SmartSymbols

Overview

SmartSymbols adds syntax for creating special characters such as trademarks, arrows, fractions, etc. It basically allows for more "smarty-pants" like replacements. It is meant to be used along side Python Markdown's smarty extension not to replace.

Markdown	Result
`(tm)`	™
`(c)`	©
`(r)`	®
`c/o`	℅
`+/-`	±
`-->`	→
`<--`	←
`<-->`	↔
`=/=`	≠
`1/4, etc.`	¼, etc.
`1st 2nd etc.`	1^st 2^nd etc.

The SmartSymbols extension can be included in Python Markdown by using the following:

import markdown
md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=['pymdownx.smartsymbols'])

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`trademark`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for trademark symbol.
`copyright`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for copyright symbol.
`registered`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for registered symbol.
`care_of`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for care / of.
`plusminus`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for plus / minus.
`arrows`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for creating arrows.
`notequal`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for not equal symbol.
`fractions`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for common fractions.
`ordinal_numbers`	bool	`True`	Add syntax for ordinal numbers.