The markdown support for this forum does not seem to support syntax highlighting for all language, or is partial for blocks of code.
It would be nice to have the same support as on GitHub, where you can specify the language name after the triple back-quotes.
Ignore the trailing | in the examples below, I was not able to escape the triple back-quotes !
Partial syntax hilighting
Java and Python seem to have basic support:
Java
| ```java
| public class HelloWorld {
| public static void main(String[] args) {
| // Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window.
| System.out.println("Hello, World");
| }
| }
| ```
I get some coloring.
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window.
System.out.println("Hello, World");
}
}
If I omit java, now the HelloWorld is red, but out it bold (?)
public class HelloWorld {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window.
System.out.println("Hello, World");
}
}
Python
Looks like python is reversed: adding the language identifier disable most highlighting, while no identifier at all seems to give the best results. Is python the default language for code blocks, by any chance?
With:
x = 1
if x == 1:
# indented four spaces
print("x is 1.")
Without:
x = 1
if x == 1:
# indented four spaces
print("x is 1.")
No highlithing
Other languages like C# or Go don’t have any support it seems:
C#
No changes in color with or without the identifier:
With ```csharp or ```c#:
public class HelloWorld
{
public static void Main(string[] args) {
// Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window.
Console.WriteLine("Hello, World");
}
}
With ```:
public class HelloWorld
{
public static void Main(string[] args) {
// Prints "Hello, World" to the terminal window.
Console.WriteLine("Hello, World");
}
}
Go
No difference for go either:
With ```go:
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Println("hello world")
}
With ```:
package main
import "fmt"
func main() {
fmt.Println("hello world")
}