Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] Python-markdown extension API

[Hendra <hen...@gm...>]

I see,, thanks, that helps a lot. Should've checked out that one.

Another question, hope this doesn't sound stupid. Why is the default
argument value for `configs` that is passed to the `makeExtension` is
`None`, instead of `{}`? wouldn't that cause a TypeError?


On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Waylan Limberg <wa...@gm...> wrote:

> Hendra,
>
> Take a look at the wikilinks extension [1]. It makes extensive use of
> configs. Note that some defaults are set first (line 95) in a dict.
> Then the user provided settings are forced to a dict (line 101)
> (`dict()` will convert a list of tuples to a dict or if passed a dict,
> will simply return it). Finally, the settings are iterated over (line
> 103), overriding the already set defaults (104).
>
> So, to answer your question, either a list of tuples or a dict can be
> passed in as settings. Either way, it will be stored as a dict if you
> use the config methods on the `markdown.extensions.Extension` class.
> Of course, as you are subclassing, you can override config handling if
> you want to make it work however you would like.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> [1]:
> https://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/blob/master/markdown/extensions/wikilinks.py
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> Waylan Limberg
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Hendra <hen...@gm...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to write a simple extension for the python markdown API, but
> I
> > am having some problem with setting the config. From the doc:
> >
> > import markdown
> > import myextension
> > configs = {...}
> > myext = myextension.MyExtension(configs=configs)
> > md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=[myext])
> >
> > It seems like I would have to pass the config in a dict, but when I try
> to
> > initialize the extension with the name of the extension, it receives the
> > config as a list (I am guessing from config.items() ).
> >
> > Looking around the source of the extensions here:
> >
> https://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/tree/master/markdown/extensions,
> > it seems like in most of them, configs is a list. So, which is the right
> > one?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards, and Thank you,
> > Hendra
> >
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Best Regards, and Thank you,
Hendra