On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:16:59 -0400, Jacob Rask <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > has there ever been any discussion on including an attribute to the > code element, specify the programming language in the markup? If so, > what was the conclusion? I didn't find anything in the list archives. > > If not, I believe it would be a very good idea. Browsers could for > instance have default color codings for different languages, open > selected code/text in an editor associated with that language, etc... > > -- Jacob Rask <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-code-element> For example: <code class="language-python"></code> -- Michael
