Automattic / Automattic/jetpack

Markdown Block: Add full support for markdown-it features

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[Feature] Markdown [Pri] Low Customer Report [LEGACY] Enhancement Epic Good For Community
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Description

Related issue: #11881

With reference to the markdown-it demo code:
https://markdown-it.github.io/

The following features are not supported in the Markdown block:

- Typographic replacements
- Syntax highlighting
- Autoconverted links
- Subscript / Superscript
- Inserted text
- Marked text
- ~Footnotes~ #30149
- Definition lists
- Abbreviations
- Custom containers
- Mermaid #44323

#### Additional context

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Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by comparing the Markdown block's current behavior with the markdown-it demo linked in the issue. Determine which listed features are in scope, then verify completion against the unsupported-feature list and the related issues for footnotes and Mermaid.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
markdown
Domain
content
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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