diff tools/mdx_del.py @ 356:f54bf3b3bece

Fix 180; Add strikethrough capability to markdown via an extension. Also control in SVN the extensions we are using.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:10:37 +0000
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--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tools/mdx_del.py	Fri Mar 04 02:10:37 2011 +0000
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+"""
+A python-markdown extension to add support for <del>.
+The Markdown syntax is --this is deleted text--.
+
+"""
+import markdown
+
+
+DEL_RE = r'(--)(.*?)--'
+
+class DelExtension(markdown.Extension):
+
+    def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals):
+        del_tag = markdown.inlinepatterns.SimpleTagPattern(DEL_RE, 'del')
+        md.inlinePatterns.add('del', del_tag, '>not_strong')
+
+
+def makeExtension(configs=None):
+    return DelExtension(configs)