title: Smart Strong Extension prev_title: Tables Extension prev_url: tables.html next_title: Admonition Extension next_url: admonition.html Smart_Strong ============ Summary ------- The Smart_Strong extension adds smarter handling of double underscores within words. This does for double underscores what [smart_emphasis][] does for single underscores. The Smart_Strong extension is included in the standard Markdown library. [smart_emphasis]: ../reference.html#smart_emphasis Example ------- >>> import markdown >>> markdown.markdown('Text with double__underscore__words.', \ extensions=['smart_strong']) u'

Text with double__underscore__words.

' >>> markdown.markdown('__Strong__ still works.', \ extensions=['smart_strong']) u'

Strong still works.

' >>> markdown.markdown('__this__works__too__.', \ extensions=['smart_strong']) u'

this__works__too.

' Usage ----- See [Extensions](index.html) for general extension usage, specify `smart_strong` as the name of the extension. This extension does not accept any special configuration options.