Python-Markdown extension using smartypants to emit typographically nicer ("curly") quotes, proper ("em" and "en") dashes, etc.
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Installation
pip install mdx_smartypants
(You may need to prefix this with “sudo “ to authorize installation.)
Usage
import markdown import mdx_smartypants text = """ Markdown makes HTML from simple text files. But--it lacks typographic "prettification." That... That'd be sweet. Definitely 7---8 on a '10-point scale'. Now it has it. Huzzah! """ print markdown.markdown(text, extensions=['smartypants'])
This produces nice HTML output, including typographically “pretty” quotes and other punctuation. It also renders HTML entites in their named rather than numeric form, which is easier on the eyes and more readily comprehended:
<p>Markdown makes HTML from simple text files. But—it lacks typographic “prettification.” That… That’d be sweet. Definitely 7–8 on a ‘10-point scale’. Now it has it.</p> <p>Huzzah!</p>
Bugs
The smartypants module (as of version 1.6.0.3) wrongly munges punctuation within style sections found in the document body. As of version 1.0.7, mdx_smartypants monkey-patches a fix for this.
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