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A `|` in a code in a table breaks the table

See original GitHub issue

Subject of the issue

SSIA

Your environment

OS: macOS
Packages: @mdx-js/runtime v1.6.18
Env: node 14.2.0, yarn 1.22.4

Steps to reproduce

Sample: https://codesandbox.io/s/brave-goldberg-qe2uv?file=/src/Content.mdx

Read the markdown below with mdx.

| title1 | title2               | title3                         |
|--------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
| foo    | `string | undefined` | this message should be visible |

Expected behaviour

The string | undefined is recognized as a code.

(This capture is Visual Studio Code behavior)

Actual behaviour

The | in the code (`) is recognized as a table separator.

https://codesandbox.io/s/brave-goldberg-qe2uv?file=/src/Content.mdx

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 3 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:13 (11 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

wooormcommented, Oct 1, 2020

GitHub doesn’t allow a pipe in code (text) in a table cell. You can escape it here on GitHub (note: escaping stuff in code normally doesn’t work, but GFM made an exception for pipes).

So, it seems we’re following GFM here. Could you check if escaping works?

1reaction

wooormcommented, Oct 1, 2020

Hmm. That’s annoying. Well, that’s indeed a bug!