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Feature Request: support <mark></mark> in vscode visual editor for highlighting

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Description

It is super common among markdown editors to have highlight shortcut. Marktext has it, Typora, Joplin, VSCode default rendering respects it, etc.

Would be great if quarto visual editor gets it too.

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Research direction

Start by locating the VS Code visual editor's Markdown rendering and shortcut handling. Add support for the highlighting syntax, including its shortcut, and verify that highlighted text renders correctly in the visual editor.

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Assessment

Tech stack
markdown, vscode
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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