Mathias, mind that while libraries support using the @class attribute, there's no standard between them about whether to use a prefix before the language or if a prefix is necessary at all. Besides, @class has no semantic value. It's true that the spec suggests using "semantic" class names (instead of layout-inspired, I mean), but there's no real meaning for that.
2015-05-09 14:48 GMT+02:00 Mathias Bynens <mathi...@opera.com>: > There is a de facto standard here that is already supported by most > syntax highlighting libraries, based on this part of the spec: > https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics.html#the-code-element > > “There is no formal way to indicate the language of computer code > being marked up. Authors who wish to mark code elements with the > language used, e.g. so that syntax highlighting scripts can use the > right rules, can use the class attribute, e.g. by adding a class > prefixed with "language-" to the element.” > > I’d prefer following that pattern over inventing a new one.
