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Markdown definition lists rendering #13890

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Discussed in #13877

Originally posted by michalfita June 7, 2026
Most forges now render Markdown extension definition lists:

the term
: the definition or explanation of the term

renders to (in .md files but not in issues on GH):
image

Works on GitHub, GitLab & Fogejo, but crates.io ignore that formatting extension.

This is feature request to add support for them during displaying creates descriptions.

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