markdown-strings 3.1.0

Create markdown formatted text

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Markdown_strings package
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Markdown is a markup language with plain text formatting syntax. This package
allows the creation of markdown-compliant strings. The following is a summary
of features with usage examples.

Note: asterisk and underscores are escaped for all functions that do not format
to code (inline_code and code_block).

Standard markdown features
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Header
------

Return a header of specified level.

Keyword arguments:
style -- Specifies the header style (default atx). The "atx" style uses
hash signs, and has 6 levels. The "setext" style uses dashes or equals
signs for headers of levels 1 and 2 respectively, and is limited to
those two levels.

Specifying a level outside of the style's range results in a ValueError.
::

>>> header("Main Title", 1)
'# Main Title'
>>> header("Smaller subtitle", 4)
'#### Smaller subtitle'
>>> header("Setext style", 2, "setext")
'Setext style\n---'


Italics
-------

Return italics formatted text.
::

>>> italics("This text is italics")
'_This text is italics_'


Bold
----

Return bold formatted text.
::

>>> bold("This text is bold")
'**This text is bold**'


Inline code
-----------

Return formatted inline code.
::

>>> inline_code("This text is code")
'`This text is code`'


Code block
----------

Return a code block.

If a language is specified a fenced code block is produced, otherwise the
block is indented by four spaces.

Keyword arguments:
language -- Specifies the language to fence the code in (default blank).
::

>>> code_block("This is a simple codeblock.")
' This is a simple codeblock.'
>>> code_block("This is a simple codeblock.\\nBut it has a linebreak!")
' This is a simple codeblock.\\n But it has a linebreak!'
>>> code_block("This block of code has a specified language.", "python")
'```python\\nThis block of code has a specified language.\\n```'
>>> code_block("So\\nmany\\nlinebreaks.", "python")
'```python\\nSo\\nmany\\nlinebreaks.\\n```'


Link
----

Return an inline link.
::

>>> link ("This is a link", "https://github.com/abactel/markdown_strings")
'[This is a link](https://github.com/abactel/markdown_strings)'


Image
-----

Return an inline image.

Keyword arguments:
title -- Specify the title of the image, as seen when hovering over it.
::

>>> image("This is an image", "https://tinyurl.com/bright-green-tree")
''
>>> image("This is an image", "https://tinyurl.com/bright-green-tree", "tree")
' "tree"'


Unordered list
--------------

Return an unordered list from an array.
::

>>> unordered_list(["first", "second", "third", "fourth"])
'- first\\n- second\\n- third\\n- fourth'
>>> unordered_list([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
'- 1\\n- 2\\n- 3\\n- 4\\n- 5'


Ordered list
------------

Return an ordered list from an array.
::

>>> ordered_list(["first", "second", "third", "fourth"])
'1. first\\n2. second\\n3. third\\n4. fourth'


Blockquote
----------

Return a blockquote.
::

>>> blockquote("A simple blockquote")
'> A simple blockquote'


Horizontal rule
---------------

Return a horizontal rule.

Keyword arguments:
length -- Specifies the length of the rule (default 79, minimum 3).

style -- Character used for the rule (may be either "_" or "*").

If the length is too low, or the style is invalid, a ValueError is raised.
::

>>> horizontal_rule()
'_______________________________________________________________________________'
>>> horizontal_rule(length=5, style="*")
'***'
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Non-standard markdown
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Strikethrough
-------------

Return text with strike-through formatting.
::

>>> strikethrough("This is a lie")
'~This is a lie~'


Task list
---------

Return a task list.

The task_array should be 2-dimensional; the first item should be the task
text, and the second the boolean completion state.
::

>>> task_list([["Be born", True], ["Be dead", False]])
'- [X] Be born\\n- [ ] Be dead'

When displayed using `print`, this will appear as:
::

- [X] Be born
- [ ] Be dead


Table row
---------

Return a single table row.

Keyword arguments:

pad -- The pad should be an array of the same size as the input text array.
It will be used to format the row's padding.
::

>>> table_row(["First column", "Second", "Third"])
'| First column | Second | Third |'
>>> table_row(["First column", "Second", "Third"], [10, 10, 10])
'| First column | Second | Third |'


Delimiter row
-------------

Return a delimiter row for use in a table.
::

>>> table_delimiter_row(3)
'| --- | --- | --- |'


Table from columns
------------------

Return a formatted table, generated from arrays representing columns.

The function requires a 2-dimensional array, where each array is a column
of the table. This will be used to generate a formatted table in string
format. The number of items in each columns does not need to be consitent.
::

>>> table_from_columns([["Name", "abactel", "Bob"], ["User", "4b4c73l", ""]])
'| Name | User |\\n| ------- | ------- |\\n| abactel | 4b4c73l |\\n| Bob | |'

When displayed using `print`, this will appear as:
::

| Name | User |
| ------- | ------- |
| abactel | 4b4c73l |
| Bob | |


Helper functions
================

Return text with formatting escaped

Markdown requires a backslash before literal inderscores or asterisk, to avoid
formatting to bold or italics.
::

>>> esc_format("Normal text")
'Normal text'
>>> esc_format("Text with **bold**")
'Text with \\\*\\\*bold\\\*\\\*'
>>> esc_format("Text with _italics_")
'Text with \\\_italics\\\_'
>>> esc_format("Text with _**complicated** formatting_")
'Text with \\\_\\\*\\\*complicated\\\*\\\* formatting\\\_'
"""