Make a %wiki (or %markdown or %rest) cell mode for the notebook

[jason]

Currently it seems that the only way to get nice text between cells is to do a %html cell or to edit the worksheet directly. Either way, you have to write html code by hand.

It would be nice if there was a %wiki cell mode, like %html, but let you put in wiki markup which would then be converted to HTML to display.

Here are some CREOLE parsers (with examples that convert to html):

 http://creoleparser.googlepages.com/

 http://wiki.sheep.art.pl/Wiki%20Creole%20Parser%20in%20Python

[jason]

Also, see the python section of  http://www.wikicreole.org/wiki/Converters

[jason]

Other options include Markdown ( http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/) or reST ( http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html).

[timdumol]

Since we already have text cells, is this still relevant?

[was]

Nope, this isn't relevant.

[edrex]

wait, how do text cells enable me to use markdown syntax?

i'd like to be able to write the in-between text in markdown, run it through sage and markdown, and get a nicely-formatted html page. How could this be accomplished?

[Sharpie]

Replying to edrex:

wait, how do text cells enable me to use markdown syntax?

i'd like to be able to write the in-between text in markdown, run it through sage and markdown, and get a nicely-formatted html page. How could this be accomplished?

I agree-- text cells are nice, but I don't want to spend half my day pointing-and-click around to get something formatted. Markdown allows you to format without breaking the flow of writing.