Merge pull request #1002 from UziTech/test-fix

All right. LGTM! Easy to change in future without affecting our users...rollback or something else. And confirmed.

Again, awesome work. Thank you.

.gitignore

@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 node_modules/
+test/compiled_tests

README.md

@@ -322,23 +322,19 @@ features][gfmf].
 
 ## Benchmarks
 
-node v0.8.x
+node v8.9.4
 
 ``` bash
-$ node test --bench
-marked completed in 3411ms.
-marked (gfm) completed in 3727ms.
-marked (pedantic) completed in 3201ms.
-robotskirt completed in 808ms.
-showdown (reuse converter) completed in 11954ms.
-showdown (new converter) completed in 17774ms.
-markdown-js completed in 17191ms.
+$ npm run bench
+marked completed in 3408ms.
+marked (gfm) completed in 3465ms.
+marked (pedantic) completed in 3032ms.
+showdown (reuse converter) completed in 21444ms.
+showdown (new converter) completed in 23058ms.
+markdown-it completed in 3364ms.
+markdown.js completed in 12090ms.
 ```
 
-__Marked is now faster than Discount, which is written in C.__
-
-For those feeling skeptical: These benchmarks run the entire markdown test suite 1000 times. The test suite tests every feature. It doesn't cater to specific aspects.
-
 ### Pro level
 
 You also have direct access to the lexer and parser if you so desire.
@@ -373,23 +369,23 @@ suite. If you're adding a new feature, be sure to add your own test.
 The marked test suite is set up slightly strangely: `test/new` is for all tests
 that are not part of the original markdown.pl test suite (this is where your
 test should go if you make one). `test/original` is only for the original
-markdown.pl tests. `test/tests` houses both types of tests after they have been
-combined and moved/generated by running `node test --fix` or `marked --test
---fix`.
+markdown.pl tests.
 
-In other words, if you have a test to add, add it to `test/new/` and then
-regenerate the tests with `node test --fix`. Commit the result. If your test
+In other words, if you have a test to add, add it to `test/new/`. If your test
 uses a certain feature, for example, maybe it assumes GFM is *not* enabled, you
-can add `.nogfm` to the filename. So, `my-test.text` becomes
-`my-test.nogfm.text`. You can do this with any marked option. Say you want
-line breaks and smartypants enabled, your filename should be:
-`my-test.breaks.smartypants.text`.
+can add [front-matter](https://www.npmjs.com/package/front-matter) to the top of
+your `.md` file
+
+``` yml
+---
+gfm: false
+---
+```
 
 To run the tests:
 
 ``` bash
-cd marked/
-node test
+npm run test
 ```
 
 ### Contribution and License Agreement

package.json

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "markdown": "*",
     "showdown": "*",
+    "markdown-it": "*",
+    "front-matter": "^2.3.0",
     "gulp": "^3.8.11",
     "gulp-uglify": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-concat": "^2.5.2"