diff --git a/Michelf/Markdown.php b/Michelf/Markdown.php
index 0fb3a04..0b6bcaa 100644
--- a/Michelf/Markdown.php
+++ b/Michelf/Markdown.php
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ class Markdown {
 
 	### Version ###
 
-	const  MARKDOWNLIB_VERSION  =  "1.3-beta4";
+	public const  MARKDOWNLIB_VERSION  =  "1.3-beta4";
 
 	### Simple Function Interface ###
 
-	static function defaultTransform($text) {
+	public static function defaultTransform($text) {
 	#
 	# Initialize the parser and return the result of its transform method.
 	# This will work fine for derived classes too.
@@ -59,34 +59,34 @@ class Markdown {
 	### Configuration Variables ###
 
 	# Change to ">" for HTML output.
-	var $empty_element_suffix = " />";
-	var $tab_width = 4;
+	public $empty_element_suffix = " />";
+	public $tab_width = 4;
 	
 	# Change to `true` to disallow markup or entities.
-	var $no_markup = false;
-	var $no_entities = false;
+	public $no_markup = false;
+	public $no_entities = false;
 	
 	# Predefined urls and titles for reference links and images.
-	var $predef_urls = array();
-	var $predef_titles = array();
+	public $predef_urls = array();
+	public $predef_titles = array();
 
 
 	### Parser Implementation ###
 
 	# Regex to match balanced [brackets].
 	# Needed to insert a maximum bracked depth while converting to PHP.
-	var $nested_brackets_depth = 6;
-	var $nested_brackets_re;
+	protected $nested_brackets_depth = 6;
+	protected $nested_brackets_re;
 	
-	var $nested_url_parenthesis_depth = 4;
-	var $nested_url_parenthesis_re;
+	protected $nested_url_parenthesis_depth = 4;
+	protected $nested_url_parenthesis_re;
 
 	# Table of hash values for escaped characters:
-	var $escape_chars = '\`*_{}[]()>#+-.!';
-	var $escape_chars_re;
+	protected $escape_chars = '\`*_{}[]()>#+-.!';
+	protected $escape_chars_re;
 
 
-	function __construct() {
+	public function __construct() {
 	#
 	# Constructor function. Initialize appropriate member variables.
 	#
@@ -111,15 +111,15 @@ class Markdown {
 
 
 	# Internal hashes used during transformation.
-	var $urls = array();
-	var $titles = array();
-	var $html_hashes = array();
+	protected $urls = array();
+	protected $titles = array();
+	protected $html_hashes = array();
 	
 	# Status flag to avoid invalid nesting.
-	var $in_anchor = false;
+	protected $in_anchor = false;
 	
 	
-	function setup() {
+	protected function setup() {
 	#
 	# Called before the transformation process starts to setup parser 
 	# states.
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		$in_anchor = false;
 	}
 	
-	function teardown() {
+	protected function teardown() {
 	#
 	# Called after the transformation process to clear any variable 
 	# which may be taking up memory unnecessarly.
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function transform($text) {
+	protected function transform($text) {
 	#
 	# Main function. Performs some preprocessing on the input text
 	# and pass it through the document gamut.
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		return $text . "\n";
 	}
 	
-	var $document_gamut = array(
+	protected $document_gamut = array(
 		# Strip link definitions, store in hashes.
 		"stripLinkDefinitions" => 20,
 		
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		);
 
 
-	function stripLinkDefinitions($text) {
+	protected function stripLinkDefinitions($text) {
 	#
 	# Strips link definitions from text, stores the URLs and titles in
 	# hash references.
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class Markdown {
 			$text);
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _stripLinkDefinitions_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _stripLinkDefinitions_callback($matches) {
 		$link_id = strtolower($matches[1]);
 		$url = $matches[2] == '' ? $matches[3] : $matches[2];
 		$this->urls[$link_id] = $url;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function hashHTMLBlocks($text) {
+	protected function hashHTMLBlocks($text) {
 		if ($this->no_markup)  return $text;
 
 		$less_than_tab = $this->tab_width - 1;
@@ -372,14 +372,14 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _hashHTMLBlocks_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _hashHTMLBlocks_callback($matches) {
 		$text = $matches[1];
 		$key  = $this->hashBlock($text);
 		return "\n\n$key\n\n";
 	}
 	
