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Markdown content escaped when editing comments

See original GitHub issue

Issue Type: Bug

When editing a PR comment any Markdown content is backslash escaped which removes the formatting when the comment is saved. For example the following markdown text:

- a list
- of things
- that aren't important

is converted to this:

\- a list
\- of things
\- that aren't important

Extension version: 0.34.3 VS Code version: Code 1.63.2 (Universal) (899d46d82c4c95423fb7e10e68eba52050e30ba3, 2021-12-15T09:37:28.172Z) OS version: Darwin x64 20.6.0 Restricted Mode: No

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	Intel® Core™ i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz (12 x 2600)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled gpu_compositing: enabled metal: disabled_off multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on oop_rasterization: enabled opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled skia_renderer: disabled_off_ok video_decode: enabled webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled
Load (avg)	3, 3, 3
Memory (System)	32.00GB (0.12GB free)
Process Argv	–crash-reporter-id ed50f89e-497f-43cd-86f3-a73119f730ed
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Reactions:2
Comments:8 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

1reaction

MilesCranmercommented, Jan 26, 2022

Thanks @alexr00!

0reactions

diminutivesloopcommented, Jan 24, 2022

@MilesCranmer Yeah your screen capture reflects what I’m seeing.

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