Using Markdown inside a UDT

[gsalmeri]

I have installed the Markdown module (1.2) and all works perfectly. Now I would like to use the Markdown syntax also, in certain circumstances, *inside* a UDT. For example, instead of writing in a UDT:

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echo 'This word is <em>emphasized</em>!';

I would like to write something like:

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echo Markdown('This word is _emphasized_!');

Is that possible? (More exactly, I need a UDT that reads an external file in Markdown syntax and outputs it in a page, but I suppose this is conceptually identical with the above trivial example.) I have browsed the documentation, and also the source code of the Markdown module: perhaps I need to have access to the function ContentPreCompile, but I know too little the internals of CMSMS... Can anyone help me to find the solution? Thank you very much in advance!

[calguy1000]

in your UDT, you can echo markdown syntax like:
echo "### heading"
then in your template or page, try {udt_name|markdown}

[gsalmeri]

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work. I have also browsed the documentation for Smarty, but I didn't yet find a way to obtain what I need. In this forum I have found an old thread that perhaps is useful: http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php/topic,787.msg3972.html. I will try...

[calguy1000]

I will test it out, it should work.... remind me tonite or tomorrow.

[gsalmeri]

Sorry, I couldn't access the Internet in the past days. Have you found anything useful? Thank you very much!