Markdown Discuss - Nov 2007 - ANN: python-markdown2 -- another Python implementation of Markdown

Hello all,

I'm announcing python-markdown2 -- another Python implementation of
Markdown. (MIT license.)

 http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/

It should be a drop-in replacement for
[markdown.py](http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/). It
fixes some issues that I ran into with markdown.py [^1]. I believe
that it is faster than markdown.py [^2] and on par or a little faster
than Markdown.pl.

It is basically a re-write of Markdown.pl in Python and generally
generates the *exact same* output as Markdown.pl. There is a fairly
extensive test suite [^3] -- including testing with some of the
"MarkdownTest" and "MDTest" test suites. I've also
started on
implementing some of the common extras [^4] (some patches from Adam
Gomaa).

I welcome any feedback.

Cheers,
Trent


[^1]: I had tried a long while back to send some bug reports/patches
to Yuri (I believe the maintainer of markdown.py), but my emails
bounced. Unfortunately I didn't notice the discuss list of sourceforge
at the time. I'll send those out soon, Yuri, if you are listening.

[^2]: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/PerformanceNotes

[^3]: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/TestingNotes

[^4]: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/Extras

-- 
Trent Mick
trentm at gmail.com

On Nov 2, 2007, at 8:12 PM, Trent Mick wrote:
> I'm announcing python-markdown2 -- another Python implementation of
> Markdown. (MIT license.)
Nice.

-J.G.

Trent,

I just sumbled across your project yesterday.

I have been patching various bugs in recent weeks. If you could,
please make sure any bugs/patches you submit are against the latest in
the subversion repo attached to the Sourceforge project. That would be
much appreciated.You might also want to check the tracker in
Sourceforge to see if any have already been reported. If not, thats
fine. We'll work with whatever you have.

On 11/2/07, Trent Mick <trentm at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm announcing python-markdown2 -- another Python implementation of
> Markdown. (MIT license.)
>
>  http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/
>
> It should be a drop-in replacement for
> [markdown.py](http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/). It
> fixes some issues that I ran into with markdown.py [^1]. I believe
> that it is faster than markdown.py [^2] and on par or a little faster
> than Markdown.pl.
>
> It is basically a re-write of Markdown.pl in Python and generally
> generates the *exact same* output as Markdown.pl. There is a fairly
> extensive test suite [^3] -- including testing with some of the
> "MarkdownTest" and "MDTest" test suites. I've also
started on
> implementing some of the common extras [^4] (some patches from Adam
> Gomaa).
>
> I welcome any feedback.
>
> Cheers,
> Trent
>
>
> [^1]: I had tried a long while back to send some bug reports/patches
> to Yuri (I believe the maintainer of markdown.py), but my emails
> bounced. Unfortunately I didn't notice the discuss list of sourceforge
> at the time. I'll send those out soon, Yuri, if you are listening.
>
> [^2]: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/PerformanceNotes
>
> [^3]: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/TestingNotes
>
> [^4]: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/wiki/Extras
>
> --
> Trent Mick
> trentm at gmail.com
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-- 
----
Waylan Limberg
waylan at gmail.com

On 3 Nov 2007, at 00:12, Trent Mick wrote:
> I'm announcing python-markdown2 -- another Python implementation of
> Markdown. (MIT license.)
Hi Trent. Is it possible to run this from the BBEdit Unix Filters  
menu? I've just dropped it into the right folder, but running it on a  
text selection gives this:

Syntax error line 88. Invalid syntax:

                       for ch in '\\`*_{}[]()>#+-.!')


Have I done something wrong? (I just copied the code from Safari at  
<http://python-markdown2.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/markdown2.py> ...