On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 2:26 PM, bfrederi <brfrederi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am having problems using the
> django.contrib.markup.templatetags.markup.markdown function with
> special characters (diacritics and such).
>
> I am using markdown in my model and creating a function that returns
> markdown from a model field. I even went as far as to override the
> save method for my model, and encode the field data as "utf-8" prior
> to the field data being saved, like so:
>
> def save(self):
> """Overrides the Model's save method """
> self.collection_description_short =
> self.collection_description_short.encode("utf-8")
> self.collection_description_long =
> self.collection_description_long.encode("utf-8")
> super(MyModel, self).save()
>
> When I try to retrieve it and return the field data in a function, I
> do this:
>
> from django.contrib.markup.templatetags.markup import markdown
>
> def collection_description_short_markdown(self):
> """ Generate markdown out of the short description text """
> if self.collection_description_short:
> try:
> markdown_html = markdown
> (self.collection_description_short)
> except:
> return "Fail"
> return markdown_html
> else:
> return None
>
> And the markdown function always fails if there is a special character
> in the field data.
>
> Any suggestions?
Get rid of the try/except/return "Fail" so that you get feedback on what,
exactly, the problem is. What you've done there is hide whatever specific
error/exception message markdown may have provided and replaced it with a
generic "Fail" that doesn't convey any information as to what might be
wrong. I'd hope markdown is a bit more specific about what it is having
trouble with, and that should give a clue how to fix it.
Karen
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