Re: Media block

[Waylan Limberg]

There is a third-party extension to python-markdown for embedding
youtube videos in a document. You might find it interesting:

https://code.google.com/p/python-markdown-video/

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Waylan Limberg


On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Johannes Wärn <warn.johan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will start of with an example of what I would like to be able to write in 
> Markdown.
>
> ---
>
> This is a dummy paragraph, it would of course be longer than this.
>
> This is just another dummy paragraph; however, after it comes some pictures 
> of my cat.
>
> http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat1.jpg
>
> http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat2.jpg
>
> http://www.example.com/animatedpictureofmycat.gif
>
> That was nice. Here is an audio recording of my dog barking:
>
> http://www.example.com/dogbark.mp3
>
> And finally here is a video of my two pets being cuddly:
>
> http://www.example.com/dogandcat.mp4
>
> ---
>
> I think it’s clear that the output I am suggesting for this would be 
> something along these lines:
>
>    <p>This is a dummy paragraph, it would of course be longer than this.</p>
>    <p>This is just another dummy paragraph; however, after it comes some 
> pictures of my cat.</p>
>    <div><img src="http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat1.jpg"/></div>
>    <div><img src="http://www.example.com/pictureofmycat2.jpg"/></div>
>    <div><img src="http://www.example.com/animatedpictureofmycat.gif"/></div>
>    <p>That was nice. Here is an audio recording of my dog barking:</p>
>    <audio src="http://www.example.com/dogbark.mp3";></audio>
>    <p>And finally here is a video of my two pets being cuddly:</p>
>    <video src="http://www.example.com/dogandcat.mp4";></video>
>
> I’d also say that the advantage of the syntax is clear: it’s dead simple. 
> Furthermore it downgrades quite nicely.
>
> There are of course problems it does not solve and extra complexity it would 
> introduce; however, I thought I’d write this short email to see if anyone 
> would be interested in discussing the idea.
>
> Thank you for reading,
> Johannes Wärn
>
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