django - markdown and codehilite - django

Question

I'm not sure if I am doing something wrong, but I can't get codehilite to generate code properly, example:
from markdown import markdown
self.content_html = markdown(self.content, ['codehilite'])
and I'm using this C# from wikipedia to test
public class GenericList<T>
{
void Add(T input) { }
}
class TestGenericList
{
private class ExampleClass { }
static void Main()
{
// Declare a list of type int.
GenericList<int> list1 = new GenericList<int>();
// Declare a list of type string.
GenericList<string> list2 = new GenericList<string>();
// Declare a list of type ExampleClass.
GenericList<ExampleClass> list3 = new GenericList<ExampleClass>();
}
}
and the result is
<p>public class GenericList<T>
{
void Add(T input) { }
}</p>
<p>class TestGenericList
{
private class ExampleClass { }
static void Main()
{
// Declare a list of type int.
GenericList<int> list1 = new GenericList<int>();</p>
<div class="codehilite"><pre> <span class="c1">// Declare a list of type string.</span>
<span class="nx">GenericList</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">></span> <span class="n">list2</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">new</span> <span class="nx">GenericList</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="kt">string</span><span class="o">></span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="c1">// Declare a list of type ExampleClass.</span>
<span class="nx">GenericList</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="nx">ExampleClass</span><span class="o">></span> <span class="n">list3</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nb">new</span> <span class="nx">GenericList</span><span class="o"><</span><span class="nx">ExampleClass</span><span class="o">></span><span class="p">();</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</pre></div>
<p>}</p>
As you can see, it didn't mark first few lines, and then started with comment // Declare a list of type string. What's wrong?

Answer 1

you should use pygments.
then try putting a :::<language> block up in your markdown before the block of code so it knows how to interpret it.
I wrote a article series about using markdown pygments to create a django blog that may be helpfull as well.
EDIT (this is whats up i think)
you need 4 spaces preceding each line of code for codehilite to pick up on it. ALSO, the first and last lines of code need a \n before and after, your code cannot be butted up against regular text (not indented by 4 spaces). ALSO, your code cannot be embedded into a bulleted list