 	
-	function hashPart($text, $boundary = 'X') {
+	protected function hashPart($text, $boundary = 'X') {
 	#
 	# Called whenever a tag must be hashed when a function insert an atomic 
 	# element in the text stream. Passing $text to through this function gives
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function hashBlock($text) {
+	protected function hashBlock($text) {
 	#
 	# Shortcut function for hashPart with block-level boundaries.
 	#
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	var $block_gamut = array(
+	protected $block_gamut = array(
 	#
 	# These are all the transformations that form block-level
 	# tags like paragraphs, headers, and list items.
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		"doBlockQuotes"     => 60,
 		);
 
-	function runBlockGamut($text) {
+	protected function runBlockGamut($text) {
 	#
 	# Run block gamut tranformations.
 	#
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		return $this->runBasicBlockGamut($text);
 	}
 	
-	function runBasicBlockGamut($text) {
+	protected function runBasicBlockGamut($text) {
 	#
 	# Run block gamut tranformations, without hashing HTML blocks. This is 
 	# useful when HTML blocks are known to be already hashed, like in the first
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 	
 	
-	function doHorizontalRules($text) {
+	protected function doHorizontalRules($text) {
 		# Do Horizontal Rules:
 		return preg_replace(
 			'{
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	var $span_gamut = array(
+	protected $span_gamut = array(
 	#
 	# These are all the transformations that occur *within* block-level
 	# tags like paragraphs, headers, and list items.
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		"doHardBreaks"        =>  60,
 		);
 
-	function runSpanGamut($text) {
+	protected function runSpanGamut($text) {
 	#
 	# Run span gamut tranformations.
 	#
@@ -508,17 +508,17 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 	
 	
-	function doHardBreaks($text) {
+	protected function doHardBreaks($text) {
 		# Do hard breaks:
 		return preg_replace_callback('/ {2,}\n/', 
 			array(&$this, '_doHardBreaks_callback'), $text);
 	}
-	function _doHardBreaks_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doHardBreaks_callback($matches) {
 		return $this->hashPart("<br$this->empty_element_suffix\n");
 	}
 
 
-	function doAnchors($text) {
+	protected function doAnchors($text) {
 	#
 	# Turn Markdown link shortcuts into XHTML <a> tags.
 	#
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		$this->in_anchor = false;
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doAnchors_reference_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doAnchors_reference_callback($matches) {
 		$whole_match =  $matches[1];
 		$link_text   =  $matches[2];
 		$link_id     =& $matches[3];
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		}
 		return $result;
 	}
-	function _doAnchors_inline_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doAnchors_inline_callback($matches) {
 		$whole_match	=  $matches[1];
 		$link_text		=  $this->runSpanGamut($matches[2]);
 		$url			=  $matches[3] == '' ? $matches[4] : $matches[3];
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doImages($text) {
+	protected function doImages($text) {
 	#
 	# Turn Markdown image shortcuts into <img> tags.
 	#
@@ -698,7 +698,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doImages_reference_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doImages_reference_callback($matches) {
 		$whole_match = $matches[1];
 		$alt_text    = $matches[2];
 		$link_id     = strtolower($matches[3]);
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $result;
 	}
-	function _doImages_inline_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doImages_inline_callback($matches) {
 		$whole_match	= $matches[1];
 		$alt_text		= $matches[2];
 		$url			= $matches[3] == '' ? $matches[4] : $matches[3];
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doHeaders($text) {
+	protected function doHeaders($text) {
 		# Setext-style headers:
 		#	  Header 1
 		#	  ========
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doHeaders_callback_setext($matches) {
+	protected function _doHeaders_callback_setext($matches) {
 		# Terrible hack to check we haven't found an empty list item.
 		if ($matches[2] == '-' && preg_match('{^-(?: |$)}', $matches[1]))
 			return $matches[0];
@@ -784,14 +784,14 @@ class Markdown {
 		$block = "<h$level>".$this->runSpanGamut($matches[1])."</h$level>";
 		return "\n" . $this->hashBlock($block) . "\n\n";
 	}
-	function _doHeaders_callback_atx($matches) {
+	protected function _doHeaders_callback_atx($matches) {
 		$level = strlen($matches[1]);
 		$block = "<h$level>".$this->runSpanGamut($matches[2])."</h$level>";
 		return "\n" . $this->hashBlock($block) . "\n\n";
 	}
 
