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Xiangliang
2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
Dropbox paper not exporting the code block for markdown
I tried exporting my Dropbox paper documents as markdown files and it feels awesome. The only glitch that I see is that all the code blocks in the exported markdown file do not have the ``` surroundi...
- 2 years ago
Thanks Xiangliang, for the screenshot and sorry to jump in here.
The triple backtick (aka fenced code-blocks) isn't a standard markdown extension.
Paper isn't a markdown editor per se, and at this time, exporting a Paper doc converts fenced code blocks to four-space.
I hope this helps.
Xiangliang
Explorer | Level 4
Line 18-33 was a code block in Dropbox Paper doc.
Xiangliang
2 years agoExplorer | Level 4
- Hannah2 years agoDropbox Staff
Thanks Xiangliang, for the screenshot and sorry to jump in here.
The triple backtick (aka fenced code-blocks) isn't a standard markdown extension.
Paper isn't a markdown editor per se, and at this time, exporting a Paper doc converts fenced code blocks to four-space.
I hope this helps.
- Xiangliang2 years agoExplorer | Level 4Thanks for the clarification!
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