Implement gist embedding

[surma]

While writing a blog post in a gist with the aim of publishing it using gist.io I discovered that using Github's Gist embedding mechanism is not supported. No surprise there, actually.

But providing some syntax for embedding gists would actually solve the already existing syntax highlighting issue – so I took a swing at it and enabled <gist> tags.

Here is an example of how my implementation works (take a raw look at the Markdown file). Since the way GitHub serves their syntax highlighting (using document.write), the solution is somewhat inelegant and relies on Injector.js.

Looking forward to your feedback.

[surma]

Closing this. It’s been 6 years.

[eyecatchup]

Hey @surma, I like the idea a lot.

If you still need something like this, I implemented your concept in my gist.io replacement. You can see your example gist in action here: https://nicegist.github.io/3382937

Cheers