definition list syntax highlighting

[mclearc]

Right now definition lists are highlighted if the defined term is only one word. Like this:

Term:
: definition blah blah

But highlighting doesn't work for multi-term definitions:

Term Term:
: definition blah blah

Is this is relatively easily fixable?

[mangecoeur]

I am aware of this bug, I actually intended for def lists not to be highlighted, but MarkdownEditing automatically highlights single word terms (they are used in some other contexts).

It wouldn't be very easy to fix this, because if you just highlight lines ending in ":" you will mess up lots of regular text too. Requires some fancy lookforwards regex to detect a definition list, I am happy to accept a pull request but personally not got time.

If the inconsistent highlighting is bugging you, you can add a space before the colon -

Term :

instead of

Term:

and it will at least appear as normal text, which is less annoying.

[mclearc]

Thanks for the info. It would be great to have it fixed, but I understand the time-crunch; I'm in no better position myself. So we'll see what happens.