Syntax highlighting on client (optional JS)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index 8efbade..e0998c0 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -60,12 +60,17 @@ MENUITEMS = [("Home" , "/index.html"), ("Series", "/tags.html")]
 # Markdown extras
 MARKDOWN = {
     'extension_configs': {
+        'markdown.extensions.footnotes': {},
+        'markdown.extensions.tables': {},
         'markdown.extensions.codehilite': {
             'css_class': 'highlight',
-            'noclasses': True,
+            'use_pygments': False,
+            # Pygments breaks the semantics of the HTML inserting `span`
+            # elements in a `pre` instead of a `pre` with `code` inside.
+            # The theme uses optional JS for this (prismjs.com), this way
+            # semantics are mantained.
+            # See also: https://github.com/getpelican/pelican/issues/2569
         },
-        'markdown.extensions.footnotes': {},
-        'markdown.extensions.tables': {},
         # optionally, more extensions,
         # e.g. markdown.extensions.meta
     },