 
-	function doLists($text) {
+	protected function doLists($text) {
 	#
 	# Form HTML ordered (numbered) and unordered (bulleted) lists.
 	#
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doLists_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doLists_callback($matches) {
 		# Re-usable patterns to match list item bullets and number markers:
 		$marker_ul_re  = '[*+-]';
 		$marker_ol_re  = '\d+[\.]';
@@ -875,9 +875,9 @@ class Markdown {
 		return "\n". $result ."\n\n";
 	}
 
-	var $list_level = 0;
+	protected $list_level = 0;
 
-	function processListItems($list_str, $marker_any_re) {
+	protected function processListItems($list_str, $marker_any_re) {
 	#
 	#	Process the contents of a single ordered or unordered list, splitting it
 	#	into individual list items.
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		$this->list_level--;
 		return $list_str;
 	}
-	function _processListItems_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _processListItems_callback($matches) {
 		$item = $matches[4];
 		$leading_line =& $matches[1];
 		$leading_space =& $matches[2];
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doCodeBlocks($text) {
+	protected function doCodeBlocks($text) {
 	#
 	#	Process Markdown `<pre><code>` blocks.
 	#
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doCodeBlocks_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doCodeBlocks_callback($matches) {
 		$codeblock = $matches[1];
 
 		$codeblock = $this->outdent($codeblock);
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function makeCodeSpan($code) {
+	protected function makeCodeSpan($code) {
 	#
 	# Create a code span markup for $code. Called from handleSpanToken.
 	#
@@ -989,24 +989,24 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	var $em_relist = array(
+	protected $em_relist = array(
 		''  => '(?:(?<!\*)\*(?!\*)|(?<!_)_(?!_))(?=\S|$)(?![\.,:;]\s)',
 		'*' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!\*)\*(?!\*)',
 		'_' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!_)_(?!_)',
 		);
-	var $strong_relist = array(
+	protected $strong_relist = array(
 		''   => '(?:(?<!\*)\*\*(?!\*)|(?<!_)__(?!_))(?=\S|$)(?![\.,:;]\s)',
 		'**' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!\*)\*\*(?!\*)',
 		'__' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!_)__(?!_)',
 		);
-	var $em_strong_relist = array(
+	protected $em_strong_relist = array(
 		''    => '(?:(?<!\*)\*\*\*(?!\*)|(?<!_)___(?!_))(?=\S|$)(?![\.,:;]\s)',
 		'***' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!\*)\*\*\*(?!\*)',
 		'___' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!_)___(?!_)',
 		);
-	var $em_strong_prepared_relist;
+	protected $em_strong_prepared_relist;
 	
-	function prepareItalicsAndBold() {
+	protected function prepareItalicsAndBold() {
 	#
 	# Prepare regular expressions for searching emphasis tokens in any
 	# context.
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	function doItalicsAndBold($text) {
+	protected function doItalicsAndBold($text) {
 		$token_stack = array('');
 		$text_stack = array('');
 		$em = '';
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doBlockQuotes($text) {
+	protected function doBlockQuotes($text) {
 		$text = preg_replace_callback('/
 			  (								# Wrap whole match in $1
 				(?>
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doBlockQuotes_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doBlockQuotes_callback($matches) {
 		$bq = $matches[1];
 		# trim one level of quoting - trim whitespace-only lines
 		$bq = preg_replace('/^[ ]*>[ ]?|^[ ]+$/m', '', $bq);
@@ -1180,14 +1180,14 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return "\n". $this->hashBlock("<blockquote>\n$bq\n</blockquote>")."\n\n";
 	}
-	function _doBlockQuotes_callback2($matches) {
+	protected function _doBlockQuotes_callback2($matches) {
 		$pre = $matches[1];
 		$pre = preg_replace('/^  /m', '', $pre);
 		return $pre;
 	}
 
 
-	function formParagraphs($text) {
+	protected function formParagraphs($text) {
 	#
 	#	Params:
 	#		$text - string to process with html <p> tags
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function encodeAttribute($text) {
+	protected function encodeAttribute($text) {
 	#
 	# Encode text for a double-quoted HTML attribute. This function
 	# is *not* suitable for attributes enclosed in single quotes.
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 	
 	
