Markdown, SmartyPants and Wordpress?

[Michel Fortin]

Le 2007-08-30 à 1:18, Robert Dumas a écrit :


> 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?


There is a plugin somewhere (I can't remember the name right now)  
which allows entries to have different formatters on a per-post  
basis. But I'm not sure it's well maintained.

Markdown, and especially the latest releases of PHP Markdown are  
really great at handling HTML. As Michael Himsolt suggested, I think  
you should give it a try, I'd be surprised if you have any problem  
with it.


> 2) Is SmartyPants or an analog available for WP?


<http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-smartypants/>


> 3) What is the difference between PHP Markdown and PHP Markdown Extra?


Basically, Extra adds interesting features for mixing Markdown within  
HTML blocks, a syntax for simple tables, definition lists, footnotes,  
automatic abbreviations, and a revised rule for underscore emphasis  
so that it only work on word boundaries. All the details are here:

<http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/extra/>

On the other hand, you should take note that Extra is a little bit  
slower.


Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://www.michelf.com/