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+WikiLinks
+=========
+
+Summary
+-------
+
+An extension to Python-Markdown that adds [WikiLinks][]. Specifically, any
+``[[bracketed]]`` word is converted to a link.
+
+[WikiLinks]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikilink
+
+This extension has been included in the Markdown library since 2.0.
+
+Syntax
+------
+
+A ``[[bracketed]]`` word is any combination of upper or lower case letters,
+number, dashes, underscores and spaces surrounded by double brackets. Therefore
+
+ [[Bracketed]]
+
+Would produce the following html:
+
+ <a href="/Bracketed/" class="wikilink">Bracketed</a>
+
+Note that wikilinks are automatically assigned `class="wikilink"` making it
+easy to style wikilinks differently from other links on a page if one so
+desires. See below for ways to alter the class.
+
+You should also note that when a space is used, the space is converted to an
+underscore in the link but left as-is in the label. Perhaps an example
+would illustrate this best:
+
+ [[Wiki Link]]
+
+Becomes
+
+ <a href="/Wiki_Link/" class="wikilink">Wiki Link</a>
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+From the Python interpreter:
+
+ >>> text = "Some text with a [[WikiLink]]."
+ >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, ['wikilink'])
+
+The default behavior is to point each link to the document root of the current
+domain and close with a trailing slash. Additionally, each link is assigned to
+the html class `wikilink`. This may not always be desirable. Therefore, one can
+customize that behavior within Python code. Three settings are provided to
+change the default behavior:
+
+1. **base_url**: String to append to beginning of URL.
+
+ Default: `'/'`
+
+2. **end_url**: String to append to end of URL.
+
+ Default: `'/'`
+
+3. **html_class**: CSS hook. Leave blank for none.
+
+ Default: `'wikilink'`
+
+4. **build_url**: Callable which formats the URL from it's parts.
+
+For an example, let us suppose links should always point to the subdirectory
+`/wiki/` and end with `.html`
+
+ >>> html = markdown.markdown(text,
+ ... ['wikilink(base_url=/wiki/,end_url=.html)']
+ ... )
+
+The above would result in the following link for `[[WikiLink]]`.
+
+ <a href="/wiki/WikiLink.html" class="wikilink">WikiLink</a>
+
+If you want to do more that just alter the base and/or end of the URL, you
+could also pass in a callable which must accept three arguments (``label``,
+``base``, and ``end``). The callable must return the URL in it's entirety.
+
+ def my_url_builder(label, base, end):
+ # do stuff
+ return url
+
+ md = markdown.Markdown(
+ extensions=['wikilinks],
+ extension_configs={'wikilinks' : [('build_url', my_url_builder)]}
+ )
+
+
+The option is also provided to change or remove the class attribute.
+
+ >>> html = markdown.markdown(text,
+ ... ['wikilink(base_url=myclass)']
+ ... )
+
+Would cause all wikilinks to be assigned to the class `myclass`.
+
+ <a href="/WikiLink/" class="myclass">WikiLink</a>
+
+The same options can be used on the command line as well:
+
+ python markdown.py -x wikilink(base_url=http://example.com/,end_url=.html,html_class=foo) src.txt
+
+Some may prefer the more complex format when calling the `Markdown` class directly:
+
+ >>> md = markdown.Markdown(
+ ... extensions = ['wikilink'],
+ ... extension_configs = {'wikilink': [
+ ... ('base_url', 'http://example.com/'),
+ ... ('end_url', '.html'),
+ ... ('html_class', '') ]},
+ ... safe_mode = True
+ ... )
+ >>> html = md.convert(text)
+
+Using with Meta-Data
+--------------------
+
+The WikiLink Extension also supports the [[Meta-Data]] Extension. Please see
+the documentation for that extension for specifics. The supported meta-data
+keywords are:
+
+* `wiki_base_url`
+* `wiki_end_url`
+* `wiki_html_class`
+
+When used, the meta-data will override the settings provided through the
+`extension_configs` interface.
+
+This document:
+
+ wiki_base_url: http://example.com/
+ wiki_end_url: .html
+ wiki_html_class:
+
+ A [[WikiLink]] in the first paragraph.
+
+would result in the following output (notice the blank `wiki_html_class`):
+
+ <p>A <a href="http://example.com/WikiLink.html">WikiLink</a> in the first paragraph.</p>
+