-	function encodeAmpsAndAngles($text) {
+	protected function encodeAmpsAndAngles($text) {
 	#
 	# Smart processing for ampersands and angle brackets that need to 
 	# be encoded. Valid character entities are left alone unless the
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doAutoLinks($text) {
+	protected function doAutoLinks($text) {
 		$text = preg_replace_callback('{<((https?|ftp|dict):[^\'">\s]+)>}i', 
 			array(&$this, '_doAutoLinks_url_callback'), $text);
 
@@ -1316,19 +1316,19 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doAutoLinks_url_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doAutoLinks_url_callback($matches) {
 		$url = $this->encodeAttribute($matches[1]);
 		$link = "<a href=\"$url\">$url</a>";
 		return $this->hashPart($link);
 	}
-	function _doAutoLinks_email_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doAutoLinks_email_callback($matches) {
 		$address = $matches[1];
 		$link = $this->encodeEmailAddress($address);
 		return $this->hashPart($link);
 	}
 
 
-	function encodeEmailAddress($addr) {
+	protected function encodeEmailAddress($addr) {
 	#
 	#	Input: an email address, e.g. "foo@example.com"
 	#
@@ -1369,7 +1369,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function parseSpan($str) {
+	protected function parseSpan($str) {
 	#
 	# Take the string $str and parse it into tokens, hashing embeded HTML,
 	# escaped characters and handling code spans.
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 	
 	
-	function handleSpanToken($token, &$str) {
+	protected function handleSpanToken($token, &$str) {
 	#
 	# Handle $token provided by parseSpan by determining its nature and 
 	# returning the corresponding value that should replace it.
@@ -1453,7 +1453,7 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function outdent($text) {
+	protected function outdent($text) {
 	#
 	# Remove one level of line-leading tabs or spaces
 	#
@@ -1463,9 +1463,9 @@ class Markdown {
 
 	# String length function for detab. `_initDetab` will create a function to 
 	# hanlde UTF-8 if the default function does not exist.
-	var $utf8_strlen = 'mb_strlen';
+	protected $utf8_strlen = 'mb_strlen';
 	
-	function detab($text) {
+	protected function detab($text) {
 	#
 	# Replace tabs with the appropriate amount of space.
 	#
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ class Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _detab_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _detab_callback($matches) {
 		$line = $matches[0];
 		$strlen = $this->utf8_strlen; # strlen function for UTF-8.
 		
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ class Markdown {
 		}
 		return $line;
 	}
-	function _initDetab() {
+	protected function _initDetab() {
 	#
 	# Check for the availability of the function in the `utf8_strlen` property
 	# (initially `mb_strlen`). If the function is not available, create a 
@@ -1509,14 +1509,14 @@ class Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function unhash($text) {
+	protected function unhash($text) {
 	#
 	# Swap back in all the tags hashed by _HashHTMLBlocks.
 	#
 		return preg_replace_callback('/(.)\x1A[0-9]+\1/', 
 			array(&$this, '_unhash_callback'), $text);
 	}
-	function _unhash_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _unhash_callback($matches) {
 		return $this->html_hashes[$matches[0]];
 	}
 
@@ -1540,34 +1540,34 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	### Configuration Variables ###
 
 	# Prefix for footnote ids.
-	var $fn_id_prefix = "";
+	public $fn_id_prefix = "";
 	
 	# Optional title attribute for footnote links and backlinks.
-	var $fn_link_title = "";
-	var $fn_backlink_title = "";
+	public $fn_link_title = "";
+	public $fn_backlink_title = "";
 	
 	# Optional class attribute for footnote links and backlinks.
-	var $fn_link_class = "footnote-ref";
-	var $fn_backlink_class = "footnote-backref";
+	public $fn_link_class = "footnote-ref";
+	public $fn_backlink_class = "footnote-backref";
 
 	# Class name for table cell alignment (%% replaced left/center/right)
 	# For instance: 'go-%%' becomes 'go-left' or 'go-right' or 'go-center'
 	# If empty, the align attribute is used instead of a class name.
-	var $table_align_class_tmpl = '';
+	public $table_align_class_tmpl = '';
 
 	# Optional class prefix for fenced code block.
-	var $code_class_prefix = "";
+	public $code_class_prefix = "";
 	# Class attribute for code blocks goes on the `code` tag;
 	# setting this to true will put attributes on the `pre` tag instead.
-	var $code_attr_on_pre = false;
+	public $code_attr_on_pre = false;
 	
