Answer by Larnu for Goodbye, Prettify. Hello highlight.js! Swapping out our Syntax Highlighter

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Will the default code markdown be changed to code fences?

Currently if you click the code ({}) icon in the editor, then the selected text is still indented (or unindented) by 4 white spaces.

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As the indent method's way of defining a language for a specific code block (<!-- language: python --> for example) is deprecated¹, then shouldn't the default functionality of the button be to wrap the code in a code fence (```) instead?

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^{The former method of specifying a highlighting language can still be used for HTML code blocks: place an HTML comment <!-- language: lang-or-tag-here --> before the <pre><code> tags and it will work.}

^{Also, this former method hasn't been completely removed for four-space indented code blocks, but merely deprecated. While it will still work for the time being on four-space indented code blocks, it may/will be removed in the future.}