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Resolves #57501

This diff fixes Markdown inline syntax highlighting inside pipe table cells. The block Markdown parser represents table content as pipe_table_cell nodes rather than inline nodes, so Zed’s existing markdown-inline injection ran for paragraph text but skipped code spans inside tables.

With this change, table cells also inject markdown-inline, allowing existing inline highlighting to handle code spans consistently between paragraph text and table cells.

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Release Notes:

  • Fixed Markdown inline code highlighting in table cells.

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@MrSubidubi the failing test looks unrelated 🤔

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Yep I agree. Had a look earlier into what could have happened there, but definitely unrelated.

Thank you!

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Resolves zed-industries#57501

This diff fixes Markdown inline syntax highlighting inside pipe table
cells. The block Markdown parser represents table content as
`pipe_table_cell` nodes rather than `inline` nodes, so Zed’s existing
`markdown-inline` injection ran for paragraph text but skipped code
spans inside tables.

With this change, table cells also inject `markdown-inline`, allowing
existing inline highlighting to handle code spans consistently between
paragraph text and table cells.

| Before | After |
| --- | --- |
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/> | <img width="500" alt="After screenshot"
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/> |

Release Notes:

- Fixed Markdown inline code highlighting in table cells.
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