[DOXIA-571] Markdown does not support syntax highlighting any more

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8
• Fix Version/s: 1.9.1
• Component/s: Module - Markdown
• Assignee: Herve Boutemy
• Reporter: Richard Körber
• Created: 25/Feb/18 09:52
• Updated: 14/Feb/20 20:36
• Resolved: 13/Feb/20 20:54

Description

Starting with version 1.8, doxia-module-markdown changed from Pegdown to Flexmark.

However it seems that Flexmark does not support syntax highlighting.

Example:

```java
System.out.println("Hello World!");
```

doxia-module-markdown < 1.8 applied Java syntax highlighting here. doxia-module-markdown 1.8 does not. As doxia-module-markdown is used mostly for technical documentation in maven, I think this is a major regression.

Possible workaround: Use doxia-module-markdown 1.7.

Issue Links

• breaks: DOXIA-451 Tweak Doxia Markdown module HTML to better match
• is caused by: DOXIA-554 Parsing Markdown documents can hang site generation: switch parser from Pegdown to Flexmark
• is depended upon by: MSITE-853 Upgrade Doxia to 1.9.1 to have Markdown `code` and ``` support
• relates to: DOXIA-521 Markdown: Allow using the standard "<pre><code>" for code blocks