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How to show markdown formatted text in tkinter?

In python-3.x with tkinter GUI, I developed a program with a regular simple window.

I want to show a markdown format string saved in a string called markdownText on program window:

markdownText='_italic_ or **bold**'

desired output is:

italic or bold

Is there any solution?

Solution

  • I was just searching for a similar solution, and it does indeed not seem like there is a default module/class/library for the combination of Python, TkInter and markdown. However a continued search revealed the following options:

    • Python-Markdown – This a module capable of parsing markdown into the following output formats: Python-Markdown can output documents in HTML4, XHTML and HTML5.
    • TkInter displaying html – As the linked answer indicates, Tkhtml can display html "pretty well", and it has a python wrapper

    In other words, if you are willing to use an intermediate step of converting into html that might be a viable route for you to display markdown strings within a tkinter GUI.