md_inline_extension

Markdown Inline Extension For Pelican

This plugin lets you customize inline HTML within Markdown by extending Python's Markdown module.

Installation

To enable, ensure that the md_inline_extension plugin is accessible. Then add the following to settings.py:

PLUGINS = ["md_inline_extension"]

Usage

By default, any Markdown text inside []...[] will get wrapped in span tags with a class of pelican-inline. For example:

[]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit[] will become <span class="pelican-inline">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit</span>

You can create your own inline patterns and associate them with arbitrary classes and styles by using the MD_INLINE dictionary in settings. The dictionary takes a pattern as key and expects either a string or a tuple as a value. If a string is provided, then that will be the CSS class. If a tuple is provided, then the first value will be the style, and the second value (if present) will be the class. For example:

MD_INLINE = {
    '+=+': ('color:red;', 'my-test-class'),
    '|-|': ('color:blue;',),
    '&^': 'my-other-text-class',
}

The above defines three new inline patterns:

1. +=+: Text within +=+ will be wrapped in span tags like so : <span style="color:red;" class="my-test-class">...</span>
2. |-|: Text within |-| will be wrapped in <span style="color:blue;">...</span>. Note - no class is present.
3. &^: Text within &^ will be wrapped in <span class="my-other-text-class">...</span>. Note - no style present.

In order to work seamlessly with default inline patterns such as * and **, it is important that your pattern not contain these characters. So do not create patterns that are already part of a default Markdown span element.