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# Markdown
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CommonMark-compliant markdown rendering with syntax highlighting and Rich formatting. Rich provides comprehensive markdown support for displaying formatted documents in the terminal.
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## Capabilities
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### Markdown Class
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Main markdown rendering component with full CommonMark support.
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```python { .api }
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class Markdown:
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    """
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    Markdown document renderer.
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    Args:
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        markup: Markdown text to render
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        code_theme: Theme for code blocks
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        justify: Text justification
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        style: Base style for markdown
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        hyperlinks: Enable hyperlink rendering
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        inline_code_lexer: Lexer for inline code
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        inline_code_theme: Theme for inline code
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    """
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    def __init__(
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        self,
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        markup: str,
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        *,
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        code_theme: Union[str, SyntaxTheme] = "monokai",
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        justify: Optional[JustifyMethod] = None,
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        style: StyleType = "none",
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        hyperlinks: bool = True,
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        inline_code_lexer: Optional[str] = None,
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        inline_code_theme: Optional[Union[str, SyntaxTheme]] = None,
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    ): ...
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```
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**Usage Examples:**
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```python
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from rich.console import Console
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from rich.markdown import Markdown
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console = Console()
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markdown_text = """
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# My Document
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This is **bold** and *italic* text.
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## Code Example
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```python
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def hello():
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    print("Hello, World!")
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```
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"""
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md = Markdown(markdown_text)
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console.print(md)
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```