Github-style fenced code blocks

[Fletcher T. Penney]

I "relented" and added support for GFM (```) fenced code blocks to MultiMarkdown.  

I prefer the original GFM syntax, precisely because it is also a valid code span.  This means that a Markdown parser without knowledge of fenced code blocks will still do the right thing, except handle the specified language for syntax highlighting.

Fletcher

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Fletcher T. Penney
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On Sep 27, 2013, at 7:48 AM, Michel Fortin <michel.fortin at michelf.ca> wrote:


> 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.

> 

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> Michel Fortin

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> 

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