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What type of markdown proccessor does Visual Studio use?

Dmitresso 0 Reputation points
2024-11-08T13:55:53.88+00:00

Developers added markdown support in Visual Studio version 2022 release 17.5.

But what's under the hood?

Is it commonmark-compliant? GFM support? Is it based on markdig?

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other

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  1. Tianyu Sun-MSFT 34,836 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
    2024-11-11T07:00:49.1366667+00:00

    Hello @Dmitresso ,

    Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

    Previously, Mads created a markdown editor extension for Visual Studio 2022, as you can see, here, Markdown Editor v2.

    The description says:

    Powered by Markdig – the best markdown parser

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    Currently, as you know, native Markdown support had been added into Visual Studio 2022, since 17.5. Mads also mentioned this "new" feature in this thread: Add native Markdown support.

    So, probably, it(VS native markdown support) is also based on markdig. It’s a good idea to directly double confirm with him by asking on our Developer Community, if you have any further concerns.

    Happy coding!

    Sincerely,

    Tianyu

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