Use SmartyPants to get better quotation markings.

Fixes #31
handroll · Sep 6, 2015 · 69aa624 · 69aa624
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diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Releases
 Version 2.1, In Development
 ---------------------------
 
+* Use the SmartyPants library to generate better quotation
+  marks for Markdown.
+
 Version 2.0, Released July 25, 2015
 -----------------------------------
 

diff --git a/handroll/composers/md.py b/handroll/composers/md.py
@@ -28,11 +28,15 @@ class Foo(object):
     .. code-block:: bash
 
         $ pygmentize -S default -f html > pygments.css
+
+    The ``MarkdownComposer`` generates better typographical quotes
+    by using the SmartyPants library.
     """
 
     EXTENSIONS = [
         'codehilite',
         'fenced_code',
+        'smarty',
     ]
 
     def _generate_content(self, source):

diff --git a/handroll/tests/test_composers.py b/handroll/tests/test_composers.py
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ def test_composes_no_update(self):
         composer.compose(catalog, source_file, outdir)
         self.assertFalse(template.render.called)
 
+    def test_uses_smartypants(self):
+        source = '"quoted"'
+        composer = MarkdownComposer()
+        html = composer._generate_content(source)
+        self.assertEqual('<p>&ldquo;quoted&rdquo;</p>', html)
+
 
 class TestReStructuredTextComposer(unittest.TestCase):