#MarkdownHighlighter
MarkdownHighlighter is a simple syntax highlighter for Markdown syntax. MarkdownHighlighter is written in Python and Qt by subclassing QSyntaxHighlighter. A sample editor application is also included which is a stripped down version of ReText.
##Features
- Syntax highlighting for most Markdown formatting including:
- ATX & Setex style headers
- Inline formatting: bold, emphasis and code spans
- Links
- Images
- Lists
- Horizontal rules
- Code blocks
- Blockquotes
- Markdown elements inside Blockquotes
- Html elements
- Support for themes:
Themes are specified as json style dicts. For example the default theme is:
{"background-color":"#d7d7d7", "color":"#191970", "bold": {"color":"#859900", "font-weight":"bold", "font-style":"normal"}, "emphasis": {"color":"#b58900", "font-weight":"bold", "font-style":"italic"}, "link": {"color":"#cb4b16", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "image": {"color":"#cb4b16", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "header": {"color":"#2aa198", "font-weight":"bold", "font-style":"normal"}, "unorderedlist": {"color":"#dc322f", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "orderedlist": {"color":"#dc322f", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "blockquote": {"color":"#dc322f", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "codespan": {"color":"#dc322f", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "codeblock": {"color":"#ff9900", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "line": {"color":"#2aa198", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}, "html": {"color":"#c000c0", "font-weight":"normal", "font-style":"normal"}}
##Screenshot
##Requirements
MarkdownHighlighter has only been tested on Linux. However, it should run on any platform where Qt and PyQt are installed. MarkdownHighlighter requires the following packages to run:
- python
- python-qt4
##Credits
The initial code for MarkdownHighlighter was taken from niwmarkdowneditor by John Schember http://john.nachtimwald.com/category/programming/niwmarkdowneditor/ The code for the sample application was taken from ReText which is a full featured Markdown editor with previews and multiple export options http://sourceforge.net/p/retext/home/ReText/