 0
+
+  for line in s:gmatch("[^\r\n]+") do
+    local ly = {}
+    local cc = 0
+    line:gsub("[^@]+", function (m)
+      local len = #m
+      cc = cc + 1
+      if cc > cm then 
+        x[cc] = 0
+        cm = cc
+      end
+      if len > x[cc] then
+        x[cc] = len
+      end
+      table.insert(ly, m)
+    end)
+    table.insert(y, ly)
+  end
+  for _,line in ipairs(y) do
+    for tmp=1,(#x-#line) do
+        table.insert(line, blind)
+    end
+    for i,word in ipairs(line) do
+      -- workaround for common German utf-8 umlauts
+      local wl = word:match("[öäüÖÄÜß]") and strlen_ger_utf8(word) or #word
+      if wl < x[i] then
+        for tmp=1,(x[i]-wl) do
+          word = word .. " "
+        end
+      end
+     ret = ret .. word .. sep
+    end
+    ret = ret .. '\n'
+  end
+  return ret
+end
+
+-- PUBLIC
+
+local cache_notes = {}
+
+function Doc( body, meta, vars )
+  local buf = {}
+  local function _(e)
+    table.insert(buf, e)
+  end
+  if meta['title'] and meta['title'] ~= "" then
+    _(meta['title'])
+  end
+  _(body)
+  if #cache_notes > 0 then
+    _("--")
+    for i,n in ipairs(cache_notes) do
+      _(string.format("[%d] %s", i, n))
+    end
+  end
+  return table.concat(buf, '\n')
+end
+
+function Str(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Space()
+  return ' '
+end
+
+function LineBreak()
+  return '\n'
+end
+
+function Emph(s)
+  return enclose('em', s)
+end
+
+function Strong(s)
+  return enclose('b', s)
+end
+
+function Subscript(s)
+  return string.format("{%s}", s)
+end
+
+function Superscript(s)
+  return string.format("[%s]", s)
+end
+
+function SmallCaps(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Strikeout(s)
+  return enclose('s', s)
+end
+
+function Link(s, src, title)
+  return enclose('url', s, src)
+end
+
+function Image(s, src, title)
+  return enclose('img', s, src)
+end
+
+function CaptionedImage(src, attr, title)
+  if not title or title == "" then
+    return enclose('img', src)
+  else
+    return enclose('img', src, title)
+  end
+end
+
+function Code(s, attr)
+  return string.format("[code]%s[/code]", s)
+end
+
+function InlineMath(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function DisplayMath(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Note(s)
+  table.insert(cache_notes, s)
+  return string.format("[%d]", #cache_notes)
+end
+
+function Span(s, attr)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Plain(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Para(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Header(level, s, attr)
+  if level == 1 then
+    return enclose('h', s)
+  elseif level == 2 then
+    return enclose('b', enclose('u', s))
+  else
+    return enclose('b', s)
+  end
+end
+
+function BlockQuote(s)
+  local a, t = s:match('@([%w]+): (.+)')
+  if a then
+    return enclose('quote', t or "Unknown" , a)
+  else
+    return enclose('quote', s)
+  end
+end
+
+function Cite(s)
+  return s
+end
+
+function Blocksep(s)
+  return "\n\n"
+end
+
+function HorizontalRule(s)
+  return '--'
+end
+
+function CodeBlock(s, attr)
+  return enclose('code', s)
+end
+
+local function makelist(items, ltype)
+  local buf = string.format("[list=%s]", ltype)
+  for _,e in ipairs(items) do
+    buf = buf .. enclose('*', e) .. '\n'
+  end
+  buf = buf .. '[/list]'
+  return buf
+end
+
+function BulletList(items)
+  return makelist(items, '*')
+end
+
+function OrderedList(items)
+  return makelist(items, '1')
+end
+
+function DefinitionList(items)
+  local buf = ""
+  local function mkdef(k,v)
+    return string.format("%s: %s\n", enclose('b', k), v)
+  end
+  for _,e in ipairs(items) do
+    for k,v in pairs(items) do
+      buf = buf .. mkdef(k,v)
+    end
+  end
+  return buf
+end
+
+function html_align(align)
+  return ""
+end
+
+function Table(cap, align, widths, headers, rows)
+  local buf = {}
+  for _,r in ipairs(rows) do
+    local rbuf = ""
+    for i,c in ipairs(r) do
+      if i~=#r then
+        rbuf = rbuf .. c .. '@'
+      else
