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rendering ¤

This module holds helpers responsible for augmentations to the Markdown sub-documents produced by handlers.

Classes:

HeadingShiftingTreeprocessor ¤

HeadingShiftingTreeprocessor(md: Markdown, shift_by: int)

Bases: Treeprocessor

Shift levels of all Markdown headings according to the configured base level.

Parameters:

  • md ¤

    (Markdown) –

    A markdown.Markdown instance.

  • shift_by ¤

    (int) –

    The number of heading "levels" to add to every heading.

Attributes:

  • shift_by (int) –

    The number of heading "levels" to add to every heading. <h2> with shift_by = 3 becomes <h5>.

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def __init__(self, md: Markdown, shift_by: int):
    """Initialize the object.

    Arguments:
        md: A `markdown.Markdown` instance.
        shift_by: The number of heading "levels" to add to every heading.
    """
    super().__init__(md)
    self.shift_by = shift_by

shift_by instance-attribute ¤

shift_by: int = shift_by

The number of heading "levels" to add to every heading. <h2> with shift_by = 3 becomes <h5>.

Highlighter ¤

Highlighter(md: Markdown)

Bases: Highlight

Code highlighter that tries to match the Markdown configuration.

Picking up the global config and defaults works only if you use the codehilite or pymdownx.highlight (recommended) Markdown extension.

  • If you use pymdownx.highlight, highlighting settings are picked up from it, and the default CSS class is .highlight. This also means the default of guess_lang: false.

  • Otherwise, if you use the codehilite extension, settings are picked up from it, and the default CSS class is .codehilite. Also consider setting guess_lang: false.

  • If neither are added to markdown_extensions, highlighting is enabled anyway. This is for backwards compatibility. If you really want to disable highlighting even in mkdocstrings, add one of these extensions anyway and set use_pygments: false.

The underlying implementation is pymdownx.highlight regardless.

Parameters:

  • md ¤

    (Markdown) –

    The Markdown instance to read configs from.

Methods:

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def __init__(self, md: Markdown):
    """Configure to match a `markdown.Markdown` instance.

    Arguments:
        md: The Markdown instance to read configs from.
    """
    config: dict[str, Any] = {}
    self._highlighter: str | None = None
    for ext in md.registeredExtensions:
        if isinstance(ext, HighlightExtension) and (ext.enabled or not config):
            self._highlighter = "highlight"
            config = ext.getConfigs()
            break  # This one takes priority, no need to continue looking
        if isinstance(ext, CodeHiliteExtension) and not config:
            self._highlighter = "codehilite"
            config = ext.getConfigs()
            config["language_prefix"] = config["lang_prefix"]
    self._css_class = config.pop("css_class", "highlight")
    super().__init__(**{name: opt for name, opt in config.items() if name in self._highlight_config_keys})

highlight ¤

highlight(
    src: str,
    language: str | None = None,
    *,
    inline: bool = False,
    dedent: bool = True,
    linenums: bool | None = None,
    **kwargs: Any
) -> str

Highlight a code-snippet.

Parameters:

  • src ¤

    (str) –

    The code to highlight.

  • language ¤

    (str | None, default: None ) –

    Explicitly tell what language to use for highlighting.

  • inline ¤

    (bool, default: False ) –

    Whether to highlight as inline.

  • dedent ¤

    (bool, default: True ) –

    Whether to dedent the code before highlighting it or not.

  • linenums ¤

    (bool | None, default: None ) –

    Whether to add line numbers in the result.

  • **kwargs ¤

    (Any, default: {} ) –

    Pass on to pymdownx.highlight.Highlight.highlight.

Returns:

  • str –

    The highlighted code as HTML text, marked safe (not escaped for HTML).

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def highlight(
    self,
    src: str,
    language: str | None = None,
    *,
    inline: bool = False,
    dedent: bool = True,
    linenums: bool | None = None,
    **kwargs: Any,
) -> str:
    """Highlight a code-snippet.

