#!/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 class DefListProcessor(markdown.blockprocessors.BlockProcessor): """ Process Definition Lists. """ RE = re.compile(r'(^|\n)[ ]{0,3}:[ ]{1,3}(.*?)(\n|$)') def test(self, parent, block): return bool(self.RE.search(block)) def run(self, parent, blocks): block = blocks.pop(0) m = self.RE.search(block) terms = [l.strip() for l in block[:m.start()].split('\n') if l.strip()] d, theRest = self.detab(block[m.end():]) if d: d = '%s\n%s' % (m.group(2), d) else: d = m.group(2) #import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace() sibling = self.lastChild(parent) if not terms and sibling.tag == 'p': # The previous paragraph contains the terms state = 'looselist' terms = sibling.text.split('\n') parent.remove(sibling) # Aquire new sibling sibling = self.lastChild(parent) else: state = 'list' if sibling and sibling.tag == 'dl': # This is another item on an existing list dl = sibling if len(dl) and dl[-1].tag == 'dd' and len(dl[-1]): state = 'looselist' else: # This is a new list dl = etree.SubElement(parent, 'dl') # Add terms for term in terms: dt = etree.SubElement(dl, 'dt') dt.text = term # Add definition self.parser.state.set(state) dd = etree.SubElement(dl, 'dd') self.parser.parseBlocks(dd, [d]) self.parser.state.reset() if theRest: blocks.insert(0, theRest) class DefListIndentProcessor(markdown.blockprocessors.ListIndentProcessor): """ Process indented children of definition list items. """ ITEM_TYPES = ['dd'] LIST_TYPES = ['dl'] def create_item(parent, block): """ Create a new dd and parse the block with it as the parent. """ dd = markdown.etree.SubElement(parent, 'dd') self.parser.parseBlocks(dd, [block]) class DefListExtension(markdown.Extension): """ Add definition lists to Markdown. """ def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals): """ Add an instance of DefListProcessor to BlockParser. """ md.parser.blockprocessors.add('defindent', DefListIndentProcessor(md.parser), '>indent') md.parser.blockprocessors.add('deflist', DefListProcessor(md.parser), '>ulist') def makeExtension(configs={}): return DefListExtension(configs=configs)