June 24, 2016

Fenced codeblocks in unordered lists with Github Flavored Markdown

Turns out you can have fenced code blocks in ordered lists with Github Flavored Markdown. Just the formatting was a little picky.

• Prefix the line with 4 spaces for every level in the list
• Empty lines before and after the code block

So that means if the list has only one level just prefix it with 4 spaces:

1. First Item
1. Second Item

    ```
    # My codes
    ```

1. Third Item

If it is a nested list

1. First Parent Item

    ```
    # Parent codes
    ```

1. Second Parent Item
  1. First Child Item

        ```
        # Child codes
        ```

  1. Second Child Item
1. Third Parent Item