Questions tagged [syntax-highlighting]
For questions about the syntax highlighting performed inside code blocks on Stack Exchange sites.
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TSX syntax highlighting doesn't appear to be working
I have a question about my Stack Overflow post: How can I change a TextInput's selection and fire its onSelectionChange event in unit testing?
I have some code blocks in my question and my self-...
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Syntax highlighting for Java code seems inconsistent or glitched [duplicate]
When I view the code in Remove duplicate character from a string and keep only single occurrences using recursion , the first few lines look like so:
Notably, the type name String is inconsistently ...
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HCL language for code block
It is possible to ask for a new language to be available for code blocks? If yes, I feel that adding the hcl language identifier would be handy. There is a similar question somebody ask not too long ...
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There is no syntax highlighting in Discussions
On main site Q&A, syntax highlighting works as soon as you add a relevant tag to the question like php, or a language hint before the code block:
// This comment is grey. Other colors are below:
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Syntax color coding for Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) [duplicate]
Could we add language support for DAX to get syntax color coding when using:
```dax
// code
```
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Add language hint to [c++98], [c++03], ..., [c++26] tags
Can you please add a syntax highlighting hint for the C++ programming versioned tags such as c++20.
It is generally recommended to use both c++ and the version-specific tag, and c++ already has this ...
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Remove language hint from [gcc] tag or make [c++] a stronger hint
Every now and then, I come across C++ questions for which syntax highlighting is broken. For example: What's {} in void({})? renders as follows:
This is obviously broken and should look like:
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Use Python syntax highlighting for [micropython]
Can we add Python syntax highlighting for questions tagged micropython?
Some random examples of questions when this would be helpful:
Update screen every hour
Why isn't my ILI9488 touchscreen working?...
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Proper syntax highlighting for PowerShell [duplicate]
Tagging a fenced code block with powershell:
```powershell
Write-Output "Hello, $Env:USERNAME"
```
produces no syntax highlighting:
Write-Output "Hello, $Env:USERNAME"
This ...
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Next.js and Next.js 13 tags should select TypeScript highlighting
Related: 1, 2, 3, probably many others, some out of date (Prettify is abandonware).
Is there an alias system for inferring the language which is moderator-editable? An example here of where this is a ...
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Syntax highlighting auto-detection is broken for the [tensorflow] and [keras] tags [duplicate]
Previously code blocks on questions tagged with a single programming language were automatically highlighted using that programming language, unless an explicit language was specified (e.g. via code ...
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Could you please add the `pine` language code to three tags? [duplicate]
I would like to implement highlighting for Pine Script™ code, which is typically used in the following tags:
pine-script
pine-script-v4
pine-script-v5
Could you please associate the pine language ...
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Add lang-cmake as syntax highlighting for the cmake tag [duplicate]
I guess that lang-cmake became available on Stack Overflow only recently.
According to "What is syntax highlighting and how does it work?", moderators can assign syntax highlighting ...
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Add syntax highlighting for [gdscript] tag
Godot is becoming increasingly popular as a choice for a game engine, and it's also becoming popular in Stack Overflow as well: gdscript, godot
It also has support with Highlight.js as well, and I ...
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Add code highlighting for the Ballerina tag [duplicate]
Currently, the Ballerina tag does not have code highlighting associated with it. Can we add the Ballerina language syntax highlighting to the questions that are tagged with ballerina?
This question ...
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