Re: Way to have markdown ==highlighting== show up as highlighting in .docx or .odt files?

[Alx Nbl <alxnbl-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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My use case is different from paulschi, in my case i am trying to convert 
docx into markdown and generating '== ==' syntax when there is higlighted 
text in the docx file.

On Sunday, January 2, 2022 at 3:09:42 PM UTC+1 Alx Nbl wrote:

> Hi all. The '== ==' syntax is also used by Joplin app. I would also be 
> very interested by such a feature.
>
> On Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 6:29:51 PM UTC+1 John MacFarlane wrote:
>
>>
>> On CriticMarkup, see
>>
>> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/2873
>> https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/issues/5430
>>
>>
>> Joseph Reagle <josep...-T1oY19WcHSwdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> writes:
>>
>> > BTW: If CommonMark or pandoc were to support highlight, I would then 
>> wonder why not support all of CriticMarkup, which supports highlight as 
>> `{== ==}` or `{>> <<}`. (It's a shame that we have two different syntaxes 
>> emerging for highlight.)
>> >
>> > On 21-12-09 11:10, John MacFarlane wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> If this is a syntax that is becoming common, we could consider
>> >> adding a markdown extension for it. You could open an issue on
>> >> our issue tracker.
>> >> 
>> >> Joseph Reagle <josep...-T1oY19WcHSwdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org> writes:
>> >> 
>> >>> This is the first time I've encountered [this syntax][1] and it is 
>> not natively supported by pandoc. Or am I wrong and you are saying pandoc 
>> handles it when using the latex/PDF writer? (Or, are you saying Obsidian 
>> can export to PDF, but not Word?)
>> >>>
>> >>> I see there's been some discussion on the [CommonMark forum][2], but 
>> it doesn't look like you'd find an immediate solution.
>> >>>
>> >>> Using a filter or hacking something that converts `==foo==` to 
>> [foo]{.highlight} that is properly rendered in Word might be options.
>> >>>
>> >>> [1]: https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#highlight
>> >>> [2]: 
>> https://talk.commonmark.org/t/highlighting-text-with-the-mark-element/840
>> >>>
>> >>> On 21-12-09 08:29, Paul wrote:
>> >>>> I use a lot of highlighting in my markdown editor Obsidian, but I 
>> was wondering if there's a way to have that highlighting show up in the 
>> Word or Libreoffice Writer files?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Bold and italics work fine, as far as I can tell, and when 
>> converting to a pdf the highlighting transfers great. I gather, however, 
>> that the ==highlighting== is not standard in all markdown so is that the 
>> issue?
>> >>>
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