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diff --git a/docs/index.txt b/docs/index.txt index e1433d5..36b05b5 100644 --- a/docs/index.txt +++ b/docs/index.txt @@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ for the syntax rules. See the [installation instructions](install.html) to get started. +Goals +----- + +The Python-Markdown project is developed with the following goals in mind: + +* Maintain a python implementation of markdown that follows the + [syntax rules](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) + and the behavior of the original (markdown.pl) implementation as reasonably + as possible (see [differences](#differences) for a few exceptions). +* Provide an [Extension API](extensions/api.html) which allows any behaviors of + the parser to be overridden/changed. + Features -------- @@ -55,8 +67,9 @@ Differences ----------- While Python-Markdown strives to fully implement markdown as described in the -syntax rules, the rules can be interpreted in different ways and different -implementations occasionally vary in their behavior (see the +[syntax rules](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax), the rules +can be interpreted in different ways and different implementations +occasionally vary in their behavior (see the [Babelmark FAQ](http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/faq.html#what-are-some-examples-of-interesting-divergences-between-implementations) for some examples). Known and intentional differences found in Python-Markdown are summarized below: |