Re: Markdown syntax file

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 11:10:51PM +0000, Gerard Lally wrote:
> 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!

actually syntax highlighters are relatively easy to code -- but I spend
all of my time on things that aren't that easy :-(

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
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