Markdown viewer problem with code integration

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version Joplin 1.0.201 (prod, darwin) Mac OS

I get some strange color when using code in a note
Here’s the text :

Photos & Vidéos

exiftool "-alldates<datetimeoriginal" *.jpg -overwrite_original
exiftool "-filemodifydate<datetimeoriginal" *.jpg

in the first line “exiftool” is green and becomes black if I change replace “.jpg” par “.JPG” ; in the second it’s black
in other lines the code is red.
I don’t really get the point.
Is there a problem with code integration ?
thank you

2

hum this forum seem's to use the same markdown viewer :slight_smile:

3

If you do not define what type the code is in a fenced block, i.e. where you start the markdown with: ``` on its own on a line, the interpreter will try to guess what needs highlighting.

So if you use:

```

Your code block will look like this

exiftool "-alldates<datetimeoriginal" *.jpg -overwrite_original
exiftool "-filemodifydate<datetimeoriginal" *.jpg

but if you use

```text

it will look like this

exiftool "-alldates<datetimeoriginal" *.jpg -overwrite_original
exiftool "-filemodifydate<datetimeoriginal" *.jpg

although in Joplin the type for text is actually

```plaintext

If your block of code is css you use

```css

if it's html

```html

and so on...

This post and the one after it covers this in a bit more detail.

4

Thanks a lot for your answer, now I understand

5

@cyr06
my experience is that this forum doesn’t use the same markdown viewer, Joplin desktop’s one does a better job, but still not perfect for some code (and sadly the font is too feint for my eyes)

6

@RogerL

If the rendered code is a bit faint for you, you could try adding this to your userstyle.css file so as to “enbolden it” a little bit!!

code {
     font-weight: 500;
     /* sets code font weight - fenced code and pre */
}
7

Thanks for that. Works a treat. However I needed a bit more, so played with increasing the number. It’s a pain to keep restarting Joplin to see result, would be nice if there was a redraw button within Joplin.

8

Works nice thank you