Markdown

A markdown text filter for BBEdit

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Requires third-party markdown library. pip install --user Markdown

import sys
import markdown


def main():
    input = sys.stdin.read()
    extensions = ['markdown.extensions.extra',
         'markdown.extensions.codehilite', 'markdown.extensions.smarty']
    extension_config = {'markdown.extensions.codehilite': { 'linenums': False,
        'guess_lang': False }}
    try:
        output = markdown.markdown(input, extensions=extensions, extension_configs=extension_config, outputformat='html5')
    except Exception as e:
        print(input + "\n\nError: " + str(e))
        return 1
    print(input)
    print("\n-----------------\n")
    print(output)
    return 0

if __name__ == '__main__':
    sys.exit(main())