FichteFoll | 2016-02-18 06:06:13 UTC | #1

From Github I am used to specifying the language of the code block in the "info string" (name from [commonmark spec](http://spec.commonmark.org/0.24/#info-string)), but it seems that Discourse does not do this. At least not this and the other Discoruse instance I am using.

When I inspect the resulting `<pre><code>` block it always has `lang-auto` set.

### Examples

The following is YAML and has ```` ```yaml```` specified, but is highlighted as CSS:
```yaml
- include: scope:source.c#cparens
```


The following is (again) YAML and has ```` ```yaml```` specified, but is highlighted as PHP:
```yaml
- include: scope:source.c#parens
```
---
[This post in raw format](https://meta.discourse.org/raw/39760).

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codinghorror | 2016-02-18 00:39:06 UTC | #2

Depends what languages are allowed, we don't carry the hundreds of kilobytes necessary to highlight every possible language. Check your site settings.

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FichteFoll | 2016-02-18 00:42:22 UTC | #3

Could you perhaps improve UX in the sense that trying to highlight code as a non-supported (or non-enabled) language gets seen by the user?

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