[vim/vim] Add markdownStrike syntax highlight group to builtin colorschemes (Issue #19372)

ubaldot

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Feb 9, 2026, 8:44:21 AM (yesterday) Feb 9

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ubaldot created an issue (vim/vim#19372)

I noticed that in-spite markdownStrike is defined in the bundled markdown.vim syntax file, it is not defined in a number of colorschemes.

It would be nice to include it.

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Christian Brabandt

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Feb 9, 2026, 9:43:06 AM (yesterday) Feb 9

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19372)

I don't follow. markdown sources html.vim syntax script which should define htmlStrike. So why would this not work?

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ubaldot

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Feb 9, 2026, 12:19:38 PM (23 hours ago) Feb 9

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Try this:

vim --clean
:set ft=markdown
i~~foo~~<esc>

you will see ~~foo~~.

Try to change coloscheme (e.g. try :colorscheme catppuccin) and you ~~foo~~. becomes ~~foo~~.

You could also set a colorscheme first, and then type ~~foo~~. The strikethrough won't be displayed.

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Christian Brabandt

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Feb 9, 2026, 1:27:07 PM (22 hours ago) Feb 9

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19372)

Hm, I think we rather need to promote Strikethrough to a new default group, similar to what was asked for in #17804

What do you think @habamax @dkearns ?

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Maxim Kim

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Feb 9, 2026, 5:22:25 PM (18 hours ago) Feb 9

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habamax left a comment (vim/vim#19372)

markdownStrike and htmlStrike works for me (in gui, not in tui as I don't have a terminal that supports it) despite not being defined in bundled colorschemes.

The issue is the same as with bold, italic and bolditalic --> when you change colorschemes, explicit highlights (non-def-linked highlight groups) are cleared so this

image.png (view on web)

after colorscheme ... becomes this

image.png (view on web)

The workaround is to re-set filetype (set ft=markdown or :e)

The fix might be

define Strikethrough default highlight group
in all relevant syntax files change explicit definition of cterm=strikethrough ... to (example) hi def link htmlStrike Strikethrough

PS, bold, italic and bolditalic are supported by probably most of existing terminal emulators, strikethrough is not so widespread.