mkhtml.py: writing HTML documents in Markdown

[Kragen Javier Sitaker]

On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:34:30 -0400, Waylan Limberg wrote:
> Well, first of all, he's using an old version of Python-Markdown.

Yes, 1.4-2, the version that's in Debian Etch.  System administration
is not really a favorite hobby of mine; I tend to stick with the
versions of things in my distribution unless I have a good reason to
upgrade.

> The first line of his `render` function gives it away (due to the
> change in 1.7 to all-unicode -- you generally don't pass unicode
> text to str())
> 
>         body = str(markdown.Markdown(text))
> 
> Just use the wrapper (all lowercase in any version):
> 
>         body = markdown.markdown(text)

Thanks!

Kragen