Markdown indented codebox code#

Ambiguous formatting without recognizing the general rules, though, is just shooting yourself in the foot. It’s fine to make use of the latter, as long as you’re aware of what won’t work elsewhere.

Markdown indented codebox code#

centering with ~, fenced code with backticks or tildes, strikethrough characters). Messes happen because some processors are more lax than others about formatting (preserving line breaks, allowing 2-space indentation, different interpretations of unescaped emphasis markers, etc.), or provide a syntax for elements which aren’t universal (e.g. This post isn’t about proposing any standard or new flavors, it’s just about common sense guidelines that allow you to work with any processor. As long as users are aware of potential compatibility issues, they can decide for themselves how much of a mess to make when working with any given processor. However, I love that Markdown has been extended and tweaked for specific purposes, and I take a “personal responsibility” stance on the syntax. Many users learn a syntax particular to a specific processor, and then face disappointment when their documents don’t render properly elsewhere. A common knowledge of what’s standard is useful. As a developer whose primary application is Markdown-based, at least 50% of my customer support involves explaining Markdown syntax and differences between flavors. The negative reactions to the idea seem primarily summed up as “you’re not my real dad.” People seemed more offended by the approach than the spec. Its goal is stricter handling of ambiguities in the syntax, and it’s a justifiable one. The CommonMark project aims to clarify a lot of the things I’m about to mention. Well-formatted text is not only more readable, it’s more future-proof, and following a set of rules derived from the original spec means better portability. Some add syntax to accomplish more advanced output control, but the design goal typically remains the same. I work with many different “flavors” of Markdown that have branched off since Markdown 1.0. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions. The overriding design goal for Markdown’s formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. Just swap out fenced for the option you prefer.As John Gruber stated in his original introduction of the Markdown project: If you are using a YAML file, it might look like this: MD046: fenced false: Disable the rule and allow either or both styles of code blocks.Any fenced code blocks will raise an error. indented: All code blocks must be indented.Any indented code blocks will raise an error. fenced: All code blocks must be fenced.In other words, all code block must be either indented or fenced. consistent (default): Whichever style is found first is enforced for every code block.As you don't state what behavior you desire, I will note that there are multiple options for Rule MD046. You can create one of the above files at the root of your project, and customize the behavior as you desire.

markdownlint.js in any directory of a project.

markdownlint.yml or a JavaScript file named. Rules can be enabled, disabled, and customized by creating a JSON file named. I'm assuming your are using the markdownlint plugin for VSCode. To encourage consistent, well-formed Markdown.īut, of course, you may want to change the default.

After all, that is the point of a linter. The simple solution is to just leave the default setting and edit your Markdown to always use the same style of code blocks consistently throughout.