Changed string conversion.

scripts/misaka

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 from os import path
-from misaka import html as to_html, \
+from misaka import Markdown, HtmlRenderer, SmartyPants, \
     EXT_NO_INTRA_EMPHASIS, EXT_TABLES, EXT_FENCED_CODE, EXT_AUTOLINK, \
     EXT_STRIKETHROUGH, EXT_LAX_HTML_BLOCKS, EXT_SPACE_HEADERS, \
     EXT_SUPERSCRIPT, \
@@ -70,12 +70,18 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
             # then it must be a file, right?
             files.append(arg)
 
+    if flags & HTML_SMARTYPANTS:
+        class HtmlRenderer(HtmlRenderer, SmartyPants):
+            pass
+
+    renderer = HtmlRenderer(flags)
+    to_html = Markdown(renderer, extensions).render
+
     for fn in files:
         fn = path.abspath(fn)
         if not path.exists(fn):
-            print('Does not exists: %s' % fn)
-
-        with open(fn, 'r') as fd:
-            source = fd.read()
-
-        print(to_html(source, extensions, flags))
+            print('Does not exist: %s' % fn)
+        else:
+            with open(fn, 'r') as fd:
+                source = fd.read()
+            print(to_html(source))

src/misaka.pyx

@@ -40,12 +40,6 @@ TABLE_ALIGNMASK = 3 # MKD_TABLE_ALIGNMASK
 TABLE_HEADER = 4 # MKD_TABLE_HEADER
 
 
-cdef char* _unicode_to_bytes(unicode text):
-    cdef bytes py_string = text.encode('UTF-8', 'strict')
-    cdef char *c_string = py_string
-    return c_string
-
-
 def html(object text, unsigned int extensions=0, unsigned int render_flags=0):
     """Convert markdown text to (X)HTML.
 
@@ -102,11 +96,12 @@ cdef class SmartyPants:
         :param text: A byte or unicode string.
         """
         # Convert string
-        cdef char *c_string
-        if isinstance(text, unicode):
-            c_string = _unicode_to_bytes(text)
+        cdef bytes py_string
+        if hasattr(text, 'encode'):
+            py_string = text.encode('UTF-8', 'strict')
         else:
-            c_string = text
+            py_string = text
+        cdef char *c_string = py_string
 
         cdef sundown.buf *ob = sundown.bufnew(128)
         sundown.sdhtml_smartypants(ob,
@@ -218,11 +213,12 @@ cdef class Markdown:
             text = self.renderer.preprocess(text)
 
         # Convert string
-        cdef char *c_string
-        if isinstance(text, unicode):
-            c_string = _unicode_to_bytes(text)
+        cdef bytes py_string
+        if hasattr(text, 'encode'):
+            py_string = text.encode('UTF-8', 'strict')
         else:
-            c_string = text
+            py_string = text
+        cdef char *c_string = py_string
 
         # Buffers
         cdef sundown.buf *ib = sundown.bufnew(128)