syn region mkdFootnotes matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\[^" end="\]"
execute 'syn region mkdID matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\[" end="\]" contained oneline' . s:conceal
execute 'syn region mkdURL matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="(" end=")" contained oneline' . s:conceal
-execute 'syn region mkdLink matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\\\@<!!\?\[" end="\]\ze[[(]" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell nextgroup=mkdURL,mkdID skipwhite oneline' . s:concealends
+execute 'syn region mkdLink matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\\\@<!!\?\[" end="\n\{-,1}[^]]\{-}\zs\]\ze[[(]" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell nextgroup=mkdURL,mkdID skipwhite oneline' . s:concealends
" Autolink without angle brackets.
" mkd inline links: protocol optional user:pass@ sub/domain .com, .co.uk, etc optional port path/querystring/hash fragment
syn match htmlH2 /^.\+\n-\+$/ contains=@Spell
"define Markdown groups
-syn match mkdLineContinue ".$" contained
syn match mkdLineBreak / \+$/
-syn region mkdBlockquote start=/^\s*>/ end=/$/ contains=mkdLineBreak,mkdLineContinue,@Spell
+syn region mkdBlockquote start=/^\s*>/ end=/$/ contains=mkdLineBreak,@Spell
syn region mkdCode start=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!`/ end=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!`/
syn region mkdCode start=/\s*``[^`]*/ end=/[^`]*``\s*/
syn region mkdCode start=/^\s*\z(`\{3,}\)\s*[0-9A-Za-z_+-]*\s*$/ end=/^\s*\z1`*\s*$/
syn match mkdCode /^\s*\n\(\(\s\{8,}[^ ]\|\t\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/
syn match mkdCode /\%^\(\(\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/
syn match mkdCode /^\s*\n\(\(\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/ contained
-syn region mkdListItemLine matchgroup=mkdListItem start="^\s*\%([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+" end="$" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell
+syn match mkdListItem /^\s*\%([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+/ contained
+syn region mkdListItemLine start="^\s*\%([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+" end="$" oneline contains=@mkdNonListItem,mkdListItem,@Spell
syn region mkdNonListItemBlock start="\(\%^\(\s*\([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+\)\@!\|\n\(\_^\_$\|\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t+[^\t]\)\@!\)" end="^\(\s*\([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+\)\@=" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell
syn match mkdRule /^\s*\*\s\{0,1}\*\s\{0,1}\*$/
syn match mkdRule /^\s*-\s\{0,1}-\s\{0,1}-$/
syn region mkdMath matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\\\@<!\$\$" end="\$\$" contains=@tex
endif
-syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdListItem,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath
+syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath
"highlighting for Markdown groups
HtmlHiLink mkdString String
HtmlHiLink mkdCodeEnd String
HtmlHiLink mkdFootnote Comment
HtmlHiLink mkdBlockquote Comment
-HtmlHiLink mkdLineContinue Comment
HtmlHiLink mkdListItem Identifier
HtmlHiLink mkdRule Identifier
HtmlHiLink mkdLineBreak Todo