syn region htmlBoldItalic start="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|\*\*\*\S\@=" end="\S\@<=\*\*\*\|\*\*\*\S\@=" keepend oneline
syn region htmlBoldItalic start="\S\@<=___\|___\S\@=" end="\S\@<=___\|___\S\@=" keepend oneline
-" [link](URL) | [link][id] | [link][]
+" [link](URL) | [link][id] | [link][] | ![image](URL)
syn region mkdFootnotes matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\[^" end="\]"
syn region mkdID matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\[" end="\]" contained oneline
syn region mkdURL matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="(" end=")" contained oneline
-syn region mkdLink matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\\\@<!\[" end="\]\ze\s*[[(]" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell nextgroup=mkdURL,mkdID skipwhite oneline
+syn region mkdLink matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\\\@<!!\?\[" end="\]\ze\s*[[(]" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell nextgroup=mkdURL,mkdID skipwhite oneline
" Autolink without angle brackets.
" mkd inline links: protocol optional user:pass@ sub/domain .com, .co.uk, etc optional port path/querystring/hash fragment
syn region mkdFootnote start="\[^" end="\]"
syn match mkdCode /^\s*\n\(\(\s\{8,}[^ ]\|\t\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/
syn match mkdIndentCode /^\s*\n\(\(\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/ contained
-syn match mkdListItem "^\s*[-*+]\s\+"
-syn match mkdListItem "^\s*\d\+\.\s\+"
+syn region mkdListItemLine matchgroup=mkdListItem start="^\s*\%([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+" end="$" contains=@mkdNonListItem,@Spell
syn region mkdNonListItemBlock start="\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=htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdIndentCode,mkdListItem,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath
+syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=@htmlTop,htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdInlineURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdIndentCode,mkdListItem,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6,mkdMath
"highlighting for Markdown groups
HtmlHiLink mkdString String