require 'redcarpet'
require 'rails'

def markdown(text)
  markdown = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::HTML,
  extensions = {
    autolink: true,
    tables: true,
    no_intraemphasis: true,
    hard_wrap: true,
    filter_html: true
    })
    raw(markdown.render(text))
end

text = '_italic_ and **bold** and `@inline_code` and: \n    </code snippet>'


p markdown(text)