Thanks Massimo. I will try this first.
On Dec 9, 1:11 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <massimo.dipie...@gmail.com> wrote: > the proper way is using a parer but the shortcut (used in markmin) is > using regular expressions > > def process(text): > import re > text = re.compile('\[(?P<key>.+?)\]).sub('<img src="static/images/ > \g<key>.gif">',text) > # ... more for other rules > return text > > but you have to make sure rules do not conflict with each other > (nested matches). > > On Dec 8, 10:01 pm, lyn2py <lyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > I have no idea where to start on this, I am grateful for any help. > > > Like MARKMIN has > > **bold** --> <b>bold</b> > > ''italics'' --> <i>italics</i> > > > I would like to add to (or create) a set of "vocabulary" like MARKMIN, > > using square brackets like > > [smiley] --> <img src="static/images/smiley.gif"> > > > Mostly they are image files. > > > How can I do that in web2py?