trigophi
November 30, 2025, 4:50am
1
-- this is a comment highlighted with ```lua
-- this is a comment highlighted with ```luau
Syntax highlighting for Luau-specific keywords should be supported on the DevForum. After all, it’s the language that Roblox developers will be asking questions and giving help in.
For a while, Luau syntax highlighting has been supported by Discourse’s syntax highlighter, highlight.js:
| LDIF | ldif | |
| Leaf | leaf | |
| Lean | lean | [highlightjs-lean](https://github.com/leanprover-community/highlightjs-lean) |
| Less | less | |
| Liquid | liquid | [highlightjs-liquid](https://github.com/highlightjs/highlightjs-liquid) |
| Lisp | lisp | |
| LiveCode Server | livecodeserver | |
| LiveScript | livescript, ls | |
| LookML | lookml | [highlightjs-lookml](https://github.com/spectacles-ci/highlightjs-lookml) |
| Lua | lua, pluto | |
| Luau | luau | [highlightjs-luau](https://github.com/highlightjs/highlightjs-luau) |
| Macaulay2 | macaulay2 | [highlightjs-macaulay2](https://github.com/d-torrance/highlightjs-macaulay2) |
| Magik | magik | [highlightjs-magik](https://github.com/sebastiaanspeck/highlightjs-magik) |
| Makefile | makefile, mk, mak, make | |
| Markdown | markdown, md, mkdown, mkd | |
| Mathematica | mathematica, mma, wl | |
| Matlab | matlab | |
| Maxima | maxima | |
| Maya Embedded Language | mel | |
| Mercury | mercury | |
| MetaPost | metapost | [highlightjs-metapost](https://github.com/chupinmaxime/highlightjs-metapost) | |
9 Likes
zoharee4
November 30, 2025, 4:59am
2
Really good idea. the forum really needs this
2 Likes