Settings

The template tag offers one setting that nests options as a dictionary. By default, it is:

MARKDOWNY = {
    'output_format': 'html5',
    'lazy_ol': False,
}

The keys of the dictionary correspond to the keyword argument options of Python Markdown’s Markdown, which means you’re free to use any of several options, such as extensions or output_format. Python Markdown faithfully reproduces Markdown, almost slavishly so. Two opinionated default options include:

• output_format is a string indicating the version of HTML to output. Python Markdown sets xhtml1 by default. xhtml1 is replaced by html5.
• lazy_ol is a boolean indicating whether ordered lists should start at the number in the Markdown code. Python Markdown sets True by default, which always starts ordered lists at 1. True is replaced by False.

A more customized example might look like:

MARKDOWNY = {
    'extensions': [
        'abbr',
        'codehilite',
        'fenced_code',
        'sane_lists',
        'smart_strong',
    ],
    'extension_configs': {},
    'output_format': 'xhtml1',
    'tab_length': 4,
    'smart_emphasis': True,
    'lazy_ol': True,
}

See Python Markdown documentation for all officially supported extensions.

This setting is also available on a per-template basis. See examples in Usage for details.