PyTextile

PyTextile is a very easy to use text-to-HTML converter.

You can test the following demonstration of Textile code, which can convert this:

_This_ is a *test.*

* One
* Two
* Three

Link to "Slashdot":http://slashdot.org/

to this:

 <p><em>This</em> is a <strong>test.</strong></p>
 
 
<ul>
 <li>One</li>
 <li>Two</li>
 <li>Three</li>
</ul>
 
 <p>Link to <a href="http://slashdot.org/">Slashdot</a></p>

Using PyTextile

First, download the latest PyTextile.

Untar it, and enter the textile directory. Start a python interpreter.

Type:

 1 import textile
 2 
 3 s = """
 4 _This_ is a *test.*
 5 
 6 * One
 7 * Two
 8 * Three
 9 
 10 Link to "Slashdot":http://slashdot.org/
 11 """
 12 
 13 html = textile.textile( s )
 14 
 15 print html

You'll see beautiful HTML on the other side, ready for inclusion in a web page. :)

Options

PyTextile takes 3 optional arguments:

def textile(self, text, rel=None, head_offset=0, html_type='xhtml', sanitize=False):

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