    Arguments:
        src: The code to highlight.
        language: Explicitly tell what language to use for highlighting.
        inline: Whether to highlight as inline.
        dedent: Whether to dedent the code before highlighting it or not.
        linenums: Whether to add line numbers in the result.
        **kwargs: Pass on to `pymdownx.highlight.Highlight.highlight`.

    Returns:
        The highlighted code as HTML text, marked safe (not escaped for HTML).
    """
    if isinstance(src, Markup):
        src = src.unescape()
    if dedent:
        src = textwrap.dedent(src)

    kwargs.setdefault("css_class", self._css_class)
    old_linenums = self.linenums  # type: ignore[has-type]
    if linenums is not None:
        self.linenums = linenums
    try:
        result = super().highlight(src, language, inline=inline, **kwargs)
    finally:
        self.linenums = old_linenums

    if inline:
        # From the maintainer of codehilite, the codehilite CSS class, as defined by the user,
        # should never be added to inline code, because codehilite does not support inline code.
        # See https://github.com/Python-Markdown/markdown/issues/1220#issuecomment-1692160297.
        css_class = "" if self._highlighter == "codehilite" else kwargs["css_class"]
        return Markup(f'<code class="{css_class} language-{language}">{result.text}</code>')
    return Markup(result)

IdPrependingTreeprocessor ¤

IdPrependingTreeprocessor(md: Markdown, id_prefix: str)

Bases: Treeprocessor

Prepend the configured prefix to IDs of all HTML elements.

Parameters:

  • md ¤

    (Markdown) –

    A markdown.Markdown instance.

  • id_prefix ¤

    (str) –

    The prefix to add to every ID. It is prepended without any separator.

Attributes:

  • id_prefix (str) –

    The prefix to add to every ID. It is prepended without any separator; specify your own separator if needed.

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def __init__(self, md: Markdown, id_prefix: str):
    """Initialize the object.

    Arguments:
        md: A `markdown.Markdown` instance.
        id_prefix: The prefix to add to every ID. It is prepended without any separator.
    """
    super().__init__(md)
    self.id_prefix = id_prefix

id_prefix instance-attribute ¤

id_prefix: str = id_prefix

The prefix to add to every ID. It is prepended without any separator; specify your own separator if needed.

MkdocstringsInnerExtension ¤

MkdocstringsInnerExtension(headings: list[Element])

Bases: Extension

Extension that should always be added to Markdown sub-documents that handlers request (and only them).

Parameters:

  • headings ¤

    (list[Element]) –

    A list that will be populated with all HTML heading elements encountered in the document.

Methods:

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def __init__(self, headings: list[Element]):
    """Initialize the object.

    Arguments:
        headings: A list that will be populated with all HTML heading elements encountered in the document.
    """
    super().__init__()
    self.headings = headings

extendMarkdown ¤

extendMarkdown(md: Markdown) -> None

Register the extension.

Parameters:

  • md ¤

    (Markdown) –

    A markdown.Markdown instance.

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def extendMarkdown(self, md: Markdown) -> None:  # noqa: N802 (casing: parent method's name)
    """Register the extension.

    Arguments:
        md: A `markdown.Markdown` instance.
    """
    md.registerExtension(self)
    md.treeprocessors.register(
        HeadingShiftingTreeprocessor(md, 0),
        HeadingShiftingTreeprocessor.name,
        priority=12,
    )
    md.treeprocessors.register(
        IdPrependingTreeprocessor(md, ""),
        IdPrependingTreeprocessor.name,
        priority=4,  # Right after 'toc' (needed because that extension adds ids to headers).
    )
    md.treeprocessors.register(
        _HeadingReportingTreeprocessor(md, self.headings),
        _HeadingReportingTreeprocessor.name,
        priority=1,  # Close to the end.
    )
    md.treeprocessors.register(
        ParagraphStrippingTreeprocessor(md),
        ParagraphStrippingTreeprocessor.name,
        priority=0.99,  # Close to the end.
    )

ParagraphStrippingTreeprocessor ¤

Bases: Treeprocessor

Unwraps the

element around the whole output.