twomartens.markdown 1.0.0.dev3

Markdown parser that renders the markdown in HTML

This program was created in the context of the code competition of it-talents.com in April 2017. It is split into two main components. The parser side takes the Markdown input and creates an internal representation. The renderer component uses the internal representation and creates the HTML output.

In general the system is designed to be modular and expandable. For example a renderer for LaTeX could be relatively easily added.

Installation

Easy way

Use the package manager of Python:

pip install twomartens.markdown

A bit more complicated

1. Download the package from the PyPi

2. Extract the files

3. Run python setup.py install from the directory you extracted the files to

The Git way (No actual installation)

1. Clone the GitHub repository

2. Run python markdown-runner.py to use the tool

Usage

The usage is very easy. Once installed you can use tm-parse-markdown to access the program. Alternatively use python markdown-runner.py instead if you followed the Git way. The rest applies to both forms in the same way. The program accepts two parameters. The first needs to be the name of a file containing Markdown code. The second parameter has to be the name of the output file. The file doesn’t have to exist already but if it does it will be overwritten completely. The output file will contain the markup in the selected output format (as of now it is always HTML).

To allow for easier extension the program accepts the -r, --renderer option. It can be used to specify the output format. Currently only HTML is supported which is also selected by default. Therefore it is not required to specify the option for the program to work.

Example:

tm-parse-markdown my-markdown-file.md my-html-file.html

Example (with option):

tm-parse-markdown --renderer html my-markdown-file.md my-html-file.html

Markdown Syntax

The markdown parser supports the following syntax. More might be added later.

Headings

All headings from H1 to H6 are supported.

Examples:

# H1 heading
## H2 heading
### H3 heading
#### H4 heading
##### H5 heading
###### H6 heading

Bold text

Bold text is supported.

Example:

**bold text**
the **bold text** can even appear in normal paragraphs

Italic text

Italic text is supported.

Example:

*some italic text*
the *italic text* can also appear in paragraphs

Lists

Both unordered and ordered lists are supported. The list items for unordered lists have to start their line with *, - or + immediately followed by a space. These symbols can be used interchangeably even within one list. An empty line must precede a list.

Example:

* this starts a list
* which continues here
* and here
- even here
+ and here

* but this is a new list
* which even contains **bold text** and *italic text*

The list items of ordered lists have to start with numbers (0-9), followed by a dot (.) and a space. It doesn’t matter for the output which numbers stand in front of the dot.

Example:

1.  this starts an ordered list
2.  which is continued here
9.  and here
0.  it can also contain **bold text**
11. and *italic text*

0. a new list is started here

Quotes

As of now only block quotes are supported. Inline quotes might be added later.

Examples:

> This starts a one line quote.

> A new quote starts here
> and continues in the next line.
> It can contain **not rendered bold text** and *not rendered italic text*.

Paragraphs

Paragraphs are naturally supported as well. They are separated from each other with empty lines.