I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to the behavior popularized by GitHub Flavored Markdown where all newlines result in breaks (<br>). I am not suggesting that Markdown should change in any way, but I am trying to clarify my opinion of the altered behavior (hereinafter ‘nl2br’) in ...

There are as many different ways to mark up a code fragment in HTML as there are highlighting tools. Some use pre tags, some use ‘code’ tags, some use both, and then there are those that use other elements like div tags. Who’s right? The HTML5 specification provides some very clear direction on the matter…

The state of Syntax highlighting on the web, why I think JavaScript highlighting libraries make more sense than server side solutions and how that relates to Markdown.

Part 2 in a series of tutorials which step through creating a simple Python-Markdown Extension that slightly alters the Markdown syntax. Specifically, in this part, we redefine the “bold” and “italics” syntax, overriding the parsers current behavior.

A tutorial which steps through creating a simple Python-Markdown Extension which slightly alters the Markdown syntax. Specifically, we add an inline syntax for <ins> and <del>.

I’ve recently been playing around with the nose testing framework for Python. It’s pretty slick! With the various hooks for plugins, one can make it work pretty much however one wants. And what I especially like is support for generators. However, even with all this power, giving a meaningful name to each generated test is less than straightforward. Here are a few approaches that work.

Ubuntu provides an older version of Git that lacks the interactive rebase option. Here’s how I upgraded and got things working properly for total control of of my git repositories.

Here’s how I got Python 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 and 3.0 all installed and working on an Ubuntu VirtualBox.

I’ve just released Django-SpamBayes v0.1 which includes a few utility apps for Django that offer an easy to use interface to the SpamBayes statistical anti-spam filter allowing filtering and moderation (with training) of comments, contact forms and other publicly submitted data. Currently, two applications are available: DjangoBayes, which wraps the Django model and provides the SpamBayes API; and CommentBayes, which is an add-on to Django’s contrib.comments application and provides filtering and moderation of comments through signals.

Greg Wilson has posted a code review of Python-Markdown. As I’m one of the developers, I read it with interest. This is my response.

How I got VirtualBox running on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).

I’ve just released a Meta-Data Extension for Python-Markdown. I’ve also updated the WikiLink and Abbreviation extensions to support it. Here’s how it came about.

I’ve just released my first try at an Abbreviation Extension for Python-Markdown. Here’s how it came about.

The first step in developing the “Clipless Glove” is determining which clipless system I’m going to use. Everything else will then be built around that. Here’s what I’ve found and considered so far. Any suggestions or donated parts would be most welcome.

The Open Prosthetics Project has re-motivated me to work on a solution that allows my sister to ride a bicycle. I explain here.

This is a re-post of the only entry that was worth saving from a failed side-blog I had tried some time ago. This entry was originally, posted on Oct 12, 2005 - over a year ago. The car I speak of here has since been totaled and sent off to the scrap yard after a deer jumped in front of me. Perhaps someday I’ll carry out my ideas here on another vehicle.

The Markdown CodeHilite Extension adds code/syntax highlighting to standard Python-Markdown code blocks using one of three highlighting engines: GNU Enscript, dp.SyntaxHighlighter and Pygments. Check it out or keep reading to see how it all came about.

I’ve made some improvements to my WikiLink extension for Python-Markdown. And added a page for it.

As I mentioned previously, I wanted to edit my posts in Markdown. I had played with Markdown both in Python and Django before, so it was a rather simple addition, but I wanted it to work without hiccups on different systems with varying needs. Therefore I can up with the following ‘markdown’ filter:

Some time ago, Jay Skabber stated that his blog was powered by Django, and used K2 templates converted to Django’s template format. Of course, any one could see at a quick glance that he was using his own styles in place of the default K2 styles. In the spirit of the CSS Zen Garden, this is part of the beauty of K2. A sound html base is provided that any designer can build upon making it necessary to only provide a new style sheet and images to get a very difference looking site.

Adding some simple authentication using Django’s built in system to Paul Bisex’s simple wikiproject.

I needed Markdown to be extended to support wikilinks. It just so happens that the markdown lib for python makes this easy. After only a little head scratching I was able to come up with the following…