From a6bb045d8a5a09e35400cba0514ca0a8f79128fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Beal <alexlbeal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:02:20 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Added a rule that covers "Github Flavored Markdown" (GFM)
 code blocks

GFM takes three back ticks to start a code block. It can be followed with a word specifying the language. It then ends with three back ticks.
http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/
---
 syntax/mkd.vim | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/syntax/mkd.vim b/syntax/mkd.vim
index c6ea381..51f891b 100644
--- a/syntax/mkd.vim
+++ b/syntax/mkd.vim
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ syn match  mkdCode      /^\s*\n\(\(\s\{4,}[^ ]\|\t\+[^\t]\).*\n\)\+/
 syn match  mkdLineBreak /  \+$/
 syn region mkdCode      start=/\\\@<!`/                   end=/\\\@<!`/
 syn region mkdCode      start=/\s*``[^`]*/          end=/[^`]*``\s*/
+syn region mkdCode      start=/^```\w*\s*$/          end=/^```\s*$/
 syn region mkdBlockquote start=/^\s*>/              end=/$/                 contains=mkdLineBreak,mkdLineContinue,@Spell
 syn region mkdCode      start="<pre[^>]*>"         end="</pre>"
 syn region mkdCode      start="<code[^>]*>"        end="</code>"
-- 
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