Markdown Highlight Problems

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ScrKiddle
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Markdown Highlight Problems

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Hi, i am new here and i did try some Markdown from here https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/
Now i did try to chance some colors for markdown in the theme settings for markdown.
Some how it is curious, there are multiple entries for bold and italic but it is as if the second entry of bold and italic should be the second entry of each other. As if Bold 2 should be Italic 2 and Italic 2 should be Bold 2.
How ever there is a problem with strike and highlight, the word between the tags dos not change the color just the tags get the color.
Similar Problems with lists, i gave a color to lits but it does not happen, just the numbered list is using the color for numbers for the numbers of the list.
The colors for Links and Titles do work, and the quotes-blocks take the color of the comments, this is ok but the naming is confusing.
I use the beta version which i just have downloaded, the other version was worse on markdown.
its probably not a markdown editor like obsidian with support for references, definitions, footnotes and some in-app preview, but at least sone cool syntax highlights would be fine, may also some in file highlight for code blocks with three backticks followed by the definition for the highlighter like ```python code```.
How ever, thanks any way this editor seems to be very nice.
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Rickard Johansson
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Re: Markdown Highlight Problems

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I'll look into it. Thanks.

BTW. In app preview is available. You can use the preview panel, Edge Preview tab, or any other HTML preview method.

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ScrKiddle
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Re: Markdown Highlight Problems

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Thanks

Now i have found the preview window and yes it is nice.

How ever i have found an other thing:
Hashtags seem to be missing completely, some thing like in Telegram or the Obsidian Markdown-Files.

# Title

Some text #Hashtag some text.

.. it does not exist in the Syntax settings and also not in the Preview-Window, #Tags do just appear like normal text.
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Rickard Johansson
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Re: Markdown Highlight Problems

Post by Rickard Johansson »

I experimented with code block highlighting and added a simple implementation.

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It only highlights keywords, comments, strings and numbers. And I haven't added many source languages yet. But it works :) Well, almost. There are some quirks to fix 8)
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