Render descriptions as Markdown

vedia.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require 'securerandom'
 require 'chartkick'
 require 'mail'
 require 'tzinfo'
+require 'redcarpet'
 
 include GetText
 
@@ -479,4 +480,21 @@ helpers do
   def format_date_and_time(timestamp)
     "#{TZInfo::Timezone.get(session[:timezone]).to_local(timestamp).strftime('%F %R')} (#{session[:timezone].gsub('_', ' ')})"
   end
+
+  def markdown(markdown)
+    renderer = Redcarpet::Render::HTML.new(filter_html: true,
+                                           no_styles: true,
+                                           safe_links_only: true)
+    parser = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(renderer, tables: true,
+                                               autolink: true,
+                                               strikethrough: true,
+                                               space_after_headers: true,
+                                               superscript: true,
+                                               underline: true,
+                                               highlight: true,
+                                               quote: true,
+                                               footnotes: true)
+    parser.render(markdown)
+  end
+
 end