Go variable declarations are not rendered correctly in Markdown

[ditek]

VS Code version: Code 1.30.0
OS version: Windows_NT ia32 10.0.17134

Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled? Yes

Go variable declarations are not rendered correctly in Markdown.

In a .md file:

Code in a .go file:

[mjbvz]

Highlighting works as expected in a normal go file:

Not clear what is going wrong for the embedded mode. One idea is that the go grammar uses$self and this may not be working properly in embedded contexts. Needs more investigation

[skprabhanjan]

@mjbvz , I can fix this :)
Need more help in starting though :)