# Embedding backticks twice collapses whitespace
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-backticks-twice-collapses-whitespace/46171
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** markdown-it-review
**Created:** [June 22, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-backticks-twice-collapses-whitespace/46171 "2016-06-22T08:23:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@precessor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/precessor)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-backticks-twice-collapses-whitespace/46171/1 "2016-06-22T08:23:12Z")
If I include preformatted text which has a backtick, twice, in a paragraph, whitespace is removed.
## Recap
Markdown to embed a backtick is double-backticks instead of single ones:
```
``embedded `backtick``
```
LIke this - text `embedded `backtick` text text.
## Repro like this
Include two embedded-backtick preformatted sections in a paragraph:
```
Text ``embedded `backtick`` text ``embedded `backtick`` text.
```
We get:
Text `embedded `backtick` text `embedded `backtick` text.
and some whitespaces collapse.
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### Author:  [@Steven\_Arnott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Steven_Arnott)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-backticks-twice-collapses-whitespace/46171/2 "2017-03-13T16:16:56Z")
White space handling for back ticks also has issue in the following case
```
`some text`/`some other text`
```
Causes all following back tick markup to collapse any surrounding white spaces like so:
`some text`/`some other text` - well lets see.
`some more text`should have a space after`text`
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-backticks-twice-collapses-whitespace/46171/3 "2017-06-26T13:57:10Z")
This now works per:
> [@CommonMark testing started here!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/commonmark-testing-started-here/65121):
>
> Per our [migration plans](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-commonmark-migration-plans-confetti-ball-balloon), I just enabled [markdown.it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it) at Meta. It is an excellent [CommonMark](http://commonmark.org/) compliant engine. I expect quite a few edges to be found during this period of testing. Do not open bugs about the new Engine, just reply here. I/we will be updating the top post here with the list of issues and striking out stuff as it is fixed. Current known issues (to be fixed)white_check_mark Onebox vanishes after you start typing and works not-super consistently white_check_mark pending…
(rebaked OP to confirm)
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2017, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-backticks-twice-collapses-whitespace/46171/4 "2017-06-26T13:57:16Z")