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+"""Implementation of compile_html based on markdown."""
+
+import codecs
+import os
+import re
+
+from markdown import markdown
+
+from nikola.plugin_categories import PageCompiler
+
+
+class CompileMarkdown(PageCompiler):
+    """Compile reSt into HTML."""
+
+    name = "markdown"
+
+    def compile_html(self, source, dest):
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(dest))
+        except:
+            pass
+        with codecs.open(dest, "w+", "utf8") as out_file:
+            with codecs.open(source, "r", "utf8") as in_file:
+                data = in_file.read()
+            output = markdown(data, ['fenced_code', 'codehilite'])
+            # remove the H1 because there is "title" h1.
+            output = re.sub(r'<h1>.*</h1>', '', output)
+            # python-markdown's highlighter uses the class 'codehilite' to wrap
+            # code, # instead of the standard 'code'. None of the standard
+            # pygments stylesheets use this class, so swap it to be 'code'
+            output = re.sub(r'(<div[^>]+class="[^"]*)codehilite([^>]+)',
+                            r'\1code\2', output)
+            out_file.write(output)