Re: Markdown syntax file

[Gerard Lally]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 04:49:42PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 09:39:12PM +0000, Gerard Lally wrote:
> > Does anyone have a Markdown syntax file available? Preferably with
> > MultiMarkdown support.
> 
> I don't think so.  Referring to
> 
> https://fletcherpenney.net/multimarkdown/
> 
> it says that's a superset of markdown.  vile's "txt" mode can be fooled
> into doing _part_ of markdown, but it's not really that close.
> 
> I was using it for that a month or two ago, and concluded that it would
> require yet another syntax filter to do the job, and added that to my
> to-do list (but as usual I'm working on other stuff).

Thank you, Thomas. I'll see what I can come up with myself in the
meantime. I'm under a little pressure myself, and philosophy, not
hacking, is my area, which is why I tried to pull a fast one by asking!