Andrea Rota wrote a generic perl module that can be used to convert text from some markup to html using external text filters like deplate.

This module helps with the setup of text filters: given a text processing tool (such as rest2html, rest2latex, deplate, etc.) TextPipe reads an input string, lets the text processing tool process text and returns marked-up output to calling application.

This module was written mainly to allow non-Perl text processing tools to be used in Perl applications.

Be warned though that

• this is untested code (the authors themselves abandonded deplate in favor of reStructuredText)
• the performance is quite poor due to the use of temporary files
• the code does not have accompanying tests (i.e., it hasn’t been stress-tested or debugged in any way)
• the code is provided as-is; if you run into difficulties, you’re on your own

If you find it useful, feel free to write the missing bits.

Download:

• libtext-pipe-perl.tar.gz
• blosxom-plugin-set.tar.gz