Cannot use markdownify in the template

[yaqwsx]

I would like to specify image captions using markdown (and e.g., use markdown links). Therefore I added the following to my template:

{% if caption %}
    <figcaption>
        {{ caption | markdownify }}
    </figcaption>
{% endif %}

However, then I get error Liquid Exception: undefined methodfind_converter_instance' for nil:NilClass in mymdfile.md`

The same code snippet works fine when it is used directly in the main document, so I assume there is something wrong in the plugin.

[wildlyinaccurate]

Thanks for reporting this! I don't have much time to look into the issue right now, but I suspect it's to do with how the plugin renders the templates. Thinking out loud: I'm guessing that Liquid doesn't know about the markdownify filter. I wonder if it's possible to ask Jekyll to render the template, rather than going to Liquid directly.

[wildlyinaccurate]

A possible workaround: could you markdownify the caption before you pass it into the responsive_image tag?

{% assign path = 'assets/test.png' %}
{% assign caption = 'Some MD here' | markdownify %}

{% responsive_image_block %}
  path: {{ path }}
  caption: {{ caption }}
{% endresponsive_image_block %}

[yaqwsx]

I think the problem could be elsewhere - the error comes from:

 def markdownify(input)
      @context.registers[:site].find_converter_instance(
        Jekyll::Converters::Markdown
      ).convert(input.to_s)
    end

It seems like @context.registers[:site] does not contain find_converter_instance - however, I have no idea why.

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[yaqwsx]

@stale I haven't found a solution yet.

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