Is there an extra for Python Markdown that supports Markdown inside HTML block elements, e.g. div, p
i.e. is there a way to convert this:
<div id="content">
[Google](http://www.google.com)
</div>
to
<div id="content">
<a href="http://www.google.com>Google</a>
</div>
using Python Markdown or a Python Markdown extension? I'm looking for something similar to this feature in PHP Markdown Extra
The relevant bug report states that the extra extension adds that: https://github.com/waylan/Python-Markdown/issues/80
Then you can add markdown="1" to div tags to have markdown parsed inside
<div markdown="1">
*markdown*
</div>
According to this: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#html
You would have to use a <span> rather than a <div>. Further explanation is available at the above link.
With PHP Markdown Extra (not Python, I know, but relevant), you can do this by adding the attribute markdown=1 to the block-level element in question.
I’m interested in pure-Python libraries that support the “Markdown Extra” syntax as well.
Of course, one very workable hack would be call out to PHP & PHP Markdown Extra via standard input, from your Python script.
