diff --git a/markdown.rb b/markdown.rb
index 32f2fcb..3be5015 100644
--- a/markdown.rb
+++ b/markdown.rb
@@ -1,92 +1,187 @@
 ## Filter-based Markdown translator.
+#
 module Markdown
-  ## Translator for linear tags in Markdown.
-  # A linear tag is any tag that starts anywhere on the line, and closes on the same exact line.
-  class LinearTagTranslator
-    def initialize(text)
-      @input = text
+  ## Superclass that defines behaviour of all translators
+  # @abstract Don't use directly - it only defins the ability to chain translators
+  class AbstractTranslator
+    attr_accessor :input 
+    attr_accessor :output
+    def initialize()
+      @chain = []
     end
-    def escape(text)
-      text.sub /([*`~_!\[])/,"\\\1"
+    def +(nextTranslator)
+      @chain.append nextTranslator
+      return self
     end
     def to_html
-      @input
+      output = @output
+      @chain.each { |x|
+        x = x.new(output) if x.class == Class
+        x.to_html
+        output = x.output
+      }
+      return output
+    end
+  end
+  module_function
+  def html_highlighter; @html_highlighter end
+  def html_highlighter= v; @html_highlighter = v end
+  ## Translator for linear tags in Markdown.
+  # A linear tag is any tag that starts anywhere on the line, and closes on the same exact line.
+  class LinearTagTranslator < AbstractTranslator
+    def initialize(text)
+      @input = text
+      @output = text
+      super()
+    end
+    def to_html 
+      @output = @input
       # Newline 
-        .sub /\s{2}[\n\r]/,"<br/>"
+        .sub(/\s{2}[\n\r]/,"<br/>")
       # Inline code (discord style)
-        .sub /(?<!\\)``(.*?[^\\])``/, { |code|
-          "<code>#{self.escape code}</code>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)``(.*?[^\\])``/) { 
+          code = Regexp.last_match[1]
+          "<code>#{code.gsub /[*`~_!\[]/,"\\\\\\0"}</code>"
         }
       # Inline code (Markdown style)
-        .sub /(?<!\\)`(.*?[^\\])`/, { |code|
-          "<code>#{self.escape code}</code>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)`(.*?[^\\])`/) {
+          code = Regexp.last_match[1]
+          "<code>#{code.gsub /[*`~_!\[]/,"\\\\\\0"}</code>"
         }
       # Bold-italics
-        .sub /(?<!\\)\*\*\*(.*?[^\\])\*\*\*/,"<i><b>\1</b></i>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)\*\*\*(.*?[^\\])\*\*\*/,"<i><b>\\1</b></i>")
       # Bold
-        .sub /(?<!\\)\*\*(.*?[^\\])\*\*/,"<b>\1</b>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)\*\*(.*?[^\\])\*\*/,"<b>\\1</b>")
       # Italics
-        .sub /(?<!\\)\*(.*?[^\\])\*/,"<i>\1</i>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)\*(.*?[^\\])\*/,"<i>\\1</i>")
       # Strikethrough 
-        .sub /(?<!\\)~~(.*?[^\\])~~/,"<s>\1</s>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)~~(.*?[^\\])~~/,"<s>\\1</s>")
       # Underline
-        .sub /(?<!\\)__(.*?[^\\])__/,"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\1</span>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)__(.*?[^\\])__/,"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\\1</span>")
       # Image 
-        .sub /(?<!\\)!\[(.*)\]\((.*)\)/,"<img src=\"\2\" alt=\"\1\" />"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)!\[(.*)\]\((.*)\)/,"<img src=\"\\2\" alt=\"\\1\" />")
       # Link
-        .sub /(?<!\\)\[(.*)\]\((.*)\)/,"<a href=\"\2\">\1</a>"
+        .gsub(/(?<!\\)\[(.*)\]\((.*)\)/,"<a href=\"\\2\">\\1</a>")
+      super
     end
   end
   ## Translator for linear leftmost tags.
   # Leftmost linear tags open on the leftmost end of the string, and close once the line ends. These tags do not need to be explicitly closed.
-  class LeftmostTagTranslator
-    def initalize(text)
+  class LeftmostTagTranslator < AbstractTranslator
+    def initialize(text)
       @input = text
+      @output = text
+      super()
     end
     def to_html
       # Headers
-      @input.sub(/(?<!\\)(\#{1,4})([^\n\r]*)/) { |level,content|
-        "<h#{level.length}>"+content+"</h#{level.length}>"
-      }
+      @output = @input.split("\n").map do |x|
+        x.gsub(/^(?<!\\)(\#{1,4})([^\n\r]*)/) { 
+          level,content = Regexp.last_match[1..2]
+          "<h#{level.length}>"+content+"</h#{level.length}>"
+        }
+      end.join("\n")
+      super
     end
   end
-  ## Translator for code blocks in Markdown.
-  # First in terms of precedence.
-  class CodeBlocksTranslator
-    def initialize(text
+  ## Translator for code blocks in markdown
+  # Code blocks can have syntax highlighting. This class implements an attribute for providing a syntax highlighter, one handler per requested output.
+  class CodeBlockTranslator < AbstractTranslator
+    def initialize(text)
+      @input = text
+      @output = text
+      super()
+    end
+    def to_html
+      @output = @input.gsub(/(?<=\n)(?<!\\)```([\w_-]*)(.*?)```/) {
+        language,code = Regexp.last_match[1..2]
+        code = Markdown::html_highlighter.call(language,code)
+        "<code>#{code}</code>"
+      }
+      super()
+    end
   end
   ## Translator for quotes in Markdown. 
-  # These deserve their own place in hell.
