Title: SyntaxHighlighter scripts not loading unless….
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# SyntaxHighlighter scripts not loading unless….

 *  [eric_niebler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric_niebler/)
 * (@eric_niebler)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxhighlighter-scripts-not-loading-unless/)
 * This plugin is _this close_ to doing exactly what I need, but I’m having a strange
   problem. I have fenced code blocks in my post, like:
 * `
    ~~~~ !#cpp int main() { /*...*/ } ~~~~
 * This shows up in code font, but is not syntax highlighted. If, somewhere else
   on the page, I have another code block of this form:
 * `
    [code lang="cpp"] int foo() { return 0; } [/code]
 * … then that shows up highlighted, _and so does the other block!_ How crazy is
   that?
 * I’d be fine with this workaround if it weren’t for one thing. When I use the [
   code]...[/code] form, WP-Markdown makes a hash of that code’s formatting. So 
   my choices are to have no code highlighted, or else have one block that is mis-
   formatted. Gah. Any guidance is appreciated.
 * I’m using WP-Markdown 1.2, SyntaxHighlighter Evolved 3.1.7, and wp-markdown-syntaxhighlighter
   0.4.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-markdown-syntaxhighlighter/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-markdown-syntaxhighlighter/)

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 *  Thread Starter [eric_niebler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric_niebler/)
 * (@eric_niebler)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxhighlighter-scripts-not-loading-unless/#post-3883233)
 * For anybody else who has this problem, I found a better workaround. If I put 
   some a code block in an HTML comment, that seems to be enough to get SyntaxHighlighter
   to wake up and do its job.
 * `
    <-- [code lang="cpp"]xxx[/code] -->
 * As long as that is on the page somewhere, the C++ syntax highligher script gets
   loaded, and the other code on the page gets highlighted.
 * Needless to say, it would still be nice to have this bug fixed.
 *  Plugin Author [mattshelton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattshelton/)
 * (@mattshelton)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxhighlighter-scripts-not-loading-unless/#post-3883388)
 * Hi Eric,
 * You have the # and ! backwards. 🙂
 * ~~~~
    #!cpp int main() { /*…*/ } ~~~~
 *  Thread Starter [eric_niebler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric_niebler/)
 * (@eric_niebler)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxhighlighter-scripts-not-loading-unless/#post-3883389)
 * Heh. That’s just a typo in my bug report. (Sorry.) On my blog, it’s a proper 
   shebang, and the issue persists.

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 * Last reply from: [eric_niebler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric_niebler/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxhighlighter-scripts-not-loading-unless/#post-3883389)
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