[Python-markdown-discuss] Markdown's deprecated "save_mode" option

[Dr R. W. <rai...@gm...>]

Greetings,

in the release notes  for version 2.6  I found the  following workaround
for the former "save_mode='escape'" option:

$ cat test
#! /usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-

import markdown
from markdown.extensions import Extension

class EscapeHtml(Extension):
   def extendMarkdown(self, md, md_globals):
       del md.preprocessors['html_block']
       del md.inlinePatterns['html']

print markdown.markdown('<&>:& becomes &amp;', extensions=[EscapeHtml()])
$ ./test
<p>&lt;&amp;&gt;:&amp; becomes &amp;</p>
$

However, I would expect the output to be

   <p>&lt;&amp;&gt;:&amp; becomes &amp;amp;</p>

and that is also what the former "save_mode='escape'" did.   Is there an
easy way to modify the above "EscapeHtml" extension so it will also esc-
ape the "&" in "&amp;"?

Any pointers appreciated.

Sincerely,
  Rainer