TikZ for Markdown

An extension to Python-Markdown to convert blocks of TikZ-code to inline SVG images using mk4ht (which should be part of your TeX distribution).

Just insert a block (i.e. surrounded by new lines) of raw LaTeX/TikZ code into your document:

Normal Markdown...
Here is a tree:

\begin{tikzpicture}
  \draw[thick, level distance=3em] node{Root}
    child{ node{Child} }
    child{ node{Child} [sibling distance=3cm]
      child{ node{Grandchild} }
      child{ node{Grandchild} } };
\end{tikzpicture}

Using the *Lindenmayer* library:

\usetikzlibrary{lindenmayersystems}
\begin{tikzpicture}
  \draw[rotate=90]
    lindenmayer system[l-system={
      rule set={F -> FF-[-F+F]+[+F-F]},
      axiom=F, order=4,
      step=2pt, randomize step percent=25,
      angle=30, randomize angle percent=5}];
\end{tikzpicture}

More Markdown.

The compilation results are cached for each picture, the downside is that you can't use definitions between pictures (but you can use TeX \input command).

When TikzMarkdown.py is executed standalone, it watches the current directory for changes to Markdown documents and compiles them automatically, taking advantage of the caching.