Fenced code in quotes not tokenized in Markdown
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Description
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- Language: Markdown
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Description
Fenced code blocks that are within a block quote are not tokenized as as code block in Markdown.
Under the CommonMark spec, code blocks are valid within a block quote: CommonMark Dingus
Code snippet
The code being highlighted incorrectly.
```
test
```
> ```
> test
> ```
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Research direction
Reproduce the highlighting problem in the linked Prism test page and compare the result with the linked CommonMark Dingus example. Trace the Markdown highlighting behavior for fenced code inside block quotes, then verify that the quoted fence and its contents are tokenized as a code block in the test page.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- markdown
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100