> 4. For markdown mode, should it escape characters that have special meaning to markdown, like |, [, ', and * In list-mode the `.separator` ocurrence is not being escaped, when it's part of a value string. For example, string value that includes a comma, pipe-char, single-quote, double-quote. In quote-mode (or SQL-mode), by default all strings are quoted between single-quotes, any in-string single-quote is escaped (doubled). In csv-mode, an in-string column `.separator` causes the string-value to be double-quoted. An in-string double-quote is escaped (doubled). I didn't check html-mode, as it's must be following the HTML escaping rules. So, if Markdown is to be a separate mode, then for practical purposes the special in-string chars need to be escaped. The question is what is the full set of __special chars__ to escape? From the extended syntax link mentioned earlier: > Formatting Text in Tables > >You can format the text within tables. For example, you can add links, code (words or phrases in backticks (\`) only, not code blocks), and emphasis. > >You can't add headings, blockquotes, lists, horizontal rules, images, or HTML tags. > >Escaping Pipe Characters in Tables > >You can display a pipe (`|`) character in a table by using its HTML character code (`|`). Not sure why the second paragraph in the quote above got emphasized... - - - - - ``` sqlite3 create table x(id, val); insert into x(id, val) values(1,'text'),(2,',comma'),(3,'|pipe'), (4,'''s-quote'),(5,'"d-quote'); .mode list select * from x; .separator , select * from x; ... ```