GFM code with syntax highlighting

[panzi]

GitHub flavored markdown supports syntax highlighted code like this:

/* comment */
var s = "string", i = 123;
function foo () {
   for (var x in xs) {
      console.log(x, xs[x]);
   }
}

This is not supported by marked. It should either state this or (better) implement it.

[TooTallNate]

Synax highlighting is already supported. Take a look at the highlight option. It works great in conjunction with highlight.js.

[chjj]

What TooTallNate said. Marked will never include its own syntax highlighter, but there are interfaces for using a highlighter with marked. See the readme.

[panzi]

Ok, but it does not support the syntax that triggers syntax highlighting:

```javascript
var x = "...";
```

javascript lands in the output. It would be ok for me if the language parameter would just be stripped. And the shell app marked has no --highlight option.

[ELLIOTTCABLE]

👍

[jklontz]

+1

[ricardoquesada]

+1

[ghost]

+1

[egordorichev]

+1

[ghost]

+1

[ELLIOTTCABLE]

I clearly started this trend, so I'll contribute to stopping it:

GitHub now supports emoji-reactions to Issue comments, which has become the de-facto standard for “voting” on Issues. If you want to +1 this, I suggest you click the 👍-react on the OP; as this avoids sending an e-mail to everybody who's ever commented on this Issue (as this reply itself inevitably will! 😰)