Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] New TOC extension.

[Jack M. <ja...@co...>]

> Well, mostly. Now, if a header already has an id, both the header and
> anchor will get the id. As ids should be unique, this creates invalid
> html. I'd suggest *not* assigning an id to the anchor - just the
> header.
> 
> And speaking of unique, how are you guaranteeing that slugify does not
> create the same id for two different headers? Not a showstopper, but
> something to think about. You might be interested in how HeaderID
> addresses this.

Attached is a patch that handles both of these issues. I didn't use HeaderID
code, but I matched the style (_1, _2, etc) and it should produce globally
unique ids.

> I don't mean to be so nitpicky Jack, but I would like something like
> this packaged up with Markdown and it has to be right before that
> happens. When I'm happy with it and with your blessings (and no
> objection from Yuri) I'll commit it to the repo.
>

Hahaha. You're not being unreasonable, it's not a big deal. Trust me, I work
with much more nitpicky people at work =)

--Jack