On Sun, Sep 14, 2025 at 05:05:39PM +0200, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > Here's what I propose about "language name mapping".  There are two
> > possibilities:
> > 
> > * Basic: The argument on the @example line (or value of
> > HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE) is used directly in the call to the
> > syntax highlighting program.  This would require the user changing e.g.
> > "@example C++" to "@example c++" or "@example C" - not a big deal at all.
> 
> The main issue I saw with that possibility is that the different
> highlighting programs may not have common names for programming
> languages.  This is not really the case for c++, as cpp can be used for all
> of them.  So I would suggest removing the mappings for now, changing the
> test instead and waiting for reports to re-add mappings if needed.

Even if the different highlighting programs use different names it is
unlikely that a project is using more than one of them.  If they are, they
are free to use a wrapper script.  I agree with removing the mappings.

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