

A Python-Markdown extension that uses smartypants to provide typographically nicer ("curly") quotes, proper ("em" and "en") dashes, etc.

Installation
============

::

    pip install mdx_smartypants
    
Failing that, fall back to the older approach::

    easy_install mdx_smartypants
    
(You may need to begin these with "sudo ".)

Usage
=====

::
  
    import markdown
    import mdx_smartypants
    
    text = """
    Markdown makes HTML from simple text files. But--it lacks typographic
    "prettification." That... That'd be sweet. Definitely 7---8 on a '10-point
    scale'. Now it has it.
    
    Huzzah!
    """
    
    print markdown.markdown(text, extensions=['smartypants'])

This produces nice HTML output, including typographically "pretty" quotes and
other punctuation. It also renders HTML entites in their named rather than
numeric form, which is easier on the eyes and more readily comprehended::

    <p>Markdown makes HTML from simple text files. But&mdash;it lacks
    typographic &ldquo;prettification.&rdquo; That&hellip; That&rsquo;d be
    sweet. Definitely 7&ndash;8 on a &lsquo;10-point scale&rsquo;. Now it has
    it.</p>
    <p>Huzzah!</p>
