Better syntax highlighting

[aeturrell]

This is fairly minor as issues go, but the code syntax highlighting on the site is subtle and, in some examples, looks like plain text. I wondered if you'd be interested in changing the settings in a way that produces more contrast between different code elements.

I think the site uses rouge for syntax highlighting but it seems like the rouge default is more colourful than what is being currently displayed on the site.

It seems like rouge settings are configured in _config.yml but I'm not sure how one would change them to get the rouge default syntax highlighting to display instead of the current setup.

[khwilson]

Oddly I think these are the defaults for this version of rouge but you can totally add a different theme. (I agree it’s hard to read.) If you choose one here, then it’s just a matter of figuring out the magic word in the config to set the theme: https://spsarolkar.github.io/rouge-theme-preview/ FWIW, I’m partial to the GitHub theme. Kevin

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[aeturrell]

I like both the github and pastie themes.

Looking around, I'm not sure I was right about the _config.yml file. eg this post seems to suggest that there should be a CSS file somewhere that has the theme setting in (though my googling about how to change it has mostly just left me confused).