# Syntax highlighting for IDL

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-for-idl/176988>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [January 22, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-for-idl/176988 "2021-01-22T21:55:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/syntax-highlighting-for-idl/176988/2 "2021-01-22T22:02:05Z")

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Discourse leverages Highlight.js for this work, which supports 191 languages, but I can’t find IDL on the list.

May be helpful to check the library and how you can add support for IDL on it:

> **[We're not a CDN - highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/not-a-cdn)**

There are some issues mentioning IDL:

[https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/pull/1315](https://github.com/highlightjs/highlight.js/pull/1315)

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