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Markdown itself doesn't do syntax highlighting, so you'll need to check which highlighter is used by the Markdown renderer you're using. E.g. Stack Exchange uses highlight.js.[1] That said, hopefu...
#1: Initial revision
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wjandrea
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2026-09-02T16:00:04Z (15 days ago)
Markdown itself doesn't do syntax highlighting, so you'll need to check which highlighter is used by the Markdown renderer you're using. E.g. Stack Exchange uses [highlight.js](https://highlightjs.org/).[^1]
That said, hopefully the most common highlighters have similar behaviour so that [hkotsubo's answer](https://software.codidact.com/posts/293072/293073#answer-293073) still applies.
[^1]: See [announcement](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/353983/goodbye-prettify-hello-highlight-js-swapping-out-our-syntax-highlighter).
BTW, SE doesn't support all languages; e.g. [Julia wasn't supported for years](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/355928/julia-syntax-highlighting).