rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
Rust Code Blocks in Documentation Are Not Well Highlighted
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- Dominant language
- Rust
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Description
rust-analyzer version: 0.4.1330-standalone (fb0db2a42 2022-12-23)
rustc version: rustc 1.68.0-nightly (rust-lang/rust@af3e06f1b 2022-12-23)
relevant settings: (No special settings)
The problems are described by the following image:

Compared to the normal code rendered:

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by comparing the affected and normal rendered code shown in the two linked screenshots, then locate the documentation rendering and syntax-highlighting entry point. The issue names no file or test; done means Rust code blocks in the documentation are highlighted as expected.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100