From 35ab2a00293c6cf4a6590fd1f850a605c4472eed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ward Cunningham <ward@c2.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2026 15:58:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] add language field for code coloring

---
 client/code.js | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/client/code.js b/client/code.js
index 375fd3f..f145ed8 100644
--- a/client/code.js
+++ b/client/code.js
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ async function emit($item, item) {
   }
 
   window.HighlightJS = (await import('https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/highlight.js@11/+esm')).HighlightJS
-
-  $item.html(`<pre class='hljs'><code class='hljs'>${HighlightJS.highlightAuto(item.text).value}</code></pre>`)
+  const show = code => $item.html(`<pre class='hljs'><code class='hljs'>${code}</code></pre>`)
+  if('language' in item)
+    show(HighlightJS.highlight(item.text,{language:item.language}).value)
+  else
+    show(HighlightJS.highlightAuto(item.text).value)
 }
 
 function bind($item, item) {