Render tables in Markdown code outputs

[updiversity]

Describe the bug

While the table is properly displayed in Jupyter, but as well when using nbsphinx, it is not displayed properly when using myst-nb. Actually in this case, it shows simply the input string.

Please note the option myst_commonmark_only=True was set.

To Reproduce

from IPython.display import display, Markdown
display(Markdown(
    '| name                       | description   | formula   |\n|:---------------------------|:--------------|:-------|\n| blablabla              | blablabla     | $\hat p - p$      |\n| badaboum | badaboum      | $\hat p - p$      |'
))

Expected behavior

by using myst-nb sphinx plugin, the table should be properly exported and the mathjax formulas should be properly displayed.

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[chrisjsewell]

Heya, thanks for the feedback

Please note the option myst_commonmark_only=True was set.

Just to note, tables are not actually part of the CommonMark specification and so won't be rendered with this option.
But anyhow, currently Markdown code cell outputs are hard-coded to be rendered with commonmark_only and so tables will not be rendered.
It's a known "issue", and certainly something I will be addressing in the not too distant future

[tsalo]

I believe that I just experienced this issue as well. Is there any kind of workaround in place for rendering markdown tables from code cells?

[chrisjsewell]

Heya, after #380 (release pending) you can now set nb_render_markdown_format = "gfm" or nb_render_markdown_format = "myst", to configure how markdown outputs are rendered