I know a new editor is in the works, but presumably the underlying markdown will be the same, and its interpolation will stay the same, so… In triple-backtick (```) code blocks, I’ve noticed that some formatting is improperly applied. Here’s a screenshot from me fixing a user’s post. This is the before: [Selection_2253] If I change it to a single-tick block there’s no formatting, as expected (please ignore the Grammarly underline on the left): [Selection_2254]

Hi @ganncamp. What is the value of the “Default code lang” site setting on that forum?

The auto lang for this particular code block is detecting the language as markdown, that’s why: (lang=auto; my incomplete snippet is detected as ruby) sonar-scanner … etc etc include=src/**,apps/**,include/**,gui/** -Dsonar=true… (lang=markdown) sonar-scanner … etc etc include=src/**,apps/**,include/**,gui/** -Dsonar=true… (lang=text) sonar-scanner … etc etc include=src/**,apps/**,include/**,gui/** -Dsonar=true… (lang=bash) sonar-scanner … etc etc include=src/**,apps/**,include/**,gui/** -Dsonar=true… You can change this for every post by changing the default code lang to text or one post by writing e.g.: ```text sonar-scanner … etc etc include=src/**,apps/**,include/**,gui/** -Dsonar=true… ``` producing the (lang=text) block above

But why would formatting ever be applied in a code block?

It’s just syntax highlighting your code, but with the wrong language after HighlightJS “auto-detected” it. Notice the same doesn’t happen here on Meta unless you explicitly start your code block with ```auto, because we have “Default code lang” set as text.

Unexpected formatting in triple-tick code blocks

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ganncamp (G Ann Campbell) March 6, 2025, 4:19pm 3

It’s auto

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Unexpected formatting in triple-tick code blocks

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