GoKawiilIntro
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.
Where is it in terms of features?
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.
That said, don't let this title mislead you. This does not mean the mode is premature in terms of features. As you will see, this is a very feature-rich mode. This mode already covers all of the https://commonmark.org/ spec, as well as most of https://github.github.com/gfm/, with some extras like code blocks even for non- ts-mode s, like elisp , table of contents utilities, and interfaces with external converters, such as pandoc and gfm .
Before deep diving into it yourself, you may need some help simply turning this mode on. Tree-sitter is tricky. It might even be your first time with tree-sitter, so a quick "install guide" is on our agenda.
Where is it? Do I need to install the mode?
Experimental means Emacs does not enable the mode by default so it is not there waiting for you to simply open a .md file or call it with M-x markdown-ts-mode RET . You need to load this library.
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