" [link](URL) | [link][id] | [link][]
syn region mkdFootnotes matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\[^" end="\]"
-syn region mkdID matchgroup=mkdDelimiter start="\[" end="\]" oneline
+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=@Spell nextgroup=mkdURL,mkdID skipwhite oneline
" mkd inline links: protocol optional user:pass@ sub/domain .com, .co.uk, etc optional port path/querystring/hash fragment
syn region mkdBlockquote start=/^\s*>/ end=/$/ contains=mkdLineBreak,mkdLineContinue,@Spell
syn region mkdCode start=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!`/ end=/\(\([^\\]\|^\)\\\)\@<!`/
syn region mkdCode start=/\s*``[^`]*/ end=/[^`]*``\s*/
-syn region mkdCode start=/^```\s*\w*\s*$/ end=/^```\s*$/
+syn region mkdCode start=/^```\s*[0-9A-Za-z_-]*\s*$/ end=/^```\s*$/
syn region mkdCode start="<pre[^>]*>" end="</pre>"
syn region mkdCode start="<code[^>]*>" end="</code>"
-syn match mkdCode /^\s*\n\(\(\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/
+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 mkdNonListItemBlock start="\n\(\_^\_$\|\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t+[^\t]\)\@!" end="^\(\s*\([-*+]\|\d\+\.\)\s\+\)\@=" contains=@mkdNonListItem
syn match mkdRule /^\s*\*\s\{0,1}\*\s\{0,1}\*$/
syn match mkdRule /^\s*-\s\{0,1}-\s\{0,1}-$/
syn match mkdRule /^\s*_\s\{0,1}_\s\{0,1}_$/
syn match htmlH1 /^.\+\n=\+$/ contains=@Spell
syn match htmlH2 /^.\+\n-\+$/ contains=@Spell
+syn cluster mkdNonListItem contains=htmlItalic,htmlBold,htmlBoldItalic,mkdFootnotes,mkdID,mkdURL,mkdLink,mkdLinkDef,mkdLineBreak,mkdBlockquote,mkdCode,mkdIndentCode,mkdListItem,mkdRule,htmlH1,htmlH2,htmlH3,htmlH4,htmlH5,htmlH6
+
"highlighting for Markdown groups
HtmlHiLink mkdString String
HtmlHiLink mkdCode String
+HtmlHiLink mkdIndentCode String
+HtmlHiLink mkdFootnote Comment
HtmlHiLink mkdBlockquote Comment
HtmlHiLink mkdLineContinue Comment
HtmlHiLink mkdListItem Identifier
HtmlHiLink mkdDelimiter Delimiter
+" Automatically insert bullets
+setlocal formatoptions+=r
+" Accept various markers as bullets
+setlocal comments=b:*,b:+,b:-
+
let b:current_syntax = "mkd"
delcommand HtmlHiLink