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Why does this code block have weird formatting?
COMMAND and OUTPUT is formatted as italics in this post. I know <pre><code> can be used to format text in code blocks, but that answer uses just a normal code fence ``` ```. Here's the ...
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Syntax highlighting Java code in response to a Kotlin question
I provided an answer to a question tagged kotlin and javafx. The code blocks in my answer were predominantly in Java.
Without any language tags on the code blocks, the syntax highlighting for the Java ...
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Is there a comprehensive list of languages the code highlighter supports? [duplicate]
The triple backtick is my go to, to format snippets of code.
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I regularly use them like:
```json for JSON
```py for Python
... and many more
Does a list of the linters Stack Overflow supports ...
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Code snippet not getting highlighted [duplicate]
I have a piece of code after a list in a question. It is not getting syntax highlighted, even if I use SO code block, or indent it myself.
If I move it before the list, it works as expected. Also, ...
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Escape backslash in code block [duplicate]
I just created this answer and am having a hard time escaping the backslash in order to keep the syntax highlighting consistent.
Normally I would just use double backslash, however in this instance ...
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Is it possible to get more advanced Ecmascript syntax highlighting for code snippets?
I've done some searches and this doesn't appear to be an option as far as I can tell.
I know about <!-- language: lang-js --> and it works great, but it doesn't do a great job with some more ...
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Syntax Errors in Code Renderer?
In this question about a syntactic impossibility in Java, I had to write a chunk of code that purposely contained a syntax error. After submitting the question, I was reasonably surprised because the ...
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Can I force syntax highlighting for a certain language? [duplicate]
I notice that stackoverflow automatically adds syntax highlighting to code blocks. I hate this. It always applies the wrong language's highlighting to the wrong code.
Example? The last question I've ...
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