Fossil

  const struct Blob *ib,             /* input blob in markdown */
  const struct mkd_renderer *rndrer  /* renderer descriptor (callbacks) */
){
  struct link_ref *lr;
  struct footnote *fn;
  size_t i, beg, end = 0;
  struct render rndr;
  size_t size;
  Blob text = BLOB_INITIALIZER;        /* input after the first pass  */
  Blob * const allNotes = &rndr.notes.all;

  /* filling the render structure */
  if( !rndrer ) return;
  rndr.make = *rndrer;
  rndr.nBlobCache = 0;

  rndr.active_char['<'] = char_langle_tag;
  rndr.active_char['\\'] = char_escape;
  rndr.active_char['&'] = char_entity;

  /* first pass: iterate over lines looking for references,
   * copying everything else into "text" */
  beg = 0;
  for(size = blob_size(ib); beg<size ;){
    const char* const data = blob_buffer(ib);
    if( is_ref(data, beg, size, &end, &rndr.refs) ){
      beg = end;
    }else if(is_footnote(data, beg, size, &end, &rndr.notes.all)){
      beg = end;
    }else{ /* skipping to the next line */
      end = beg;