# Markdown syntax for "txt" assumes another language

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-syntax-for-txt-assumes-another-language/25564
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [February 23, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-syntax-for-txt-assumes-another-language/25564 "2015-02-23T11:30:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![dandv](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dandv/32/169779_2.png) [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-syntax-for-txt-assumes-another-language/25564/1 "2015-02-23T11:30:22Z")

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At [Migrating from mybb](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-from-mybb/25563) I’m marked the large block of text at the end as “```txt”. However, syntax looks like shell, or something that interprets apostrophes as string delimiters.

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-syntax-for-txt-assumes-another-language/25564/2 "2015-02-23T11:32:03Z")

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That’s because you should use `text` instead of `txt` 😉

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2015, 11:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-syntax-for-txt-assumes-another-language/25564/3 "2015-02-23T11:32:06Z")

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