3 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/mediagoblin/user_pages/forms.py b/mediagoblin/user_pages/forms.py
index 9a193680..cb8acb36 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/user_pages/forms.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/user_pages/forms.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class MediaCommentForm(wtforms.Form):
         _('Comment'),
         [wtforms.validators.Required()],
         description=_(u'You can use '
-                      u'<a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics">'
+                      u'<a href="http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics" target=new>'
                       u'Markdown</a> for formatting.'))
 
 class ConfirmDeleteForm(wtforms.Form):
diff --git a/mediagoblin/user_pages/routing.py b/mediagoblin/user_pages/routing.py
index 9cb665b5..b1dde397 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/user_pages/routing.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/user_pages/routing.py
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ add_route('mediagoblin.user_pages.media_post_comment',
           '/u/<string:user>/m/<int:media_id>/comment/add/',
           'mediagoblin.user_pages.views:media_post_comment')
 
+add_route('mediagoblin.user_pages.media_preview_comment',
+          '/ajax/comment/preview/',
+          'mediagoblin.user_pages.views:media_preview_comment')
+
 add_route('mediagoblin.user_pages.user_gallery',
           '/u/<string:user>/gallery/',
           'mediagoblin.user_pages.views:user_gallery')
diff --git a/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py b/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py
index 596d4c20..2bc56fd5 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/user_pages/views.py
@@ -16,19 +16,21 @@
 
 import logging
 import datetime
+import json
+import urllib
 
 from mediagoblin import messages, mg_globals
 from mediagoblin.db.models import (MediaEntry, MediaTag, Collection,
                                    CollectionItem, User)
 from mediagoblin.tools.response import render_to_response, render_404, \
     redirect, redirect_obj
+from mediagoblin.tools.text import cleaned_markdown_conversion
 from mediagoblin.tools.translate import pass_to_ugettext as _
 from mediagoblin.tools.pagination import Pagination
 from mediagoblin.user_pages import forms as user_forms
 from mediagoblin.user_pages.lib import add_media_to_collection
 from mediagoblin.notifications import trigger_notification, \
     add_comment_subscription, mark_comment_notification_seen
-
 from mediagoblin.decorators import (uses_pagination, get_user_media_entry,
     get_media_entry_by_id,
     require_active_login, user_may_delete_media, user_may_alter_collection,
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ from mediagoblin.decorators import (uses_pagination, get_user_media_entry,
 
 from werkzeug.contrib.atom import AtomFeed
 from werkzeug.exceptions import MethodNotAllowed
+from werkzeug.wrappers import Response
 
 
 _log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ def media_post_comment(request, media):
     comment = request.db.MediaComment()
     comment.media_entry = media.id
     comment.author = request.user.id
+    print request.form['comment_content']
     comment.content = unicode(request.form['comment_content'])
 
     # Show error message if commenting is disabled.
@@ -193,6 +197,18 @@ def media_post_comment(request, media):
     return redirect_obj(request, media)
 
 
+
+def media_preview_comment(request):
+
+    comment = unicode(urllib.unquote(request.query_string).decode('string_escape'))
+    if comment.startswith('"') and comment.endswith('"'):
+        comment = comment[1:-1]
+    print comment
+    #decoderRing = json.JSONDecoder()
+   #comment = decoderRing.decode(request.query_string)
+
+    return Response(json.dumps(cleaned_markdown_conversion(comment)))
+
 @get_media_entry_by_id
 @require_active_login
 def media_collect(request, media):