Emacs 31: An unofficial guide to Markdown-ts-mode
This guide provides an overview of the new experimental 'markdown-ts-mode' introduced in Emacs 31. It explains how to configure the mode and highlights its feature-rich capabilities despite its experimental status.
Why it matters
For the Emacs community, adopting new tree-sitter based modes is a significant step toward modernizing text editing and syntax highlighting.
So, Emacs 31 has been released, and a lot of shiny new stuff is there, ready for us to play with.
You probably heard of this new markdown-ts-mode and decided to check it out. And guess what? On Emacs version 31 , this is marked as an experimental mode. What does this mean? Should you use it or not? Is this ready? Is this just a sketch of a mode?
Treat this post as a quick guide to getting this mode up and running and helping yourself find answers to these questions.
This is an experimental mode, right? You need to opt in, so probably not everything will work flawlessly yet, and it needs more testing and feedback.
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