Daniel Feldroy • 11/22/2025

TIL: Default code block languages for mkdocs

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This article explains how to configure Mkdocs with Material theme to set default programming languages for code blocks. By adding pymdownx.highlight extension to mkdocs.yml with default_lang: python, all unspecified code blocks automatically use Python syntax highlighting, improving documentation consistency.

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