+        rbuf = rbuf .. c
+      end
+    end
+    table.insert(buf, rbuf)
+  end
+  local cin = table.concat(buf, '\n')
+  return enclose('code', column(cin))
+end
+
+function Div(s, attr)
+  return s
+end
+
+-- boilerplate
+
+local meta = {}
+meta.__index =
+  function(_, key)
+    io.stderr:write(string.format("WARNING: Undefined function '%s'\n",key))
+    return function() return "" end
+  end
+setmetatable(_G, meta)
diff --git a/selected-markdown-to-bbcode-dev/selected-markdown-to-bbcode.qml b/selected-markdown-to-bbcode-dev/selected-markdown-to-bbcode.qml
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+import QtQml 2.0
+
+/**
+ * This script creates a menu item and a button that converts the selected Markdown
+ * text to BBCode in the clipboard
+ * 
+ * Dependencies:
+ * http://pandoc.org
+ * https://github.com/2ion/pandoc-bbcode
+ */
+QtObject {
+    property string pandocPath;
+
+    // register your settings variables so the user can set them in the script settings
+    property variant settingsVariables: [
+        {
+            "identifier": "pandocPath",
+            "name": "Pandoc path",
+            "description": "Please select the path to your Pandoc executable:",
+            "type": "file",
+            "default": "pandoc",
+        },
+    ];
+
+    // the path to the script's directory will be set here
+    property string scriptDirPath;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes the custom action
+     */
+    function init() {
+        script.registerCustomAction("markdownToBBCode", "Markdown to BBCode", "BBCode", "edit-copy", true, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This function is invoked when a custom action is triggered
+     * in the menu or via button
+     * 
+     * @param identifier string the identifier defined in registerCustomAction
+     */
+    function customActionInvoked(identifier) {
+        if (identifier != "markdownToBBCode") {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // get the selected text from the note text edit
+        var text = script.noteTextEditSelectedText();
+        
+        var panbbcodePath = scriptDirPath + "/panbbcode.lua";
+        
+        // you need pandoc and the BBCode writer from https://github.com/2ion/pandoc-bbcode
+        // to convert Markdown to BBCode
+        var params = ["-t", panbbcodePath, "-f", "markdown"];
+        var result = script.startSynchronousProcess(pandocPath, params, text);
+
+        // do some code list cleanup
+        result = replaceAll(result, "[list=*]", "[list]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "[/*]", "");
+        
+        // convert inline code blocks to italic
+        // do this 10 times to take care of multiple code blocks in a line
+        for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+            result = result.replace(/^(.+?)\[code\](.+?)\[\/code\]/img, "$1[i]$2[/i]");
+        }
+
+        // convert headlines to bold
+        result = replaceAll(result, "[h]", "[b]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "[/h]", "[/b]");
+
+        // convert `em` to `i`
+        result = replaceAll(result, "[em]", "[i]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "[/em]", "[/i]");
+
+        // link some users
+        result = replaceAll(result, "@Georg", "[USER=1]Georg[/USER]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "@Sören", "[USER=2]Sören[/USER]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "@Robert", "[USER=16]Robert[/USER]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "@Stephan", "[USER=8]Stephan[/USER]");
+        result = replaceAll(result, "@Gunnar", "[USER=14]Gunnar[/USER]");
+
+        // put the result into the clipboard
+        script.setClipboardText(result);
+    }
+    
+    function replaceAll(str, find, replace) {
+        return String(str).replace(new RegExp(escapeRegExp(find), 'g'), replace);
+    }
+    
+    function escapeRegExp(str) {
+        return str.replace(/([.*+?^=!:${}()|\[\]\/\\])/g, "\\$1");
+    }
+}