Format code blocks in MediaWiki markup with <source> or <syntaxhighlight> tags rather than <pre>

[joelostblom]

Is there a way for pandoc to output syntax highlighted code blocks in mediawiki format (possibly using the <source> or <syntaxhighlight> tags)? Preferably without converting < to <.

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Background

If I have a markdown file ~/test-r.md:

A function in `R`:

```R
x <- 3
x + 5
## 8
```

pandoc -f mediawiki ~/test-r.md outputs

A function in <code>R</code>:

<pre class="r">x &lt;- 3
x + 5
## 8</pre> 

which is rendered on mediawiki sites without R-specific syntax highlighting:

If I manually change the tags to either <syntaxhighlight lang="r"> or <source lang="r"> (as described here)I get output with syntax highlighting:

However, the odd assignment operator conventions in R, <-, causes troubles since pandoc converted the < to <, and it needs to be manually changed back to achieve the desired output (possibly related):

[jgm]

This was just a matter of updating the list of highlighting languages mediawiki supports.

[joelostblom]

Wow, that was quick! Thank you!