Comment 2 for bug 495898

Why not to use the existing module of Python named 'markdown'?
I think it would be best to provide one of following options:
(1) a switch button to change your view between markdown code and markdown parsed code
(2) dual-view mode with live parsing

For performance issues an alternative implementation should be preferred.
Take a look at: http://code.google.com/p/python-markdown2/source/browse/trunk/lib/markdown2.py