header_attributes, link_attributes and a few more (div, span etc) are supported on normal markdown. but currently not on the emphasis element.

On Saturday, August 22, 2020 at 10:34:19 AM UTC+2 ch_...-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org wrote:
why aren't attributes supported in "normal" markdown?

John MacFarlane schrieb am Freitag, 21. August 2020 um 22:51:31 UTC+2:

You're doing it right -- but currently no format supports
both yaml metadata and attributes.

When we add suppport for yaml metadata blocks to commonmark,
you'll be able to use that.

Christian Müller <ch_...-S0/GAf8tV78@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I would like to use attributes like the following
>
> *something*{.timing}
>
> which should render to
>
> <em class="timing">something</em> or alternatively <span
> class="timing"><em>something</em></span>
>
> According to documentation I need the attributes extension. When I do --from=markdown+attributes
> I get
>
> The extension attributes is not supported for markdown
>
> When I try commonmark --from=commonmark+attributes instead it does work.
> However, I also need the Yaml meta data block. --from=commonmark+attributes+yaml_metadata_block
> yields
>
> The extension yaml_metadata_block is not supported for commonmark
>
> Am I doing something wrong? I'd rather stay with markdown (it's an older
> document)
>
> (using the official pandoc build for windows)
>
> pandoc.exe 2.10.1
> Compiled with pandoc-types 1.21, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.8.5
>
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