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In the official github flavored markdown docs they show how we can use fences to mark code blocks, and optionally we can supply a language identifier, such as

```ruby
require 'redcarpet'
markdown = Redcarpet.new("Hello World!")
puts markdown.to_html
```

Is there a language identifier for Objective C? I've searched and cannot find a reference.

Furthermore, is there a list of all supported language identifiers that can be used in github markdown?

asked Aug 9, 2012 at 19:47

3 Answers 3

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The identifier is objective-c.

Here you can find a full list: http://coapp.org/reference/garrett-flavored-markdown.html

answered Aug 9, 2012 at 19:52
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Thanks for the reference. Using objective-c provides almost no syntax highlighting, which is why I wanted it. But thanks to your list I discovered smalltalk, which provides for very colorful Objective C code in github :)
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The identifier is 

objc

See this example here where the author gets code highlighting to work: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dchohfi/KeyValueObjectMapping/master/README.md

Here is another example as well: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/objective-c-style-guide/master/README.md

answered Aug 16, 2014 at 19:28

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It seems to be 'objective-c'.
Using the redcarpet markdown parser, this gave me the best results. I found objective-c to provide little to no highlighting.
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If you the other solutions from other do not work, please try objectivec that works in highlight.js and prism.js

answered May 28, 2015 at 8:52

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