Consume Markdown (syntax highlighting and rendering) extensions.

[RokeJulianLockhart]

Context

The native VS Code Markdown previewer supports extensions adding syntax highlighting to the editor and previewer. An example is marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=nico-castell.linux-desktop-file.

Problem

This extension doesn't appear to support these:

1. Syntax highlighting doesn't appear for desktop code blocks.

   As an explicitly ~~~desktop syntax-highlighted code block in a .Markdown file:

   

   As a .desktop file:

   

2. Although the syntax highlighting appears for mermaid code blocks, they do not render:

   

Reproduction

1. Install code-1.95.3-1731513157.el8.x86_64.
2. Install marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/searKing/vsextensions/preview-vscode/2.3.14/vspackage.

• 1. Install marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/nico-castell/vsextensions/linux-desktop-file/0.0.21/vspackage.

  2. Create a .Markdown editor tab.

  3. Add the undermentioned:

     ~~~desktop
     key=value
     ~~~

• 1. marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/bpruitt-goddard/vsextensions/mermaid-markdown-syntax-highlighting/1.7.0/vspackage.

  2. Create a .Markdown editor tab.

  3. Add the undermentioned:

     ~~~mermaid
     pie title NETFLIX
     ~~~

Solution

Support them.

Environment

1. Extension

   Identifier: searking.preview-vscode
   Version: 2.3.17
   Last Updated: 2024-12-11, 20:12:25

2. VS Code

   1. 1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
         rpm -qa code

      2. code-1.96.4-1736991167.el8.x86_64

   2. 1. #!/usr/bin/env sh
         dnf info --refresh code-1.96.4-1736991167.el8.x86_64

      2. Updating and loading repositories:
          Fedora 41 - x86_64 - Updates                         100% |  51.9 KiB/s |  24.1 KiB |  00m00s
          RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree tainted           100% |  50.0 KiB/s |   8.5 KiB |  00m00s
          Fedora 41 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64             100% |   3.3 KiB/s | 989.0   B |  00m00s
          google-chrome-canary                                 100% |   5.6 KiB/s |   1.3 KiB |  00m00s
          Copr repo for Koi owned by birkch                    100% |  10.0 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
          Fedora 41 - x86_64                                   100% |  41.5 KiB/s |  26.8 KiB |  00m01s
          RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree - Updates         100% |  20.2 KiB/s |   8.6 KiB |  00m00s
          RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Nonfree                   100% |  62.1 KiB/s |   9.2 KiB |  00m00s
          RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free tainted              100% |  23.3 KiB/s |   7.9 KiB |  00m00s
          ProtonVPN Fedora Beta repository                     100% |  16.8 KiB/s |   3.7 KiB |  00m00s
          RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free                      100% |  19.1 KiB/s |   8.5 KiB |  00m00s
          Visual Studio Code                                   100% |  15.3 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
          RPM Fusion for Fedora 41 - Free - Updates            100% |  66.1 KiB/s |   8.0 KiB |  00m00s
          warpdotdev                                           100% |   8.4 KiB/s |   1.5 KiB |  00m00s
          google-chrome-canary                                 100% |   8.0 KiB/s |   3.2 KiB |  00m00s
         Repositories loaded.
         Installed packages
         Name            : code
         Epoch           : 0
         Version         : 1.96.4
         Release         : 1736991167.el8
         Architecture    : x86_64
         Installed size  : 381.7 MiB
         Source          : code-1.96.4-1736991167.el8.src.rpm
         From repository : @stored_transaction
         Vendor          : Microsoft Corporation