Developer Shares: Adding Syntax Highlighting to Bash Commands in Coding Agents
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-08-09
A developer shared a UX detail they unreasonably enjoy in their AI coding agent: syntax highlighting and reformatting for bash commands.
Furthermore, the feature intelligently detects 'string literals' within bash that are actually written in a different programming language, applying the correct syntax highlighting to improve readability.
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