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 See [Hugo documentation](https://gohugo.io/getting-started/configuration-markup#highlight) for more options.
-*Note: for some reason, the `guessSyntax` doesn't actually works but is required. Please make your code fences explicit for the time being.*
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+*Note: for some reason, the `guessSyntax` doesn't actually work but is required. Please make your code fences explicit for the time being.*