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For code blocks, use tildes (~) or more than... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nested-code-fences-in-markdown-wzkhr78wc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wzkhr78wc.png og:image:alt: Nested Code Fences in Markdown og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nested Code Fences in Markdown **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary CommonMark and GitHub Flavored Markdown support nested code fences and backticks through specific syntax patterns. For code blocks, use tildes (~) or more than three backticks to wrap content containing triple backticks. For inline code spans containing backticks, use multiple backticks as delimiters with spaces—the renderer automatically strips one space from each end. 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