As an example, git diff --word-diff old.sh new.sh produces: diff --git a/old.sh b/new.sh index 18237f5..208b37d 100644 --- a/old.sh +++ b/new.sh @@ -1,8 +1,22 @@ {+GRUB_TIMEOUT="15"+} {+ # Original:+} GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="$(sed 's, release .*$,,g' /etc/system-release)" {+# Original: Identical+} GRUB_DEFAULT="saved" {+# Original: Identical+} GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU="true" {+# Original: GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true+} {+GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="gfxterm"+} {+ # Original:+} GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.luks.uuid=luks-31b94f4a-915c-47ee-af7a-a7c948b23cf4 {+quiet"+} {+ # Original: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rd.luks.uuid=luks-31b94f4a-915c-47ee-af7a-a7c948b23cf4+} rhgb quiet" {+GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="false"+} {+ # Original:+} GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true" {+GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG="true"+} {+ # Original:+} GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=true {+# Reason: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/missing-boot-entries-with-grub-enable-blscfg-true/70805/3+} {+GRUB_GFXMODE="2560x1600,auto"+} {+ # Original: None+} {+GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="true"+} {+ # Original: None+} {+ # Reason: https://github.com/MaddieM4/os-prober/issues/5#issue-777438588+} A real-world usage is: [image] How can I force the LUKS prompt to appear before I type in the preboot TTY? Ask Fedora plymouth luks2 f43 @yuntaz, yes, and slightly for the better. However, it now appears truncated, with the cursor misplaced, which I doubt is intended: Additionally, the full prompt solely appears on type, as before: @Augenauf, I’ve no custom style for...

I think it is best reporting this to hljs on GitHub, given it is an issue with the default diff implementation: [image] Demo - highlight.js Preview how highlight.js will highlight your code snippets and share them with other syntax highlighting nerds [image] Issues · highlightjs/highlight.js JavaScript syntax highlighter with language auto-detection and zero dependencies. - Issues · highlightjs/highlight.js Discourse really can not control this easily, we simply pull the changes from upstream.

Technically a theme component can ship a different grammer, it is complicated but doable imo.

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roke_julian_lockhart (Mr Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart) November 2, 2025, 11:28pm 3

@sam, thanks. In retrospect, this shan’t be possible:

https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/issues/2911#issuecomment-739586916

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