#!/usr/bin/env python """ Table extension for Python-Markdown """ import markdown from markdown import etree class TablePattern(markdown.Pattern) : def __init__ (self, md): markdown.Pattern.__init__(self, r'(^|\n)\|([^\n]*)\|') self.md = md def handleMatch(self, m): # a single line represents a row tr = etree.Element('tr') # chunks between pipes represent cells for t in m.group(3).split('|'): if len(t) >= 2 and t.startswith('*') and t.endswith('*'): # if a cell is bounded by asterisks, it is a <th> td = etree.Element('th') t = t[1:-1] else: # otherwise it is a <td> td = etree.Element('td') # add text ot inline section, later it will be # processed by core td.text = t tr.append(td) tr.tail = "\n" return tr class TablePostprocessor: def _findElement(self, element, name): result = [] for child in element: if child.tag == name: result.append(child) result += self._findElement(child, name) return result def run(self, root): for element in self._findElement(root, "p"): for child in element: if child.tail: element.tag = "table" break class TableExtension(markdown.Extension): def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals): md.inlinePatterns.add('table', TablePattern(md), "<backtick") md.postprocessors['table'] = TablePostprocessor() def makeExtension(configs): return TableExtension(configs)