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Markdown syntax highlighting

In contrast to other implementations of Markdown syntax highlighting, Zensical Studio supports Python Markdown and its extensions. For example, it can accurately highlight links in admonitions and content tabs.

Without Zensical Studio, the entire admonition is rendered as plain text:

Syntax highlighting without Zensical Studio

With Zensical Studio, in contrast, we get accurate highlighting of the admonition syntax and of everything inside:

Syntax highlighting with Zensical Studio

Color schemes

The precise colors you see in your editor depend on the color scheme you select, which will change as you toggle dark mode on and off. The list of color schemes available will depend on your editor and some you may need to install as an extension.

Code blocks

Zensical Studio can highlight the code inside your codeblocks. It supports a range of languages:

source code in Python and Rust with syntax highlighting

Missing a language?

If you are missing a language you work with, please check the backlog and existing issues to see if it has already been requested. If not then please feel free to open a change request issue.