Re: Media block

2013-11-14 Thread 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  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:
>
>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’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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Re: Media block

2013-11-14 Thread Fletcher T. Penney
MultiMarkdown does something similar with images that are in a paragraph by 
themselves --- wrapping them in a .


Fletcher

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On Nov 14, 2013, at 3:09 PM, David Chambers  wrote:

> Are you suggesting that a paragraph consisting solely of text that looks like 
> a URL should be treated specially based on its file extension? Something 
> along these lines could work, but would probably be quite fragile.
> 
> On 14 November 2013 at 10:06:16 am, 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: 
>> 
>> 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’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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Re: Media block

2013-11-14 Thread David Chambers
Are you suggesting that a paragraph consisting solely of text that looks like a 
URL should be treated specially based on its file extension? Something along 
these lines could work, but would probably be quite fragile.

On 14 November 2013 at 10:06:16 am, 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:  

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’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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Media block

2013-11-14 Thread Johannes Wärn
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:

   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’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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