Code Blocks in Lists or Nested Lists

(Source: gist.github.com/clintel/1155906)

For discussion, see issue #1. Thanks to Thomas Leitner for clearing up the syntax.

Fenced code blocks inside ordered and unordered lists (V8)

How it works

The gist is that the indentation for the code block in lists is determined by the column number of the first non-space character after the list item marker.

Examples (edit: I replaced the leading spaces with dots e.g. · so it looks correct):

Bulleted List

*·some text     =>  use 2 spaces indentation
*···some text   =>  use 4 spaces indentation

Numbered List

1.·some text    =>  use 3 spaces indentation

==> If you line up the fenced code block with the “natural” list indentation, it will work.

Github fenced code blocks - It works, no magic.

  1. Do step 1.

  2. Now do this:

    def print_hi(name)
  puts "Hi, #{name}"
end
print_hi('Tom')
#=> prints 'Hi, Tom' to STDOUT.
  3. Now you can do this.

More Examples - Numbered Lists

  1. This is a numbered list.

  2. I’m going to include a fenced code block as part of this bullet:

    Code
More Code
  3. We can put fenced code blocks inside nested bullets, too.

    1. Like this:

      printf("Hello, World!");
    2. The key is to indent your fenced code block lined up with the list item.
    3. Also need to put a separating newline above and below the fenced block.

More Examples - Bulleted Lists