# ANN: My CommonMark book, some queries, and a wishlist

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/ann-my-commonmark-book-some-queries-and-a-wishlist/3523>\
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**Created:** [June 27, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/ann-my-commonmark-book-some-queries-and-a-wishlist/3523 "2020-06-27T16:25:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![SubhashBrowser](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/subhashbrowser/32/1964_2.png) [@SubhashBrowser](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/SubhashBrowser)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/ann-my-commonmark-book-some-queries-and-a-wishlist/3523/1 "2020-06-27T16:25:39Z")

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I saw an announcement on StackOverFlow that they are switching over to CommonMark. I read the spec and decided to write a book on CommonMark. It is not free but is cheap as chips.  
The cover is designed like a CommonMark reference card. Anyone can download it for free without the cover.

> **[V Subhash.IN - Home of the 2020 Jokebook, Unlikely Stories, Subhash Browser,...](http://www.vsubhash.in/index.html)**
>
> V Subhash - Writer, programmer, cartoonist, illustrator & humourist

**Download?** : The markdown.pl script can be downloaded and used by anyone on the command line. It is not possible to run the C source code like that. I could not find a binary executable that can be used straightaway. I now offer Windows and Linux executable downloads on my site.

**Build instructions in readme** : The Windows executable can be built from Linux. However, the information for changing the install directory has not been provided.

```auto
make clean
make mingw MINGW_INSTALLDIR="/home/name/CommonMark/windows-bin"

```

**My wishlist for consideration by the developers** : How about letting markdown users provide HTML attributes along side markdown in a way that does not distract from the plain text flow. Something like:

> ```auto
> ## Heading 2 { id="id_name" class="class_name" style="style_name" }
> [Link Text](http://example.com "title text" { id="id_name" class="class_name" style="style_name" })
> 
> ```