 	# Predefined abbreviations.
-	var $predef_abbr = array();
+	public $predef_abbr = array();
 
 
 	### Parser Implementation ###
 
-	function __construct() {
+	public function __construct() {
 	#
 	# Constructor function. Initialize the parser object.
 	#
@@ -1598,18 +1598,18 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	
 	
 	# Extra variables used during extra transformations.
-	var $footnotes = array();
-	var $footnotes_ordered = array();
-	var $footnotes_ref_count = array();
-	var $footnotes_numbers = array();
-	var $abbr_desciptions = array();
-	var $abbr_word_re = '';
+	protected $footnotes = array();
+	protected $footnotes_ordered = array();
+	protected $footnotes_ref_count = array();
+	protected $footnotes_numbers = array();
+	protected $abbr_desciptions = array();
+	protected $abbr_word_re = '';
 	
 	# Give the current footnote number.
-	var $footnote_counter = 1;
+	protected $footnote_counter = 1;
 	
 	
-	function setup() {
+	protected function setup() {
 	#
 	# Setting up Extra-specific variables.
 	#
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	function teardown() {
+	protected function teardown() {
 	#
 	# Clearing Extra-specific variables.
 	#
@@ -1649,11 +1649,11 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	### Extra Attribute Parser ###
 
 	# Expression to use to catch attributes (includes the braces)
-	var $id_class_attr_catch_re = '\{((?:[ ]*[#.][-_:a-zA-Z0-9]+){1,})[ ]*\}';
+	protected $id_class_attr_catch_re = '\{((?:[ ]*[#.][-_:a-zA-Z0-9]+){1,})[ ]*\}';
 	# Expression to use when parsing in a context when no capture is desired
-	var $id_class_attr_nocatch_re = '\{(?:[ ]*[#.][-_:a-zA-Z0-9]+){1,}[ ]*\}';
+	protected $id_class_attr_nocatch_re = '\{(?:[ ]*[#.][-_:a-zA-Z0-9]+){1,}[ ]*\}';
 
-	function doExtraAttributes($tag_name, $attr) {
+	protected function doExtraAttributes($tag_name, $attr) {
 	#
 	# Parse attributes caught by the $this->id_class_attr_catch_re expression
 	# and return the HTML-formatted list of attributes.
@@ -1692,23 +1692,23 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	### HTML Block Parser ###
 	
 	# Tags that are always treated as block tags:
-	var $block_tags_re = 'p|div|h[1-6]|blockquote|pre|table|dl|ol|ul|address|form|fieldset|iframe|hr|legend|article|section|nav|aside|hgroup|header|footer|figcaption';
+	protected $block_tags_re = 'p|div|h[1-6]|blockquote|pre|table|dl|ol|ul|address|form|fieldset|iframe|hr|legend|article|section|nav|aside|hgroup|header|footer|figcaption';
 						   
 	# Tags treated as block tags only if the opening tag is alone on its line:
-	var $context_block_tags_re = 'script|noscript|ins|del|iframe|object|source|track|param|math|svg|canvas|audio|video';
+	protected $context_block_tags_re = 'script|noscript|ins|del|iframe|object|source|track|param|math|svg|canvas|audio|video';
 	
 	# Tags where markdown="1" default to span mode:
-	var $contain_span_tags_re = 'p|h[1-6]|li|dd|dt|td|th|legend|address';
+	protected $contain_span_tags_re = 'p|h[1-6]|li|dd|dt|td|th|legend|address';
 	
 	# Tags which must not have their contents modified, no matter where 
 	# they appear:
-	var $clean_tags_re = 'script|math|svg';
+	protected $clean_tags_re = 'script|math|svg';
 	
 	# Tags that do not need to be closed.
-	var $auto_close_tags_re = 'hr|img|param|source|track';
+	protected $auto_close_tags_re = 'hr|img|param|source|track';
 	
