[Python-markdown-discuss] packaging extensions

[Frederik D. <fd...@gm...>]

Hi all,

Recently I've written an extension for GitHub-style checklists:
https://github.com/FND/markdown-checklist

I wasn't quite sure how best to name/package that extension though,
ultimately settling on "markdown_checklist.extension".

A friendly contributor suggested to use "mdx_checklist" instead:
https://github.com/FND/markdown-checklist/pull/3
I understand that method is outdated though? (See my comment there.)

The source (`markdown:build_extension`) suggests that I should move my
extension into the `markdown.extensions` namespace. However, I'm not
convinced that's correct for third-party extensions, nor am I entirely
certain how best to do that (though I'm familiar with shared virtual
namespaces). Notably, the third-party extensions I looked at all seem to
use the "old-style" mdx_* scheme.

Any guidance would be much appreciated!


Thanks,

Fred