For converting datapacrats weird syntax into common markdown.

si_markdown.py

import re,sys,tempfile
import markdown2

def emphasis(matchobject):
    return("*{}*".format(matchobject.group(1)))


regexes=[
#Close enough
('/(?!/)(?<!//)(.+?)/',emphasis)
]


doc= open(sys.argv[1], "r")
output = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode="w+")


for count,line in enumerate(doc):
    for regex, replacer in regexes:
        line = re.sub(regex,replacer,line)
    output.write(line)
    
output.seek(0)
content = markdown2.markdown(output.read())

output = tempfile.TemporaryFile(mode="w+")

output.write(content)

output.seek(0)
print(output.read())