 
-	function hashHTMLBlocks($text) {
+	protected function hashHTMLBlocks($text) {
 	#
 	# Hashify HTML Blocks and "clean tags".
 	#
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _hashHTMLBlocks_inMarkdown($text, $indent = 0, 
+	protected function _hashHTMLBlocks_inMarkdown($text, $indent = 0,
 										$enclosing_tag_re = '', $span = false)
 	{
 	#
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		
 		return array($parsed, $text);
 	}
-	function _hashHTMLBlocks_inHTML($text, $hash_method, $md_attr) {
+	protected function _hashHTMLBlocks_inHTML($text, $hash_method, $md_attr) {
 	#
 	# Parse HTML, calling _HashHTMLBlocks_InMarkdown for block tags.
 	#
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function hashClean($text) {
+	protected function hashClean($text) {
 	#
 	# Called whenever a tag must be hashed when a function inserts a "clean" tag
 	# in $text, it passes through this function and is automaticaly escaped, 
@@ -2156,7 +2156,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doHeaders($text) {
+	protected function doHeaders($text) {
 	#
 	# Redefined to add id and class attribute support.
 	#
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doHeaders_callback_setext($matches) {
+	protected function _doHeaders_callback_setext($matches) {
 		if ($matches[3] == '-' && preg_match('{^- }', $matches[1]))
 			return $matches[0];
 		$level = $matches[3]{0} == '=' ? 1 : 2;
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		$block = "<h$level$attr>".$this->runSpanGamut($matches[1])."</h$level>";
 		return "\n" . $this->hashBlock($block) . "\n\n";
 	}
-	function _doHeaders_callback_atx($matches) {
+	protected function _doHeaders_callback_atx($matches) {
 		$level = strlen($matches[1]);
 		$attr  = $this->doExtraAttributes("h$level", $dummy =& $matches[3]);
 		$block = "<h$level$attr>".$this->runSpanGamut($matches[2])."</h$level>";
@@ -2212,7 +2212,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doTables($text) {
+	protected function doTables($text) {
 	#
 	# Form HTML tables.
 	#
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doTable_leadingPipe_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doTable_leadingPipe_callback($matches) {
 		$head		= $matches[1];
 		$underline	= $matches[2];
 		$content	= $matches[3];
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		
 		return $this->_doTable_callback(array($matches[0], $head, $underline, $content));
 	}
-	function _doTable_makeAlignAttr($alignname)
+	protected function _doTable_makeAlignAttr($alignname)
 	{
 		if (empty($this->table_align_class_tmpl))
 			return " align=\"$alignname\"";
@@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		$classname = str_replace('%%', $alignname, $this->table_align_class_tmpl);
 		return " class=\"$classname\"";
 	}
-	function _doTable_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doTable_callback($matches) {
 		$head		= $matches[1];
 		$underline	= $matches[2];
 		$content	= $matches[3];
@@ -2354,7 +2354,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 	
-	function doDefLists($text) {
+	protected function doDefLists($text) {
 	#
 	# Form HTML definition lists.
 	#
@@ -2396,7 +2396,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doDefLists_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doDefLists_callback($matches) {
 		# Re-usable patterns to match list item bullets and number markers:
 		$list = $matches[1];
 		
@@ -2408,7 +2408,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function processDefListItems($list_str) {
+	protected function processDefListItems($list_str) {
 	#
 	#	Process the contents of a single definition list, splitting it
 	#	into individual term and definition list items.
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 
 		return $list_str;
 	}
-	function _processDefListItems_callback_dt($matches) {
+	protected function _processDefListItems_callback_dt($matches) {
 		$terms = explode("\n", trim($matches[1]));
 		$text = '';
 		foreach ($terms as $term) {
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		}
 		return $text . "\n";
 	}
-	function _processDefListItems_callback_dd($matches) {
+	protected function _processDefListItems_callback_dd($matches) {
 		$leading_line	= $matches[1];
 		$marker_space	= $matches[2];
 		$def			= $matches[3];
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 
-	function doFencedCodeBlocks($text) {
+	protected function doFencedCodeBlocks($text) {
 	#
 	# Adding the fenced code block syntax to regular Markdown:
 	#
@@ -2519,7 +2519,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doFencedCodeBlocks_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doFencedCodeBlocks_callback($matches) {
 		$classname =& $matches[2];
 		$attrs     =& $matches[3];
 		$codeblock = $matches[4];
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		
 		return "\n\n".$this->hashBlock($codeblock)."\n\n";
 	}
-	function _doFencedCodeBlocks_newlines($matches) {
+	protected function _doFencedCodeBlocks_newlines($matches) {
 		return str_repeat("<br$this->empty_element_suffix", 
 			strlen($matches[0]));
 	}
@@ -2550,24 +2550,24 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	# Redefining emphasis markers so that emphasis by underscore does not
 	# work in the middle of a word.
 	#
-	var $em_relist = array(
+	protected $em_relist = array(
 		''  => '(?:(?<!\*)\*(?!\*)|(?<![a-zA-Z0-9_])_(?!_))(?=\S|$)(?![\.,:;]\s)',
 		'*' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!\*)\*(?!\*)',
 		'_' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!_)_(?![a-zA-Z0-9_])',
 		);
-	var $strong_relist = array(
+	protected $strong_relist = array(
 		''   => '(?:(?<!\*)\*\*(?!\*)|(?<![a-zA-Z0-9_])__(?!_))(?=\S|$)(?![\.,:;]\s)',
 		'**' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!\*)\*\*(?!\*)',
 		'__' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!_)__(?![a-zA-Z0-9_])',
 		);
-	var $em_strong_relist = array(
+	protected $em_strong_relist = array(
 		''    => '(?:(?<!\*)\*\*\*(?!\*)|(?<![a-zA-Z0-9_])___(?!_))(?=\S|$)(?![\.,:;]\s)',
 		'***' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!\*)\*\*\*(?!\*)',
 		'___' => '(?<=\S|^)(?<!_)___(?![a-zA-Z0-9_])',
 		);
 
