markdown2 README ================ This is a fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown, a text-to-html markup system as defined here: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax Install ------- To install it in your Python installation run: python setup.py install However, everything you need to run this is in "lib/markdown2.py". If it is easier for you, you can just copy that file to somewhere on your PythonPath (to use as a module) or executable path (to use as a script). Quick Usage ----------- As a module: >>> import markdown2 >>> markdown2.markdown("*boo!*") # or use `html = markdown_path(PATH)` u'<p><em>boo!</em></p>\n' >>> markdowner = Markdown() >>> markdowner.convert("*boo!*") u'<p><em>boo!</em></p>\n' >>> markdowner.convert("**boom!**") u'<p><strong>boom!</strong></p>\n' As a script: $ python markdown2.py foo.txt > foo.html See the project pages, "lib/markdown2.py" docstrings and/or `python markdown2.py --help` for more details. Project ------- The python-markdown2 project lives here (subversion repo, issue tracker, wiki): http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/ To checkout the full sources: svn checkout http://python-markdown2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ python-markdown2 To report a bug: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/issues/list License ------- This project is licensed under the MIT License. Note that in the subversion repository there are a few files (for the test suite and performance metrics) that are under different licenses. These files are *not* included in source packages. See LICENSE.txt for details. Test Suite ---------- This markdown implementation passes a fairly extensive test suite. To run it: cd test && python test.py If you have the [mk](http://svn.openkomodo.com/openkomodo/browse/mk/trunk) tool installed you can run the test suite with all available Python versions by running: mk test The crux of the test suite is a number of "cases" directories -- each with a set of matching .text (input) and .html (expected output) files. These are: tm-cases/ Tests authored for python-markdown2 markdowntest-cases/ Tests from the 3rd-party MarkdownTest package php-markdown-cases/ Tests from the 3rd-party MDTest package php-markdown-extra-cases/ Tests also from MDTest package See the wiki page for full details: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/TestingNotes