GFM: How to include code for a fenced code block inside a fenced code block?

[LeaVerou]

The GFM spec includes multiple strategies for this, none of which seem to work with Showdown.

• "The closing code fence must use the same character as the opening fence:": Tildes don't seem to be supported
• "The closing code fence must be at least as long as the opening fence": Using more than three backticks doesn't seem to be supported
• I tried backslash escaping, that didn't work either.

Is there any way to do this?

(code below for attempt number 2: using different number of backticks)

## Demo

````markup
<div mv-app mv-storage="local" 
     mv-plugins="markdown">
	<div property="text" class="markdown">### Heading
**This is bold** *This is italic* 
Here’s a [link!](https://mavo.io)

And some code:

```js
	foo.bar();
```
	</div>
</div>
````

[tivie]

Tilde fenced blocks is, indeed, a feature implemented (not so) recently in github that is missing from showdown. I will implement it in the next showdown release.

Currently there is no way to include code for a fenced code block inside a fenced code block.

But meanwhile, you can include code for a fenced code block inside an indented code block*, like so:

    ```markup
    <div mv-app mv-storage="local" mv-plugins="markdown">
    <div property="text" class="markdown">### Heading
    **This is bold** *This is italic* 
    Here’s a [link!](https://mavo.io)

    And some code:

        ```js
        foo.bar();
        ```
	</div>
    </div>
    ```

[LeaVerou]

But there's no way to provide a language tag for an indented code block, right?

[tivie]

@LeaVerou right

[tivie]

Should be fixed now (c956ede) (version 1.8.2)

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