924440 - Allow syntax highlighting in Bugzilla comments

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 330707

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, enhancement)

Description

[Mike Ratcliffe [:miker] [:mratcliffe] [:mikeratcliffe]]

Most bug reporting systems support syntax highlighting of code placed in comment blocks.

Whether we would use <code></code> blocks ''' or whatever, surely it makes sense to add this?

Comment 1

[Teemu Mannermaa (:wicked)]

Hmm, there's bug 358987 but that's specific to attachments. So I guess this makes this bug a new feature request. I'm sure patches to make this or bug 358987 happen are welcome.

Comment 2

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

I think what's really needed here is a simple way to format text enclosed in `...` (or whatever else we decide, but this happens to be used on GitHub, so would be easily discoverable).

Lot's and lot's of bug comments mention short pieces of code. Here are 2 examples taken from existing bugs:

"
Every render function starts and ends with the same setup: check if `this.element` exists and if so return `this`.
"

"
The above two lines are repeated a lot as well and would be good to factor out to a method on `JSObject.prototype` like `addGrip: function(grip) { /***/ }`.
"

Turning these `...` strings into elements with a monospace font and a grey background would be a really low hanging fruit that would make a big difference.