lang/python/ SimpleMarkdownHelper

Example usage:

cat file | md q
pp | md q       # pp is a command I have which pastes from the clipboard on cygwin, macos and x11.

takes a text file (or from the clipboard) adds leading > to it and prints it out. There is also the w command which textwraps.

Source

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys

def main():
  args = sys.argv[1:]
  md = sys.stdin.read()
  for arg in args:
    if arg in actions:
      md = actions[arg](md)
  print(md)

def blockquote(md):
  a = []
  for x in md.splitlines():
    a.append(f"> {x}")
  return "\n".join(a)

import textwrap
def wrap(md):
  t = textwrap.wrap(md)
  return "\n".join(t)

actions = {}
actions['blockquote'] = blockquote
actions['q'] = blockquote
actions['w'] = wrap

if __name__ == "__main__":
  main()