catch js errors when rendering markdown cells

IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/css/notebook.css

@@ -388,3 +388,7 b' pre, code, kbd, samp { white-space: pre-wrap; }'
 #fonttest {
     font-family: monospace;
 }
+
+.render-error {
+    color: darkred;
+}
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IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/textcell.js

@@ -220,7 +220,15 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
             var text = this.get_text();
             if (text === "") { text = this.placeholder; }
             var html = IPython.markdown_converter.makeHtml(text);
-            this.set_rendered(html);
+            try {
+                this.set_rendered(html);
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.log("Error rendering Markdown:");
+                console.log(e);
+                this.set_rendered($("<div/>").addClass("render-error").html(
+                    "Error rendering Markdown!<br/>" + e.toString())
+                );
+            }
             this.typeset()
             this.element.find('div.text_cell_input').hide();
             this.element.find("div.text_cell_render").show();