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[Waylan Limberg]

There is a third-party extension to python-markdown for embedding
youtube videos in a document. You might find it interesting:

https://code.google.com/p/python-markdown-video/

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Waylan Limberg


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Johannes Wärn <warn.johannes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I will start of with an example of what I would like to be able to write in Markdown.

>

> ---

>

> This is a dummy paragraph, it would of course be longer than this.

>

> This is just another dummy paragraph; however, after it comes some pictures of my cat.

>

> http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat1.jpg

>

> http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat2.jpg

>

> http://www.example.com/animatedpictureofmycat.gif

>

> That was nice. Here is an audio recording of my dog barking:

>

> http://www.example.com/dogbark.mp3

>

> And finally here is a video of my two pets being cuddly:

>

> http://www.example.com/dogandcat.mp4

>

> ---

>

> I think it’s clear that the output I am suggesting for this would be something along these lines:

>

>    <p>This is a dummy paragraph, it would of course be longer than this.</p>

>    <p>This is just another dummy paragraph; however, after it comes some pictures of my cat.</p>

>    <div><img src="http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat1.jpg"/></div>

>    <div><img src="http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat2.jpg"/></div>

>    <div><img src="http://www.example.com/animatedpictureofmycat.gif"/></div>

>    <p>That was nice. Here is an audio recording of my dog barking:</p>

>    <audio src="http://www.example.com/dogbark.mp3"></audio>

>    <p>And finally here is a video of my two pets being cuddly:</p>

>    <video src="http://www.example.com/dogandcat.mp4"></video>

>

> I’d also say that the advantage of the syntax is clear: it’s dead simple. Furthermore it downgrades quite nicely.

>

> There are of course problems it does not solve and extra complexity it would introduce; however, I thought I’d write this short email to see if anyone would be interested in discussing the idea.

>

> Thank you for reading,

> Johannes Wärn

>

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