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Fenced code in quotes not tokenized in Markdown

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Description

Information

  • 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

Test page

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

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