Syntax decorations for code span add unwanted boxes to GitLab inline math

[Momo-Coco]

What is the problem?

The boxes enclosing gitlab-style inline math formulae in editor include backticks when it should not.

How can I reproduce it?

Type a gitlab-style inline formula, e.g. $`i=1`$. The box encloses `i=1`, when it should enclose only i=1

Is there any error message in the console?

[yzhang-gh]

This extension only supports basic math functionality. Please turn to Markdown+Math for more features (see README).

[yzhang-gh]

Oh, you are talking about the code span decoration. It is not designed for GitLab inline math...

You can disable it with option syntax.decorations.

[Momo-Coco]

It seems that if i disable syntax,decorations, math formulae no longer get displayed in the previewer.

[yzhang-gh]

Just checked and nothing wrong here (and shouldn't). Please reload VSCode or check whether there other conflicting extensions.

[Momo-Coco]

yes, it looks like it's fighting with Markdown+Math. However, is it possible to fix the syntax decorations to recognize the default KaTeX/GitLab format? I think it shouldn't be that hard.

[yzhang-gh]

If anyone is interested, here is the code pointer

vscode-markdown/src/syntaxDecorations.ts

Lines 39 to 42 in 501bb23

	let regexDecorTypeMapping = {
	"(~~.+?~~)": ["strikethrough"],
	"(?<!`)(`+)(?!`)(.*?)(?<!`)(\\1)(?!`)": ["codeSpan"]
	};