Re: <code> element and scripting languages

That's practically what I'd do (the original idea would have required
something like lang="x-cpp")... and what probably regular users of
class="language-*" and data-programming-language="*" do... The issue is on
having a proper attribute for it.

2015-03-20 21:32 GMT+01:00 Michael A. Peters <mpeters@domblogger.net>:

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> On 03/20/2015 01:10 PM, Andrea Rendine wrote:
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>> I think it'd be too much for me, as I don't even know if anybody would
>> use such an attribute to identify programming language (and I guess it
>> wouldn't happen)
>> And anyway... a formal standardisation for scripting languages, as new
>> ones are often created, I don't know how easy it would be. Not enough
>> for me alone, again.
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> How about using the extension (if any) that would normally be associated
> with the language?
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> e.g. <code plang="cpp">#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN</code>
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> That's what many text editors go by when determining the language.
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