Frequently Asked Questions

Questions

• Why don't <pre> tags work right when I do them, but MdPopups' work correctly?

  This is because the HTML engine in Sublime treats <pre> tags just as a normal block elements; it doesn't treat the content as preformatted. When MdPopups creates code blocks, it actually does a lot of special formatting to the blocks. It converts tabs to 4 spaces, and spaces are converted to   to prevent wrapping. Lastly, new lines get converted to <br> tags.

• Why in code blocks do tabs get converted to 4 spaces?

  Because I like it that way. If you are planning on having a snippet of text sent through the syntax highlighter and do not want your tabs to be converted to 4 spaces, you should convert it to the number of spaces you like before sending it through the syntax highlighter.

• Why does <insert element> not work, or cause the popup/phantom not to show?

  Because Sublime's HTML engine is extremely limited or the element you are trying to use hasn't been styled correctly yet. Though I do not have a complete list of all supported elements, you can check out the provided default.css on the repository to see what is supported. There are probably some elements you could style and then would work correctly, but there are others like <table> will not currently work. In general, you should keep things basic, but feel free to experiment to get an understanding of Sublime's minihtml engine limitations.