This patch includes the following changes in =ox-md.el= + =org-md-example-block= now exports code blocks using triple grave accents instead of four spaces of indentation. This has been done for two main reasons: 1. To be able to include the language so that Markdown engines can syntax highlight the content of code blocks. Syntax highlighting can also occur when using indentation in some websites (see [[https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/184108][this]]. However, this method doesn't work in all websites (I haven't found information about this on Github.). Therefore, using grave accents is more generic. 2. To be able to put the source code and the results of evaluation in different code blocks. When using indentation, both the source code and the results are shown in the same code block by Markdown engines. + The variable =org-md-lang-export= is now included in order to map Org Mode language names to Markdown language names. The file =mre.org= contains a minimal reproducible example; =mre.md= , the resulting file when exporting using the current version; and =mre-patch.md=, the resulting file when exporting with the changes of this patch applied. The patch is shown below. #+begin_src dash :dir (progn default-directory) :epilogue ":" gunzip -c /usr/share/emacs/27.1/lisp/org/ox-md.el.gz > ox-md.el diff -u ox-md.el ox-md-patched.el #+end_src #+RESULTS: #+begin_example --- ox-md.el 2021-01-30 16:49:33.459042367 -0500 +++ ox-md-patched.el 2021-01-30 16:48:40.232375347 -0500 @@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ (const :tag "Use \"atx\" style" atx) (const :tag "Use \"Setext\" style" setext))) +(defcustom org-md-lang-export + '(("dash" . "sh")) + "Alist mapping languages to the corresponding language names in Markdown." + :group 'org-export-md + :type '(repeat + (cons + (string "Org Mode language name") + (string "Markdown language name")))) ;;;; Footnotes @@ -181,10 +189,24 @@ "Transcode EXAMPLE-BLOCK element into Markdown format. CONTENTS is nil. INFO is a plist used as a communication channel." - (replace-regexp-in-string - "^" " " - (org-remove-indentation - (org-export-format-code-default example-block info)))) + (let* (language + (org-language + (plist-get (car (cdr example-block)) :language)) + (markdown-language + (cdr (assoc org-language org-md-lang-export))) ; + (content + (org-remove-indentation + (org-export-format-code-default example-block info)))) + + (if markdown-language + (setq language markdown-language) + (setq language org-language)) + + (setq content (replace-regexp-in-string + "\\`" (concat "```" language "\n") + content)) + + (replace-regexp-in-string "\\'" "```" content))) (defun org-md-export-block (export-block contents info) "Transcode a EXPORT-BLOCK element from Org to Markdown. #+end_example