Readme cleanup - refer to API docs where possible

Makefile

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ demo: lint
 	mkdir ./demo/plugins
 	cp ./node_modules/markdown-it-emoji/dist/* ./demo/plugins
 
-gh-pages: demo
+gh-demo: demo
 	touch ./demo/.nojekyll
 	cd ./demo \
 		&& git init . \
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ coverage:
 test-ci: lint
 	istanbul cover ./node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha --report lcovonly -- -R spec && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js && rm -rf ./coverage
 
-apidoc:
+doc:
 	@if test ! `which ndoc` ; then \
 		echo "You need 'ndoc' installed in order to generate docs." >&2 ; \
 		echo "  $ npm install -g ndoc" >&2 ; \
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@ apidoc:
 	rm -rf ./apidoc
 	ndoc --link-format "{package.homepage}/blob/${CURR_HEAD}/{file}#L{line}"
 
+gh-doc: doc
+	touch ./apidoc/.nojekyll
+	cd ./apidoc \
+		&& git init . \
+		&& git add . \
+		&& git commit -m "Auto-generate API doc" \
+		&& git remote add remote git@github.com:markdown-it/markdown-it.git \
+		&& git push --force remote +master:gh-pages
+	rm -rf ./demo
+
 publish:
 	@if test 0 -ne `git status --porcelain | wc -l` ; then \
 		echo "Unclean working tree. Commit or stash changes first." >&2 ; \

README.md

@@ -16,15 +16,9 @@ __[Live demo](https://markdown-it.github.io)__
 __Table of content__
 
 - [Install](#install)
-- [Usage](#usage)
+- [Usage examples](#usage-examples)
-  - [Configuring](#configuring)
+- [API](#api)
-    - [constructor(preset, options)](#constructorpreset-options)
-    - [.set({ keys: values })](#set-keys-values-)
-    - [.use(plugin, options)](#useplugin-options)
-  - [Syntax highlighting](#syntax-highlighting)
-  - [Typographer](#typographer)
 - [Syntax extensions](#syntax-extensions)
-  - [Manage rules](#manage-rules)
 - [Benchmark](#benchmark)
 - [Authors](#authors)
 - [References / Thanks](#references--thanks)
@@ -44,7 +38,13 @@ bower install markdown-it --save
 - [jsDeliver CDN](http://www.jsdelivr.com/#!markdown-it "jsDelivr CDN")
 
 
-## Usage
+## Usage examples
+
+See __[API documentation](https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/)__ for more
+info and examples.
+
+
+### Simple
 
 ```js
 // node.js, "classic" way:
@@ -69,29 +69,11 @@ var md = require('markdown-it')();
 var result = md.renderInline('__markdown-it__ rulezz!');
 ```
 
-### Configuring
-
-By default `markdown-it` is configured to be similar to GFM, but with HTML disabled.
-This is easy to change if you prefer different settings.
-
-Usually, you will define everything via constructor.
-
-#### constructor(preset, options)
-
-__preset__ (String) - `"full"`|`"commonmark"`, optional.
-
-`markdown-it` offers some presets as a convenience to quickly enable/disable
-active syntax rules and options for common use cases.
-
-- ["commonmark"](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/lib/presets/commonmark.js) - enable strict [CommonMark](http://commonmark.org/) mode.
-- ["full"](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/lib/presets/full.js) -
-  all rules enabled, but still without html, typographer & autolinker.
-- [default](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/lib/presets/default.js) -
-  when no preset name given.
-- ["zero"](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/master/lib/presets/zero.js) -
-  all rules disabled (useful to quickly setup your config via `.enable()`).
 
+### Init with presets and options
 
+(*) preset define combination of active rules and options. Can be
+`"full"`|`"commonmark"`|`"zero"` or `"default"` if skipped.
 
 ```js
 // commonmark mode
@@ -106,12 +88,8 @@ var md = require('markdown-it')('full', {
   linkify: true,
   typographer: true
 });
-```
 
-__options__
+// full options list (defaults)
-
-```js
-// Actual default values
 var md = require('markdown-it')({
   html:         false,        // Enable HTML tags in source
   xhtmlOut:     false,        // Use '/' to close single tags (<br />).
@@ -134,26 +112,7 @@ var md = require('markdown-it')({
 });
 ```
 
-
+### Plugins load
-#### .set({ keys: values })
-
-Probably, you will never need it. But you can change options after
-constructor call.
-
-```js
-var md = require('markdown-it')()
-            .set({ html: true, breaks: true })
-            .set({ typographer, true });
-```
-
-**Note:** To achieve the best possible performance, don't modify a `markdown-it`
-instance on the fly. If you need multiple configurations, it's best to create
-multiple instances and initialize each with separate config.
-
-
-#### .use(plugin, options)
-
-Sugar to activate plugins.
 
 ```js
 var md = require('markdown-it')()
@@ -176,12 +135,12 @@ var md = require('markdown-it')({
     if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
       try {
         return hljs.highlight(lang, str).value;
-      } catch (err) {}
+      } catch (__) {}
     }
 
     try {
       return hljs.highlightAuto(str).value;
-    } catch (err) {}
+    } catch (__) {}
 
     return ''; // use external default escaping
   }
@@ -189,40 +148,12 @@ var md = require('markdown-it')({
 ```
 
 
-### Typographer
+## API
-
-Although full-weight typographical replacements are language specific, `markdown-it`
-provides coverage for the most common and universal use cases:
-
-```js
-var md = require('markdown-it')({
-  typographer: true,
-  quotes: '“”‘’'
-});
-
-// Disable rules at all:
-md.disable([ 'replacements', 'smartquotes' ]);
-
-// Actual default replacements:
-//
-// '' → ‘’
-// "" → “”. Set '«»' for Russian, '„“' for German, empty to disable
-// (c) (C) → ©
-// (tm) (TM) → ™
-// (r) (R) → ®
-// +- → ±
-// (p) (P) -> §
-// ... → … (also ?.... → ?.., !.... → !..)
-// ???????? → ???, !!!!! → !!!, `,,` → `,`
-// -- → &ndash;, --- → &mdash;
-//
-```
 
-Of course, you can also add your own rules or replace the defaults with something
+[API documentation](https://markdown-it.github.io/markdown-it/)
-more advanced or specific to your language.
 
 
-### Syntax extensions
+## Syntax extensions
 
 Enabled by default:
 

lib/index.js

@@ -122,6 +122,28 @@ function StateCore(self, src, env) {
  *   typographer: true
  * });
  * ```
+ *
+ * ##### Syntax highlighting
+ *
+ * ```js
+ * var hljs = require('highlight.js') // https://highlightjs.org/
+ *
+ * var md = require('markdown-it')({
+ *   highlight: function (str, lang) {
+ *     if (lang && hljs.getLanguage(lang)) {
+ *       try {
+ *         return hljs.highlight(lang, str).value;
+ *       } catch (__) {}
+ *     }
+ *
+ *     try {
+ *       return hljs.highlightAuto(str).value;
+ *     } catch (__) {}
+ *
+ *     return ''; // use external default escaping
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
  **/
 function MarkdownIt(presetName, options) {
   if (!(this instanceof MarkdownIt)) {