Questions tagged [language-hints]
For questions about the possibility to indicate which programming language a code block contains, to assist the [syntax-highlighting] feature.
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Could we revisit the lack of PowerShell auto-highlighting?
Currently Super User's one of the sites that's enabled the new copy interface. As part of this, we requested for languages that could use language highlighting, and PowerShell was one of the requests. ...
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When someone adds a "language identifier" to a code block does the specified syntax highlighting show in the "suggested edits" "queue"?
When I edit someone's code block with a language identifier: Example: from: ``` def py ``` to: ```python def py ``` Is that change reflected in the Suggested edits queue in the Inline or side-by-...
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Stop guessing/auto-detecting a language when you KNOW it will be incorrect
The problem: SE asks Highlight.js to autodetect the language when it knows there isn’t any optimal/correct choice for us to make - resulting in very poor outcomes. Disclaimer: I say this as the ...
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Language hint in list breaks list in StackExchange sites but not in Meta [duplicate]
I'm trying to add a language hint to a snippet in a list item like so: - A list with code: <!-- language: lang-none --> some code with follow-up... - Another item In the Meta ...
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Why isn't this language hint working?
In the following answer I've inserted this language hint <!-- language-all: lang-html --> However, it is not picking it up and therefore not formatting it with HTML syntax colours. https://...
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Questions tagged with "Vaadin" should interpret code snippets as Java [closed]
On this post Use GridLayout to make a smart layout that responds to the window being resized? someone had to add the hidden language specifiers to flag the code snippets as Java. However: Vaadin code ...
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How to hint objective-c code?
I have checked the language hint list and could not find one for objective-c. My question is how should I give an objective-c hint?
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Language hints for quoted code
In this post I tried to add language hints for syntax formatting to code blocks quoted from the question. However, it seems they won't be honoured if I write them as a comment in my own part of the ...
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Language: lang-none adds unwanted line breaks
The <!-- language: lang-none --> hint seems to add unwanted line break after each line. Without the hint: code line; another line; more; lines; With the hint: code line; another line; more; ...
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Reason behind adding language hint to code?
Note, this is related to the question Can't see difference in suggested edited labelled 'language tag'; what to do?, but none of the questions I have regarding it were answered in it.... ...
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Display language hint changes in suggested edit diffs
I've recently seen more suggested edits with the edit description containing something along the lines of "Language Tag". The diff for these edits shows entire blocks of code being changed, except the ...
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