function MarkdownExtra_Parser()
{
#
# Constructor function. Initialize the parser object.
#
# Add extra escapable characters before parent constructor
# initialize the table.
$this->escape_chars .= ':|';
# Insert extra document, block, and span transformations.
# Parent constructor will do the sorting.
$this->document_gamut += array("doFencedCodeBlocks" => 5, "stripFootnotes" => 15, "stripAbbreviations" => 25, "appendFootnotes" => 50);
$this->block_gamut += array("doFencedCodeBlocks" => 5, "doTables" => 15, "doDefLists" => 45);
$this->span_gamut += array("doFootnotes" => 5, "doAbbreviations" => 70);
parent::Markdown_Parser();
}