XML syntax highlighting not working despite explicit tagging

Question

I tagged the samples as XML code:

<!-- language: xml -->

    <foo>...

This hasn't worked and it looks like the Java highlighting is in effect. Is this an error on my part or a bug?

According to the editing help, "xml" is a supported language. It certainly works fine on StackOverflow.

yannis · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-27 10:08:14Z

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 is the correct syntax.

answered Nov 27, 2012 at 10:08

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Ok, thanks. Do you know why this is different from StackOverflow? The example I gave in my question would work on SO. Also, the editing help for Programmers does link to a page which states "xml" is a valid choice.
– Duncan Jones
Commented Nov 27, 2012 at 10:18
Oh wait. I guess this is because Programmers has no syntax highlighting associated with the "xml" tag?
– Duncan Jones
Commented Nov 27, 2012 at 10:21
@DuncanJones Yes. I always use the language selector instead of the tag selector, just to be sure.
– yannis Mod
Commented Nov 27, 2012 at 10:25

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