Quote features in code tags

I noticed that even though we ask people to put their code in code tags, it actually looks better in quote tags. If you think about the IDE format/ layout, the IDE highlights the different parts, like int, void, setup() etc. But when we ask them to put their code in normal code tags, all the highlights are taken out. However if you were to put the code in Quote tags, the highlights are there.

I know the function of the code tags are to not allow the code to take up so much space, but it is possible to combine the highlight features of the quote tags with the compact feature of the code tags?

I just did a test in this thread to see if it worked. But, I didn't see any highlighting. I do remember seeing some threads where it was. Just can't remember now.

But that would be a nice feature to have.

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