Vertical bars enclosed in backticks inside table cells are not rendered according to GFM spec #1839
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Relating to markdown features (i.e. supporting new language syntax)
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Related to Preview, TreeView, UI Panels, and other webviews
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Describe the bug
Vertical bars enclosed in backticks inside table cells should be displayed literally.
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Expected behavior
A code span should appear inside the cell, with the
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Additional context
The GFM spec is quite explicit about this subject: in 6.3, code spans:
This definition implicitly requires that any character within a pair of backtick strings must be rendered literally as content of the code span, and cannot be interpreted as a markdown syntax token. This is further supported by notes on backslash escapes:
Some implementations of GFM support vertical bar escapes in code spans, but this behavior drifts from the specs.
Last remark: I tried the escape sequence and it behaved according to the specs: displayed literally:
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