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Using hugo's native syntax highlighting

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#371 opened on Feb 10, 2020

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Description

Dear,

Now we can activate Hugo's native syntax highlighting rather using highlight.js Hugo color my code before highlight.js render it, then highlight.js do again. I did this with Hugo 0.63.0

I disabled it by replacing static/js/highlight.min.js as

function EmptyHljs() {};
EmptyHljs.prototype.initHighlightingOnLoad = function(){};

But it looks weird, isn't it?

Thanks.

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Tech stack
gohtmlcss
Domain
frontenddocumentation
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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half day
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
needs investigation
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of Hugo configurationfamiliarity with theme templates
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
35
Research direction
First, review Hugo's documentation on syntax highlighting to understand how to enable it via config.toml. Then, examine the theme's layout files (e.g., header.html, footer.html) to locate where highlight.js is loaded. Implement a conditional or remove the highlight.js script entirely so that Hugo's native highlighting takes effect. Test the change locally to ensure code blocks are rendered correctly without duplication.