Markdown does not render properly

[frakman1]

• My browser: Chrome 81 on Windows 10
• My RES version: Reddit Enhancement Suite v5.18.14
• Am I in reddit beta (yes/no): no

What's the problem?

Someone left me a comment with syntax highlighted markdown. To them and anyone else on the internet, it looks like this:

However, for me, it looks like this.

I've tried toggling all my extensions off/on in chrome://extensions/ but no change after refreshing the page. It only works when I open the page in incognito.

Are there any related posts in https://github.com/honestbleeps/Reddit-Enhancement-Suite/issues or /r/RESissues?

Not to my knowledge

What other browser extensions are installed?

[benmcgarry]

Can you link the post please?

[benmcgarry]

This looks to be a platform issue rather than RES. With RES disabled it shows the same as we are not doing any formatting. It looks like the comment was made on the redesign and hasn't formatted back to old.

@andytuba Does backwards compat for FPE > old reddit exist?

[jewel-andraia]

As Ben alluded to, triple backtick code blocks are only rendered correctly on redesign 😥

[frakman1]

@benmcgarry Sure. Here is the offending link

If it's a platform issue, then why does it work when I go into incognito mode?
What redesign are you referencing? Is that a RES thing or a Reddit thing?

[jewel-andraia]

@frakman1
"old reddit": https://old.reddit.com/r/gitlab/comments/dvdm3n/has_anyone_successfully_used_code_climate_in/fpf97au/

"redesign" (what incognito defaults to): https://new.reddit.com/r/gitlab/comments/dvdm3n/has_anyone_successfully_used_code_climate_in/fpf97au/

These are two different website frontends, which render differently.

[frakman1]

Ahh I "see" now. Thank you for laying it out so clearly. I did express a preference for using the old.reddit via the preferences option. I hate the new redesign with all its wasted space.

So does this mean that markdown will never render properly with old reddit, or is this something that RES can possibly, one-day handle?

[jewel-andraia]

Ideally Reddit Inc would add backtick support to old reddit or use four-space codeblocks instead, although I'm not optimistic about seeing that any time soon. RES could potentially bridge this gap, one day.

[YodaEmbedding]

Duplicate of #5223. (Clearer title.)