PyTextile
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PyTextile is a very easy to use text-to-HTML converter.
You can test the following demonstration of Textile code, which can convert this:
_This_ is a *test.* * One * Two * Three Link to "Slashdot":http://slashdot.org/
to this:
<p><em>This</em> is a <strong>test.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>One</li>
<li>Two</li>
<li>Three</li>
</ul>
<p>Link to <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a></p>Using PyTextile
First, download the latest PyTextile.
Untar it, and enter the textile directory. Start a python interpreter.
Type:
1 import textile
2
3 s = """
4 _This_ is a *test.*
5
6 * One
7 * Two
8 * Three
9
10 Link to "Slashdot":http://slashdot.org/
11 """
12
13 html = textile.textile( s )
14
15 print html
You'll see beautiful HTML on the other side, ready for inclusion in a web page.
Options
PyTextile takes 3 optional arguments:
def textile(self, text, rel=None, head_offset=0, html_type='xhtml', sanitize=False):
See Also:
reStructuredText as a markup format to convert text to HTML.
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