diff --git a/posts/20240205-til-how-to-escape-backtick-in-markdown.org b/posts/20240205-til-how-to-escape-backtick-in-markdown.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5684f6d --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/20240205-til-how-to-escape-backtick-in-markdown.org @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +#+title: TIL: How to Escape a Backtick in Markdown +#+tags: til +#+comments: on +#+status: publish +#+DATE: Tue, 06 Feb 2024 06:47:35 GMT +#+UPDATE_URL: /admin/modify-post/2024%252f02%252f06%252ftil-how-to-escape-a-backtick-in-markdown + +I needed to send a bit of inline code in some Markdown today and it needed to have a =‘= in it. I realized I hadn't done that before. I write code with =‘= in it somewhat frequently because Lisp uses it for quasi-quoting, but I always write everything in org syntax where you can use either ~=~ or =~=. But in Markdown if you need to have a =‘= in your inline code you need to wrap your inline code with more =‘= characters. + +#+begin_src markdown + `This is some inline code` + ``This is some inline code with a ` (backtick) in it`` + ```This is some inline code with `` (two backticks) in it``` +#+end_src + +It looks like the sky might be the limit.