Errors when attempting to use markdown as a fenced language

[elazar]

I'm using Neovim installed via Homebrew.

❯ vim -v
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   system vimrc file: "$VIM/sysinit.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.2.0_1/share/nvim"

I have revision a7dbc314569aa85db80c106d73b1664e385b6ae7 of this plugin installed using junegunn/vim-plug@ddc67fc13624dbec62121e0c55ae03f270f66241.

This is the vim configuration file I'm using:

call plug#begin('~/.vim/plugins')

Plug 'tpope/vim-markdown', { 'for': 'markdown' }

let g:markdown_fenced_languages = [
    \ 'markdown',
    \ ]

call plug#end()

If I comment out the block to assign a value to g:markdown_fenced_languages, I'm able to load a .md file without issue. However, with the block in place, loading even an empty .md file produces this output...

"test.md" 0L, 0C
Error detected while processing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.2.0_1/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/javascript.vim:
line    1:
E169: Command too recursive
Error detected while processing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.2.0_1/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/vb.vim:
line    1:
E169: Command too recursive
Error detected while processing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.2.0_1/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/css.vim:
line    1:
E169: Command too recursive
Error detected while processing /Users/matthewturland/.vim/plugins/vim-markdown/syntax/markdown.vim:
line    1:
E169: Command too recursive
Error detected while processing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.2.0_1/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/markdown.vim:
line    1:
E169: Command too recursive
Error detected while processing /Users/matthewturland/.vim/plugins/vim-markdown/syntax/markdown.vim:

... followed by a lot of repetitions of this.

line   31:
E121: Undefined variable: s:done_include
line  105:
E121: Undefined variable: main_syntax
E15: Invalid expression: main_syntax ==# 'markdown'
line  159:
E121: Undefined variable: main_syntax
E15: Invalid expression: main_syntax ==# 'markdown'

[austintraver]

I'm also experiencing this. I can see how adding fenced code blocks with "markdown" syntax highlighting within a markdown file could cause infinite recursion... could this be avoided with some sort of conditional statement?

[tpope]

My guess would be that yes, it could.

[AceofSpades5757]

Using Vim, I'm having a very similar issue where using markdown as the language is causing a recursive loop.

There could be an issue since I'm pretty sure I just copied the syntax file into my .vim/syntax folder.

File Contents

    # My Markdown File
    
    ...
    
    ``` markdown
    Some Markdown...
    ```

Errors

Error detected while processing CursorHold Autocommands for "<buffer=1>"..function <SNR>154_MarkdownRefreshSyntax[2]..<SNR>154_MarkdownHighlightSources[31]..<SNR>154_SyntaxInclude[14]..CursorHold Autocommands for "<buffer=1>"..function <SNR>154_MarkdownRefreshSyntax[2]..<SNR>154_MarkdownHighlightSources[31]..<SNR>154_SyntaxInclude[10]..script C:\Users\USERNAME\vimfiles\syntax\markdown.vim[33]..C:\Program Files\Vim\vim82\syntax\vim.vim:
line  833:
E403: syntax sync: line continuations pattern specified twice
Error detected while processing CursorHold Autocommands for "<buffer=1>"..function <SNR>154_MarkdownRefreshSyntax[2]..<SNR>154_MarkdownHighlightSources:
line   31:
E171: Missing :endif
Error detected while processing CursorHold Autocommands for "<buffer=1>"..function <SNR>154_MarkdownRefreshSyntax:
line    2:
E171: Missing :endif