MarkdownSharp & GitHub syntax for C# code

Question

Is there a way to get MarkdownSharp (I'm using the NuGet package) to handle 'GitHub flavored Markdown (GFM)' and especially syntax highlighting of c# code, which (in GFM) is written like this:

```c#
//my code.....
```

So, if I pass Markdown formatted content to MarkDownSharp, containg a C# code block (as above) I want it to generate syntax highlighted html for that c# code. Any ideas? I know I can use the supported 4 spaces to indicate a code block, but again, I'm seeking a solution for getting it to support GitHub flavored Markdown.

Answer 1

I have made some light modifications to MarkdownSharp that will transform github flavored fenced code blocks

https://github.com/KyleGobel/MarkdownSharp-GithubCodeBlocks

```cs
Console.WriteLine("Fenced code blocks ftw!");
```

Would become

<pre><code class='language-cs'>
Console.WriteLine("Fenced code blocks ftw!");
</code></pre>

It handles the cases I needed to use, there are probably lots of edge cases though, feel free to fork/change/modify/pull request. Markdown sharp has plenty of comments and is all only one file, so it's not too bad to modify.