Markdown, SmartyPants and Wordpress?

[Robert Dumas]

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I'm redesigning my site and considering moving from Movable Type to  
WP, but many of my entries are in Markdown. I really, really like  
Markdown and SmartyPants. I've not used Textile much, but Markdown  
feels more natural to me; also, I love SmartyPants because I'm a  
stickler for curly quotes.

I understand there's a Markdown plugin for WP, but I have two questions:

1) My "links" entries (automated posts from del.icio.us) are in HTML  
format. My written entries are in Markdown. Can I specify a default  
(say, HTML) and then make an individual post (i.e., when I start a  
written entry) Markdown?
2) Is SmartyPants or an analog available for WP?
3) What is the difference between PHP Markdown and PHP Markdown Extra?

Thanks for any help.

- --Rob
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robdumas at gmail.com
http://obnoxio.us/



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