-  class QuoteTranslator
-    def initialize(text, level: 0)
+  # These deserve their own place in hell. As if the "yaml with triangle brackets instead of spaces" syntax wasn't horrible enough, each quote is its own markdown context.
+  class QuoteTranslator < AbstractTranslator
+    def initialize(text)
       if text.is_a? Array then
         @lines = text
       elsif text.is_a? String then
-        @lines = text.split("\n\n")
+        @lines = text.split("\n")
       end
+      @output = text
+      super()
+    end
+    def input= (v)
+      @lines = v.split("\n")
+      @output = v
+    end
+    def input
+      @lines.join("\n")
     end
     def to_html
       stack = []
       range = []
-      state = false
       @lines.each_with_index { |x,index|
-        if x.match(/^\s{0,1}>/) and state == false then 
-          range.append index
-          state = true
-        end 
-        if (not x.match /^\s{0,1}>/) and state == true then 
-          range.append index-1
-          state = false 
-          stack.append(range[0]..range[1])
+        if x.match /^\s*> ?/ then 
+          range[0] = index if not range[0]
+          range[1] = index
+        else
+          stack.append(range[0]..range[1]) if range[0] and range[1]
           range = []
         end
       }
-      range.each { |r|
+      stack.append(range[0]..range[1]) if range[0] and range[1]
+      stack.reverse.each { |r|
+        @lines[r.begin] = "<blockquote>\n"+@lines[r.begin]
+        @lines[r.end] = @lines[r.end]+"\n</blockquote>"
+        @lines[r] = @lines[r].map { |line|
+          line.sub /^(\s*)> ?/,"\\1  "
+        }
         @lines[r] = QuoteTranslator.new(@lines[r]).to_html
       }
-      @lines = @lines.map { |x| 
-        (x.sub /^\s{0,1}>/,"") 
+      @output = @lines.join("\n")
+      super 
+    end
+  end
+
+  ## Table parser
+  # translates tables from a format in markdown to an html table
+  class TableTranslator < AbstractTranslator
+    def initialize(text)
+      @input = text
+      @output = text
+      super()
+    end
+    def to_html
+      lines = @output.split("\n")
+      table_testline = -1
+      table_start = -1
+      table_column_count = 0
+      tables = []
+      cur_table = []
+      lines.each_with_index { |line,index|
+        if (line.start_with? / *\|/) and (line.match /^ *\|.*\|/) then
+            table_start = index
+            table_column_count = line.count "|"
+            cur_table.push (line.split "|")
+        end
+        if (table_start != -1) and (line.match /^ *\|([^\|]*\|){#{table_column_count-1}}$/) then
+          if (table_testline == -1) then
+            if (line.match /^ *\|(\-*\|){#{table_column_count-1}}$/) then 
+              table_testline = 1
+            else
+              table_start = -1
+              cur_table = []
+            end
+          else 
+            cur_table.push (line.split "|") 
+          end
+        end
+        puts cur_table
       }
+      super()
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test.rb b/test.rb
index 14eb156..d7cd45e 100644
--- a/test.rb
+++ b/test.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,92 @@
-require "minitest"
-require "markdown"
-class LinearParsingTest << Minitest::Test
-  def setup
-    @lparser = 
+require_relative "markdown"
+puts Markdown::LinearTagTranslator.new(<<CODE
+*Italics*
+**Bold**
+***Bolitalics***
+__underline__
+__underline plus ***bolitalics***__
+___invalid underline___
+~~strikethrough ~~
+`code that ignores ***all*** __Markdown__ [tags](https://nevergonnagiveyouup)`
+me: google en passant
+them: [holy hell!](https://google.com/q?=en+passant)
+CODE
+).to_html
+puts Markdown::LeftmostTagTranslator.new(<<CODE
+# Header v1
+## Header v2
+### Header v3
+#### Header v4
+##### Invalid header
+   #### Not a header
+*** Also #### Not a header ***
+CODE
+).to_html
+puts Markdown::QuoteTranslator.new(<<CODE
+> Quote begins
+>
+> yea
+> # header btw
+> > nextlevel quote
+> > more quote
+> > those are quotes
+> > yes
+> > > third level quote
+> > > yes
+> > second level again
+> > > third level again
+> > second level oioioi
+> > 
+> > > third
+> > >
+> > >
+> > >
+> 
+>
+>
+> fin
+CODE
+                                  ).to_html
 
+puts Markdown::CodeBlockTranslator.new(<<CODE
+```markdown
+shmarkshmark
+# pee pee
+# piss
+**ass**
+__cock__
+cock__
+piss__
+`shmark shmark`
+```
+CODE
+                                  ).to_html
 
+puts (Markdown::QuoteTranslator.new(<<TEXT
+> Here's a bunch of shit i guess lmao idk
+```markdown 
+test 
+test
+test
+*** test ***
+piss 
+cock
+__cock__
+# hi
+```
+> ok
+> here i go pissing
+> ***time to take a piss***
+> > pissing 
+> > "what the hell are you doing"
+> > i'm taking a pieeees
+> > "why areyou not jomping at me thats what yourshupposed to do
+> > I might do it focking later
+> > ok
+> # bug
+> __cum__
+__mashup__
+
+TEXT
+    )+Markdown::QuoteTranslator+Markdown::LeftmostTagTranslator+Markdown::LinearTagTranslator)
+    .to_html