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Why is the markdown syntax highlighter so terrible?

#1

Why is the markdown syntax highlighter so terrible? Does anyone use markdown frequently? I don’t see any color changes to the markdown:

This should be a header

  • this would be bullet list

Any suggestions?

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#2

Probably your color scheme, try with Twilight.
Your tmTheme must include definitions for markup like this one (+ dozen others):

<dict> <key>name</key> <string>Markup: List</string> <key>scope</key> <string>markup.list</string> <key>settings</key> <dict> <key>foreground</key> <string>#E1D4B9</string> </dict> </dict>

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#3

Ah, good call, Twilight gives it color.
I always use Monokai, the default. So can I just copy all the markup.* dict entries into Monokai if I want? Has anyone already done that?

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#4

[quote=“oats”]Ah, good call, Twilight gives it color.
I always use Monokai, the default. So can I just copy all the markup.* dict entries into Monokai if I want? Has anyone already done that?[/quote]

It’s what I’ve done.
I use Monokai Bright, but I can’t remember from where I copied the markup definition.

This is my Monokai Bright Personal.tmTheme if you need it to start your own:

[code]<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

name Monokai Bright settings settings background #272822 caret #F8F8F0 foreground #F8F8F2 invisibles #3B3A32 lineHighlight #3E3D32 selection #774108 findHighlight #FFE792 findHighlightForeground #000000
			<key>selectionBorder</key>
			<string>#222218</string>
			<key>activeGuide</key>
			<string>#9D550FB0</string>

			<key>bracketsForeground</key>
			<string>#F8F8F2A5</string>
			<key>bracketsOptions</key>
			<string>underline</string>

			<key>bracketContentsForeground</key>
			<string>#F8F8F2A5</string>
			<key>bracketContentsOptions</key>
			<string>underline</string>

			<key>tagsOptions</key>
			<string>stippled_underline</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Comment</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>comment</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#B1B099</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>String</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>string</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E6DB74</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Number</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>constant.numeric</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#AE81FF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Built-in constant</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>constant.language</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#AE81FF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>User-defined constant</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>constant.character, constant.other</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#AE81FF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Variable</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>variable</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Keyword</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>keyword</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F92672</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Storage</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>storage</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F92672</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Storage type</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>storage.type</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#66D9EF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Class name</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.name.class</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>underline</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#A6E22E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Inherited class</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.other.inherited-class</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic underline</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#A6E22E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Function name</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.name.function</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#A6E22E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Function argument</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>variable.parameter</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#FD971F</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Tag name</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.name.tag</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F92672</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Tag attribute</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.other.attribute-name</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#A6E22E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Library function</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>support.function</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#66D9EF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Library constant</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>support.constant</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#66D9EF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Library class/type</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>support.type, support.class</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#66D9EF</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Library variable</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>support.other.variable</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Invalid</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>invalid</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>background</key>
			<string>#F92672</string>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F8F8F0</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Invalid deprecated</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>invalid.deprecated</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>background</key>
			<string>#AE81FF</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F8F8F0</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>JSON String</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>meta.structure.dictionary.json string.quoted.double.json</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#CFCFC2</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>

	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>diff.header</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>meta.diff, meta.diff.header</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#75715E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>diff.deleted</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.deleted</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F92672</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>diff.inserted</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.inserted</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#A6E22E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>diff.changed</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.changed</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E6DB74</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>

	<dict>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>constant.numeric.line-number.find-in-files - match</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#AE81FFA0</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.name.filename.find-in-files</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E6DB74</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>

	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>--------------------------------</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict/>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Italic</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.italic</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E9C062</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Bold</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.bold</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>bold</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E9C062</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Underline</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.underline</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>underline</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E18964</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Quote</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.quote</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>background</key>
			<string>#FEE09C12</string>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E1D4B9</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Heading</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.heading, markup.heading entity</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>background</key>
			<string>#632D04</string>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#FEDCC5</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: List</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.list</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#E1D4B9</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Raw</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup.raw</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>background</key>
			<string>#B1B3BA08</string>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#578BB3</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Comment</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>markup comment</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string>italic</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#F67B37</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Markup: Separator</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>meta.separator</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>background</key>
			<string>#242424</string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#60A633</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
	<!-- Pascal -->
	<dict>
		<key>name</key>
		<string>Proprty name</string>
		<key>scope</key>
		<string>entity.name.property</string>
		<key>settings</key>
		<dict>
			<key>fontStyle</key>
			<string></string>
			<key>foreground</key>
			<string>#A6E22E</string>
		</dict>
	</dict>
</array>
<key>uuid</key>
<string>D8D5E82E-3D5B-46B5-B38E-8C841C21347D</string>
[/code]
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