Syntax coloured code in Markdown fenced blocks

[PeterWone]

Discussed in #315

^{Originally posted by filviu June 18, 2024}
Apologies if this is already answered I tried searching but couldn't find anything.

If I have code blocks in markdown files like this:

echo "Hello World"

The block has syntax highlighting in vscode and in the markdown preview window (as long as I use a language identifier after the backticks). But the printed output has no such coloring. Is this something I'm messing up or is it expected behavior ?

I tried a few language identifiers but none seemed to have any effect.

Thanks !

I'm attaching an example to illustrate what I mean.

[PeterWone]

done