Legacy EM¶
Summary¶
The Legacy EM extension restores Markdown’s original behavior for emphasis and strong syntax when using underscores.
By default Python-Markdown treats _connected_words_ intelligently by
recognizing that mid-word underscores should not be used for emphasis. In other
words, by default, that input would result in this output:
<em>connected_words</em>.
However, that behavior is not consistent with the original rules or the behavior
of the reference implementation. Therefore, this extension can be used to better
match the reference implementation. With the extension enabled, the above input
would result in this output: <em>connected</em>words_.
Note
This extension is in maintenance mode. We will continue to fix bugs and keep it up-to-date with the core parser, but no new features or changes in behavior will be made. If you need a feature that this extension does not offer, then you have three options (1) find an existing third-party extension which meets your needs, (2) build your own extension, or (3) fork this extension (pursuant to its licensing requirements) and maintain it as a third-party extension.
Usage¶
See Extensions for general extension usage. Use legacy_em as the
name of the extension.
This extension does not accept any special configuration options.
A trivial example:
markdown.markdown(some_text, extensions=['legacy_em'])