Disabling Auto pair Markdown syntax disables autopairing backticks

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Steps to reproduce

  1. Open sanbox vault
  2. Go to Settings > Editor > Behavior > Disable “Auto pair Markdon syntax”
    Note the description: “Pair symbols for bold and italic.”
  3. Leave settings
  4. Go a note and type `
  5. type ` anther 2 times (3 in total)

Did you follow the troubleshooting guide? [Y/N] y

Expected result

Two backticks after step 4.
Three backticks after step 5 for a fenced block.

Actual result

Only one backtick after step 4.
Only three backticks after step 5.

Environment

SYSTEM INFO:
	Obsidian version: v1.5.4
	Installer version: v1.5.3
	Operating system: #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon, 05 Feb 2024 22:07:49 +0000 6.7.4-arch1-1
	Login status: logged in
	Catalyst license: insider
	Insider build toggle: on
	Live preview: on
	Base theme: adapt to system
	Community theme: none
	Snippets enabled: 0
	Restricted mode: on

RECOMMENDATIONS:
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Additional information

One could say the bug is only in the description or one could say the option should not disable backtick pairing. I belong to the latter group and I hope I can only turn off bold and italic auto pairing.

My suggestion would be to
a) make it integrate backtick toggle into “Auto pair brackets” option
b) make a separate toggle
c) have two lists of what to pair and what not to pair (that’s feature terretory now)
d) fix the description *booo*

(This relates to (Content) Update help text for "Auto pair Markdown syntax" setting but is not the same)

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The description is a non exhaustive list.

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If it is not exhaustive I would suggest something like this:

Pair symbols automatically for bold, italic, highlight, backticks, and more.

(stolen from @dsteinbock’s (Content) Update help text for "Auto pair Markdown syntax" setting)

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Feel free to open a FR for that.

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I suggested multiple solutions. Three of them (a, b, c) can be considered features or at least changes to behavior. But the jokingly crossed out option d to fix the description is the fix to this bug.

I think the Principle of Least Surprise applies here. Disabling this option suprised me, which is clearly a bug — even if it is just description that is wrong.

To make another example: If you had a button that said “Delete files a and b” and it wiped your whole drive would you consider that a bug, if the button was meant to wipe the drive?

Faulty descriptions are bugs.

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If there was a repo to commit to, I’d even open a PR/MR to fix it myself.

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Which keyboard layout are you using?

It sounds like a non-english variant, so you might need to type ` plus space to get one bactick, and repeat that three times for three backticks.

Also see the note below:

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Combining ` with e does not yield è.
It is not a dead key issue. One press of the backtick key gives me one backtick and if I turn on the “Auto pair Markdon syntax” option, it does auto pair the two backticks.

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There is! The link is near the bottom of the Help homepage.

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But that repo is for the help page, isn’t it? I wanted to change Obsidian itself and fix the description (or other).

I searched for the current description and couldn’t find it. It is definitely the wrong repo.
https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Aobsidianmd%2Fobsidian-help%20Pair%20symbols%20for%20bold%20and%20italic&type=code

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Oh! Yeah, sorry, I misunderstood.

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