Supported Markdown

michaelboatright · August 22, 2023, 11:51pm

Is there a definitive list of supported markdown? I’m finding that footnote [^1] and superscript ^x^ do not seem to work. Seems kind of basic since they are on the Markdown Cheatsheet.

rod_barbee · August 23, 2023, 4:01pm

I believe that Backlight supports Markdown’s Basic Syntax only (Matt will have to confirm). What you’re looking for appears to be part of the Extended Syntax.

michaelboatright · August 23, 2023, 5:14pm

Thanks. Yes, it is part of the extended syntax.

Matthew · August 24, 2023, 5:02am

If I believe we’re using the Parsedown library at version 1.6.0, which is now a few versions behind. @Ben might be able to say more.

michaelboatright · August 24, 2023, 9:59am

Thanks for that info. It’s not really a big deal to use html (wrote my first html page in 1995). In fact, I pretty much have look markdown up every time I use it! It used to drive me nuts when I was using Lightroom templates and BL3.

Cheers!

Ben · August 25, 2023, 12:28pm

I’m working on upgrading Parsedown to version 1.7.4, the latest stable version. This version does not support superscript, nor does the latest 1.8 beta.