YAML Meta Data Extension for Python-Markdown

This extension adds YAML meta data handling to markdown.

As in the original, meta data is parsed but not used in processing.

(YAML meta data is used e.g. by pandoc)

Dependencies: PyYAML

Copyright 2014 Bernhard Fisseni

Based on the meta data extension included with Python-Markdown, Copyright 2007-2008 Waylan Limberg.

License: BSD (see LICENSE.md for details)

Basic Usage

>>> import markdown
>>> text = '''---
... Title: Test Doc.
... Author: Waylan Limberg
... Blank_Data:
... ...
...
... The body. This is paragraph one.
... '''
>>> md = markdown.Markdown(['meta_yaml'])
>>> print(md.convert(text))
<p>The body. This is paragraph one.</p>
>>> print(md.Meta) # doctest: +SKIP
{'blank_data': [''], 'author': ['Waylan Limberg'], 'title': ['Test Doc.']}

Use in Sublime Text 3 with OmniMarkupPreviewer

• copy python code e.g. to Packages/User

• enable as extension in User Preferences

    "extensions": [
        ...
        "User.meta_yaml", // if installed in Packages/User
        ...
    ]