Default Formatter for Code Block

kleinfelter · 11 July 2019 22:50

The default language for code blocks is something other than plaintext. I say this because it is doing some sort of highlighting.

What language is the default language for triple-backtick code blocks?
Is it possible to set the default to plaintext?

TIA

tessus · 11 July 2019 23:47

This is a good question. I’ve noticed the same thing. Actually I believe this is not the only problem with the syntax highlighter.

Afaik the highlighter should determine the code and use the proper highlighting syntax. IMO the fallback should be plain text w/o highlighting, but this is apparently not the case or not working.
The problem is that not even

        ```text

works. It still highlights something.

I was trying to go through the code, but I couldn’t find the culprit.

dpoulton · 12 July 2019 16:29

The closest I have found to plain text is
```shell
Still highlights $ if it is the first character

tessus · 12 July 2019 20:29

Just found out that

  ```plaintext

works. Hmm, in any case, there are still some issues that should be fixed.

mgrandi · 13 July 2019 00:16

Yes, i was actually going to post a bug ticket about this, ```text should work , and the default should be plaintext, before i knew how to set the language for markdown code blocks my notes from copying and pasting random stuff is colorful from it trying and failing to parse it

github apparently uses this yaml file (i think you need to pay attention to the ace_mode field) for what they support:

github.com

github/linguist/blob/master/lib/linguist/languages.yml

# Defines all Languages known to GitHub.
#
# fs_name               - Optional field. Only necessary as a replacement for the sample directory name if the
#                         language name is not a valid filename under the Windows filesystem (e.g., if it
#                         contains an asterisk).
# type                  - Either data, programming, markup, prose, or nil
# aliases               - An Array of additional aliases (implicitly
#                         includes name.downcase)
# ace_mode              - A String name of the Ace Mode used for highlighting whenever
#                         a file is edited. This must match one of the filenames in http://git.io/3XO_Cg.
#                         Use "text" if a mode does not exist.
# codemirror_mode       - A String name of the CodeMirror Mode used for highlighting whenever a file is edited.
#                         This must match a mode from https://git.io/vi9Fx
# codemirror_mime_type  - A String name of the file mime type used for highlighting whenever a file is edited.
#                         This should match the `mime` associated with the mode from https://git.io/f4SoQ
# wrap                  - Boolean wrap to enable line wrapping (default: false)
# extensions            - An Array of associated extensions (the first one is
#                         considered the primary extension, the others should be
#                         listed alphabetically)
# filenames             - An Array of filenames commonly associated with the language

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laurent · 13 July 2019 23:12

If you want non-highlighted code, you need to indent the code with a tab or 4 spaces. If you wrap in triple backtick it will try to auto-detect the code. This is by design.

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