vim markdown syntax highlighting is very buggy
github-flavored-markdown, markdown, vim
Solution
This is because in markdown underscores mean italics, and that's what Vim is showing. Vim just renders italics in a weird way.
What you are expecting is a Github extension.
You can install this plugin to enable Github Flavored Markdown highlighting.
Problem
I'm not sure which markdown plugin I'm using, but it's not doing a great job of parsing this README.md file. Here's a visual of what's going on: Not sure why it's highlighting everything after an underscore, highlights generally mean italic words. It's not very pleasent working in this way. By the way, I've posted the exact code here to demonstrate that the italics are not actually taking place after the underscore. payment_address ``` POST currency string ex: "BTC" amount int ex: 100000 *timeout int ex: 600 *callback JSON object method string ex: "HTTP_POST", "BLOCKCHAIN_WRITE" params JSON object HTTP_POST PARAMS: url string ex: "http://florincoin.info/mucua/callback/ data string ex: see below ``` The payment_address api is by far the most Note: stackoverflow.com doesn't turn `#### payment_address` into a H3, but it also doesn't make the `_address` part italic. - Is this a bug in vim or am I doing something wrong? - How can I find out which vim plugin I'm using to issue a bug report / pull request for a fix?