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Python-Markdown Extra
=====================

Summary
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A compilation of various Python-Markdown extensions that (mostly) imitates
[PHP Markdown Extra](http://michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/).

The supported extensions include:

* [Abbreviations](abbreviations.html)
* [Attribute Lists](attr_list.html)
* [Definition Lists](definition_lists.html)
* [Fenced Code Blocks](fenced_code_blocks.html)
* [Footnotes](footnotes.html)
* [Tables](tables.html)
* [Smart Strong](smart_strong.html)

See each individual extension for syntax documentation. Extra and all its 
supported extensions are included in the standard Markdown library.

Usage
-----

From the Python interpreter:

    >>> import markdown
    >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, ['extra'])

There may be [additional extensions](index.html) that are distributed with
Python-Markdown that are not included here in Extra. The features 
of those extensions are not part of PHP Markdown Extra, and 
therefore, not part of Python-Markdown Extra. If you really would 
like Extra to include additional extensions, we suggest creating 
your own clone of Extra under a different name 
(see the [Extension API](api.html)).