Github-style fenced code blocks

[m ali ayas]

AFAIK backticks are commonly used and known. It'd be good to support it
in PHP Markdown Extra until a consensus spec rises.

2013-09-27 14:48 tarihinde, Michel Fortin yazdı:

> I get a lot of requests for Github-style fenced code blocks in PHP Markdown Extra. While I despite the syntax -- it also happens to be a valid code span! -- I wonder whether I should relent on this. It seems to be bothering a lot of people (even those who know about the tilde-based fenced code block syntax).

>

> In Github-Flavored Markdown, a code block works like this:

>

> 	```php

> 	some php code

> 	```

>

> Replace those backticks with tildes and you get a valid fenced code block in PHP Markdown Extra:

>

> 	~~~php

> 	some php code

> 	~~~

>

> Of course, now Github also supports tilde for fenced code blocks. But their documentation only mention the backtick-based syntax.

> <https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown>

>

> If take a look at Babelmark 2, it seems that most implementations supporting one also support the other.

> <http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=```php%0Asome+php+code%0A```%0A>

> <http://johnmacfarlane.net/babelmark2/?normalize=1&text=~~~php%0Asome+php+code%0A~~~%0A>

>

> I wondered if some of you have any opinion to share on this.

>