[Python-markdown-discuss] Extension to copy text before paragraph it appears in

[Daniel M. <dm...@am...>]

I found a legacy extension that generates simple pullquotes 
(mdx_pullquote).  A couple of minor tweaks and it is compatible with 
current Markdown/Pelican versions.  This works quite well - except for 
one item.

The generated html from the processing (Markdown is used as a 
preprocessor for Pelican for generating html) places each paragraph in a 
<p> (which is correct) and delimits the appropriate text with a <span> 
within the paragraph.  The problem is because the <span> appears within 
the paragraph, and it appears wherever the text is defined - vertical 
placement of the span is limited.

If that's not clear I have a fiddle at 
https://jsfiddle.net/HeavyThumper/e4e01p0h/ that shows a sample 
generated html.

What I would like is to have the selected text copied to a <span> or 
<div> that is declared before and outside of the base <p>.  Simple 
example:

Markdown source:
This is the base text. This can be very long. [This is special](+). The 
delimeters shown are what the current plugin uses with a inlinepattern.

Current output html using only inlinepattern:
<p>This is the base text. This can be very long. <span 
data-pullquote="This is special">This is special</span>. The delimeters 
shown are what the current plugin uses with a inlinepattern.</p>

Desired output html using...(here's where I need help)
<span>This is special</span>
<p>This is the base text. This can be very long. This is special. The 
delimeters shown are what the current plugin uses with a 
inlinepattern.</p>

What extension tool would possibly work for this?  Treeprocessor?

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Daniel