 
-	function formParagraphs($text) {
+	protected function formParagraphs($text) {
 	#
 	#	Params:
 	#		$text - string to process with html <p> tags
@@ -2605,7 +2605,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	
 	### Footnotes
 	
-	function stripFootnotes($text) {
+	protected function stripFootnotes($text) {
 	#
 	# Strips link definitions from text, stores the URLs and titles in
 	# hash references.
@@ -2632,14 +2632,14 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 			$text);
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _stripFootnotes_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _stripFootnotes_callback($matches) {
 		$note_id = $this->fn_id_prefix . $matches[1];
 		$this->footnotes[$note_id] = $this->outdent($matches[2]);
 		return ''; # String that will replace the block
 	}
 
 
-	function doFootnotes($text) {
+	protected function doFootnotes($text) {
 	#
 	# Replace footnote references in $text [^id] with a special text-token 
 	# which will be replaced by the actual footnote marker in appendFootnotes.
@@ -2651,7 +2651,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 
 	
-	function appendFootnotes($text) {
+	protected function appendFootnotes($text) {
 	#
 	# Append footnote list to text.
 	#
@@ -2715,7 +2715,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		}
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _appendFootnotes_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _appendFootnotes_callback($matches) {
 		$node_id = $this->fn_id_prefix . $matches[1];
 		
 		# Create footnote marker only if it has a corresponding footnote *and*
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	
 	### Abbreviations ###
 	
-	function stripAbbreviations($text) {
+	protected function stripAbbreviations($text) {
 	#
 	# Strips abbreviations from text, stores titles in hash references.
 	#
@@ -2774,7 +2774,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 			$text);
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _stripAbbreviations_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _stripAbbreviations_callback($matches) {
 		$abbr_word = $matches[1];
 		$abbr_desc = $matches[2];
 		if ($this->abbr_word_re)
@@ -2785,7 +2785,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 	}
 	
 	
-	function doAbbreviations($text) {
+	protected function doAbbreviations($text) {
 	#
 	# Find defined abbreviations in text and wrap them in <abbr> elements.
 	#
@@ -2801,7 +2801,7 @@ class _MarkdownExtra_TmpImpl extends \Michelf\Markdown {
 		}
 		return $text;
 	}
-	function _doAbbreviations_callback($matches) {
+	protected function _doAbbreviations_callback($matches) {
 		$abbr = $matches[0];
 		if (isset($this->abbr_desciptions[$abbr])) {
 			$desc = $this->abbr_desciptions[$abbr];
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index dd1f664..aa15829 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ Version History
 
 Current Lib:
 
+*	Added `public` and `protected` protection attributes, plus a section about
+	what is "public API" and what isn't in the Readme.
+
 *	Changed HTML output for footnotes: now instead of adding `rel` and `rev`
 	attributes, footnotes links have the class name `footnote-ref` and
 	backlinks `footnote-backref`. (This change only affect Lib branch.)