Double asterisks in a code block indented by four spaces should be ignore, but that's not exactly the case. Play with spaces and single/double asterisks in the code block below and note the highlighting of the headings:
``` code with *asterisks **
# test *a* b
# Testing `pnpm recursive install` behavior. ```
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The highlighting is done by the Scintilla editing component Geany uses which is a separate project. Test highlighting problems in the Scite reference editor for Scintilla if you can, report them directly to Scintilla (NB Geany uses version 3.10 not version 4 when you report, but that should not affect the MD lexer). Please post the issue number here for tracking.
I've installed SciTE from [the package](https://www.scintilla.org/SciTEDownload.html) but it doesn't have Markdown among the supported languages. Looks like I need [a Markdown .properties file](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6598523/markdown-syntax-highlighting-in-... Which one does Geany use?
Looks like I need a Markdown .properties file? Which one does Geany use?
Oh, this came up the other day, IIRC in the default scite global properties markdown is listed in the exclude or ignore list (can't remember exactly what its called) so it isn't available by default. Try removing it from that list and see what happens.
Those properties files are Scite specific, Geany doesn't use them.
If you can't get Scite to work, just report it. We ask people to report highlighting bugs/requests directly to Scintilla since there is no use a Geany person who isn't and expert in <whatever language> being a poor communication channel between the requester and the project.
Closed because not reported to Scintilla
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