I have no idea how to make marked _actually_ ignore specified rules (feature request to turn off specified rules)

[vmarkoski02]

What I want:

I want to be able to turn off specific marked rules so that the marked renderer ignores said rules and leaves the input as is:

• "`This would be inline-code`" should turn into "`This would be inline-code`" (notice how the backticks and everything else is still there)
• "# heading" should turn into "# heading" (notice how the hash is still there and it didn't turn into a <h1> tag)
• ![Why do developers never include their Discord or have open DMs on Twitter?](discord.png) should turn into ![Why do developers never include their Discord or have open DMs on Twitter?](discord.png)
• etc. I think you get the idea

Why it's necessary

Because some people do not want or need the full markdown feature set.

As an example, I don't want the user to be able to link images using markdown when I am already providing an image uploader feature on my site. I don't want my text to change colors when the user discovers backticks (also I don't want the user to wonder where his backticks went). The only thing I want is the user to be able to make his text bold italic and strikethrough.

What I have tried

I've dug through #420 and the related tickets and have found a few things that looked like they might work. They didn't:

• "`This would be inline-code`" turned into "This would be inline-code" (notice how the backticks are missing)
• "# heading" turned into "`heading" (notice how the hash is no longer there)
• ![Why do developers never include their Discord or have open DMs on Twitter?](discord.png) turned into Why do developers never include their Discord or have open DMs on Twitter?
• etc.

This almost isn't stupid but it still is stupid, because the user will look at this and wonder "Where have all my special characters gone"?

If there is a way to achieve what I am looking for, please enlighten me. I have done my research, even using AI, and couldn't find the solution to my issue. IMO, this should be something you can configure in the MarkedOptions.

I would greatly appreciate a TypeScript approach to my issue, by the way.

[dlatikaynen]

You're going to need hooks (https://marked.js.org/using_pro#hooks) or, if that is not sufficient, register extensions to achieve this level of customization.

[vmarkoski02]

You're going to need hooks (https://marked.js.org/using_pro#hooks) or, if that is not sufficient, register extensions to achieve this level of customization.

I have read the documentation and came to the conclusion that I cannot achieve the desired result with hooks. Perhaps this is just a skill issue though. Would you mind providing an example?

[UziTech]

You can see an example extension in the docs. You can also try just changing the tokenizer to return undefined for the tokens you don't want to create.