''' Legacy Em Extension for Python-Markdown ======================================= This extention provided legacy behavior for _connected_words_. Copyright 2015 The Python Markdown Project License: [BSD](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php) ''' from __future__ import absolute_import from __future__ import unicode_literals from . import Extension from ..inlinepatterns import SimpleTagPattern EMPHASIS_RE = r'(\*|_)(.+?)\1' STRONG_RE = r'(\*{2}|_{2})(.+?)\1' class LegacyEmExtension(Extension): """ Add legacy_em extension to Markdown class.""" def extendMarkdown(self, md): """ Modify inline patterns. """ md.inlinePatterns['strong'] = SimpleTagPattern(STRONG_RE, 'strong') md.inlinePatterns['emphasis'] = SimpleTagPattern(EMPHASIS_RE, 'em') del md.inlinePatterns['strong2'] del md.inlinePatterns['emphasis2']