[Feature request] Better syntax highlighting theming/coloring

[rebelC0der]

Current version, with the default Light/Dark mode:

Issue: hard to read, same theme for all languages.

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Desired version:

Result: one, easier to read theme, with better highlighting, or the ability to choose a few different themes.

[n-peugnet]

What method are you using for switching the "dark mode" exactly?

Here is the expected results with Flarum's integrated "Dark mode":

[rebelC0der]

What method are you using for switching the "dark mode" exactly?

I use Flarum's native Dark Mode stuff.

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There are definitely some highlighting issues, or just bad highlighting. The main issue: it does not properly highlight function/method calls, which is very important, and is a thing in every code editor theme.

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Examples of Python and Rust languages:

Proper highlighting:

Not good/flat highlighting:

Is there a way to somehow configure what gets highlighted and how? If so, if you can point me in a direction of that, I could start exploring it.

[n-peugnet]

Well your new screen shot does not show the same problem as the first one. The highlighting quality is a limitation of the PHP library used which is currently lagging a little behind highlight.js.

Once a newer version of this library is released, the quality of the highlighting should increase.

[n-peugnet]

@rebelC0der: The maintainer of highlight.php is actively working on porting highlight.js 11 which should enhance the highlight quality. You could consider sponsoring him for this work, but you should note that for now even highlight.js does not highlight function calls, and highlight.php strictly follows the upstream grammars, so the v11 upgrade will not add this specific highlighting.