iconfonts.py
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markdown-icons (Easily display icon fonts in python markdown. Just add the CSS necessary for your font and add this extension.
This is a 3rd party extension for Python Markdown. You can see a full list of 3rd party extensions here.
Although this works with any icon font, users can use a mod
syntax to add more prefixed classes to support Font Awesome and its special classes such as 2x, 3x, muted, spin, etc
Furthermore, users can add their own user_mod
syntax to add additional, non-prefixed, pre-defined classes for greater control over their icons while allowing you to control exactly what styles are allowed.
- You can create your own Icon Fonts using the IcoMoon app: http://icomoon.io/app/
- A great pre-made Icon Font is Font Awesome (GitHub Project)
See the python markdown documentation for more information.
Use it in any personal or commercial project you want.
Current Version: 2.1
Syntax:
- Accepts a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _(underscore), and - (hypen)
- Uses HTML Entity like syntax:
&entity_name;
&icon-html5;
&icon-css3;
&icon-my-icon;
Mod syntax:
&icon-html5:2x;
&icon-quote:3x,muted;
&icon-spinner:large,spin;
User mod syntax:
&icon-html5::red;
&icon-quote:2x:bold;
Example Markdown:
I love &icon-html5; and &icon-css3;
&icon-spinner:large,spin; Sorry we have to load...
Output:
I love <i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-html5"></i> and <i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-css3"></i>
<i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-spinner icon-large icon-spin"></i> Sorry we have to load...
Installation:
Just drop it in the extensions folder of the markdown package: markdown/extensions
Usage / Setup:
Default Prefix is "icon-":
In a Django Template:
{{ textmd|markdown:"safe,iconfonts" }}
In Python:
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['iconfonts'])
converted_text = md.convert(text)
Use a custom Prefix:
In a Django Template:
{{ textmd|markdown:"safe,iconfonts(prefix=mypref-)" }}
In Python:
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['iconfonts(prefix=mypref-)'])
converted_text = md.convert(text)
No prefix (just in case you couldn't figure it out :P):
This isn't suggested, as it will take over the already built in HTML Entities
In Python:
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['iconfonts(prefix=)'])
converted_text = md.convert(text)
base
option allows for use of Bootstrap 3 and FontAwesome 4 icons
The In Python:
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['iconfonts(base=icon)'])
converted_text = md.convert(text)
Input: &icon-html5;
Output: <i aria-hidden="true" class="icon icon-html5"></i>
Combine options with a comma:
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['iconfonts(prefix=fa-, base=fa)'])
prefix_base_pairs
option
The prefix_base_pairs
option allows for multiple prefix-base pairs to be specified, to allow you to support both Bootstrap 3/Glyphicon and FontAwesome icons
In Python:
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['iconfonts'],
extension_configs={
'iconfonts': {
'prefix_base_pairs': {
'fa-': 'fa',
'glyphicon-': 'glyphicon',
}
}
})
converted_text = md.convert(text)
Input: &glyphicon-remove; &fa-html5;
Output: <i aria-hidden="true" class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove"></i><i aria-hidden="true" class="fa fa-html5"></i>
How to run the unit tests
- Install
Markdown
:pip install markdown
- Install markdown icons. Copy the
iconfonts.py
file intosite-packages/markdown/extensions/
- Navigate to the test directory in CMD/terminal and run
python unit-tests.py -v