# Re: Markdown + Smarty Pants **URL:** \ **Category:** Radiant CMS\ **Created:** [August 31, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103 "2006-08-31T17:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/1 "2006-08-31T17:22:18Z")
> Since Textile curls quotes automatically, my first thought is to just > add the SmartyPants functionality to the existing Markdown filter. Is > there a good reason not to do this? Should we ship a separate > SmartyPants filter as well? Personally I always educate quotes. I submitted the patch as two separate filters simply because Markdown and SmartyPants are (sort of) distributed separately. I also figured it was nice to give people the option of denying their quotes an education. Having a standalone SmartyPants filter would be great, especially for those who want to write HTML yet still educate their quotes. I’ll submit a patch with tests if you like. - Sean ---
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/2 "2006-09-01T17:22:45Z")
> > Having a standalone SmartyPants filter would be great, especially for > > those who want to write HTML yet still educate their quotes. I’ll > > submit a patch with tests if you like. > > That sounds good. [http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/362](http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/362) - Sean ---
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:26pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/3 "2006-08-31T19:26:42Z")
Sean S. wrote: > Having a standalone SmartyPants filter would be great, especially for > those who want to write HTML yet still educate their quotes. I’ll > submit a patch with tests if you like. That sounds good. – John L. [http://radiantcms.org](http://radiantcms.org) ---
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/4 "2006-09-01T18:10:52Z")
Sean S. wrote: > > > Having a standalone SmartyPants filter would be great, especially for > > > those who want to write HTML yet still educate their quotes. I’ll > > > submit a patch with tests if you like. > > > That sounds good. > > [http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/362](http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/362) Awesome. Bodhi, would you have a chance to look this over and apply it? I looked at it briefly and it looked well implemented and tested. Delicious! 🙂 – John L. [http://wiseheartdesign.com](http://wiseheartdesign.com) ---
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/5 "2006-09-06T05:15:08Z")
On Sep 6, 2006, at 3:45 AM, Sean S. wrote: > The patch against r114 (with updated tests) is in > > [http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/363](http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/363) Great, saves me some work 🙂 I’ll check it out later today. Bodhi ---
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/6 "2006-09-05T20:46:19Z")
> Awesome. Bodhi, would you have a chance to look this over and apply > it? > > I looked at it briefly and it looked well implemented and tested. > Delicious! 🙂 Now that the standalone SmartyPants filter is in r114 I’ve patched the Markdown filter so it will educate quotes as well. The patch against r114 (with updated tests) is in ``` http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/363 ``` - Sean ---
**Author:** ![df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@df-sean](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/df-sean)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-markdown-smarty-pants/67103/7 "2006-09-01T17:34:47Z")
> Since Textile curls quotes automatically, my first thought is to just > add the SmartyPants functionality to the existing Markdown filter. [http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/363](http://dev.radiantcms.org:9007/radiant/ticket/363) - Sean