#!/usr/bin/env Python """ Definition List Extension for Python-Markdown ============================================= Added parsing of Definition Lists to Python-Markdown. A simple example: Apple : Pomaceous fruit of plants of the genus Malus in the family Rosaceae. : An american computer company. Orange : The fruit of an evergreen tree of the genus Citrus. Copyright 2008 - [Waylan Limberg](http://achinghead.com) """ import markdown, re from markdown import etree, CORE_RE DEF_RE = re.compile(r'^[ ]{0,3}:[ ]{1,3}(.*)$') class DefListParser(markdown.MarkdownParser): """ Subclass of MarkdownParser which adds definition list parsing. """ def parseChunk(self, parent_elem, lines, inList=0, looseList=0): """Process a chunk of markdown-formatted text and attach the parse to an ElementTree node. Process a section of a source document, looking for high level structural elements like lists, block quotes, code segments, html blocks, etc. Some those then get stripped of their high level markup (e.g. get unindented) and the lower-level markup is processed recursively. Keyword arguments: * parent_elem: The ElementTree element to which the content will be added. * lines: a list of lines * inList: a level Returns: None """ # Loop through lines until none left. while lines: # Skipping empty line if not lines[0]: lines = lines[1:] continue # Check if this section starts with a list, a blockquote or # a code block. If so, process them. processFn = { 'ul': self._MarkdownParser__processUList, 'ol': self._MarkdownParser__processOList, 'quoted': self._MarkdownParser__processQuote, 'tabbed': self._MarkdownParser__processCodeBlock} for regexp in ['ul', 'ol', 'quoted', 'tabbed']: m = CORE_RE[regexp].match(lines[0]) if m: processFn[regexp](parent_elem, lines, inList) return # We are NOT looking at one of the high-level structures like # lists or blockquotes. So, it's just a regular paragraph # (though perhaps nested inside a list or something else). If # we are NOT inside a list, we just need to look for a blank # line to find the end of the block. If we ARE inside a # list, however, we need to consider that a sublist does not # need to be separated by a blank line. Rather, the following # markup is legal: # # * The top level list item # # Another paragraph of the list. This is where we are now. # * Underneath we might have a sublist. # if inList: start, lines = self._MarkdownParser__linesUntil(lines, (lambda line: CORE_RE['ul'].match(line) or CORE_RE['ol'].match(line) or not line.strip())) self.parseChunk(parent_elem, start, inList-1, looseList=looseList) inList = inList-1 else: # Ok, so it's just a simple block test = lambda line: not line.strip() or line[0] == '>' paragraph, lines = self._MarkdownParser__linesUntil(lines, test) if len(paragraph) and paragraph[0].startswith('#'): self._MarkdownParser__processHeader(parent_elem, paragraph) elif len(paragraph) and CORE_RE["isline3"].match(paragraph[0]): self._MarkdownParser__processHR(parent_elem) lines = paragraph[1:] + lines elif paragraph: paragraph, lines, looseList = self._processDefs(parent_elem, paragraph, lines, looseList) if len(paragraph): self._MarkdownParser__processParagraph(parent_elem, paragraph, inList, looseList) if lines and not lines[0].strip(): lines = lines[1:] # skip the first (blank) line def _processDefs(self, parentElem, paragraph, lines, looseList): """ Check a paragraph for definition lists and process. """ terms = [] defs = [] i = 0 while i < len(paragraph): m = DEF_RE.match(paragraph[i]) if m: d, theRest = self.detectTabbed(paragraph[i+1:]) d.insert(0, m.group(1)) if d: defs.append(d) i += len(d) else: terms.append(paragraph[i]) i += 1 if defs: if not terms: # The previous paragraph must contain the terms c = parentElem.getchildren() if c and c[-1].tag == "p" and c[-1].text: terms = c[-1].text.split("\n") parentElem.remove(c[-1]) looseList = 1 # check for extra paragraphs of a def extradef, lines = self.detectTabbed(lines) if extradef: looseList = 1 defs[-1].extend(extradef) # Build a tree from the terms and defs c = parentElem.getchildren() if c and c[-1].tag == "dl": dl = c[-1] else: dl = etree.SubElement(parentElem, "dl") for term in terms: dt = etree.SubElement(dl, "dt") dt.text = term for d in defs: dd = etree.SubElement(dl, "dd") self.parseChunk(dd, d, looseList = looseList) return [], lines, looseList else: return terms, lines, looseList def _MarkdownParser__processParagraph(self, parentElem, paragraph, inList, looseList): if ((parentElem.tag == 'li' or parentElem.tag == 'dd') and not (looseList or parentElem.getchildren())): # If this is the first paragraph inside "li", don't # put

around it - append the paragraph bits directly # onto parentElem el = parentElem else: # Otherwise make a "p" element el = etree.SubElement(parentElem, "p") dump = [] # Searching for hr or header for line in paragraph: # it's hr if CORE_RE["isline3"].match(line): el.text = "\n".join(dump) self._MarkdownParser__processHR(el) dump = [] # it's header elif line.startswith("#"): el.text = "\n".join(dump) self._MarkdownParser__processHeader(parentElem, [line]) dump = [] else: dump.append(line) if dump: text = "\n".join(dump) el.text = text class DefListExtension(markdown.Extension): """ Add definition lists to Markdown. """ def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals): """ Set the core parser to an instance of DefListParser. """ md.parser = DefListParser() def makeExtension(configs={}): return DefListExtension(configs=configs)