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authorMiikka Koskinen <miikka.koskinen@iki.fi>2013-02-02 22:13:19 +0200
committerMiikka Koskinen <miikka.koskinen@iki.fi>2013-02-02 22:13:19 +0200
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Add a syntax highlighting example to FAQ
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@@ -31,7 +31,19 @@ recent version of Pandoc (1.9 and onwards). Note that you also need to include
some CSS in order for this to work! This site, for example, uses the [default
Pandoc syntax CSS file][syntax-css].
+To highlight a code block, you need to use Pandoc's fenced code block syntax to
+set the block's language. For example, here's how you highlight Haskell code:
+
+ ``` haskell
+ fac n = foldr (*) 1 [1..n]
+ ```
+
+For details, see Pandoc's user guide on [fenced code
+blocks][pandoc-code-blocks] and [inline code][pandoc-inline-code].
+
[syntax-css]: https://github.com/jaspervdj/hakyll/blob/master/web/css/syntax.css
+[pandoc-code-blocks]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#fenced-code-blocks
+[pandoc-inline-code]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#verbatim
## When should I rebuild and when should I build?