How do I change the default code language?

[darkdreamingdan]

The code editor always seems to default to HTML.  This is annoying for programming boards who don't use any HTML.

I've found that the theme is responsible for this, and the html template at core/global/editor/code presents the main editor.  If you hit variables, you'll see this:

However, changing the string from 'html' to anything else doesn't seem to work. It always defaults to HTML no matter what.

 

Would appreciate some guidance on how to change the default language.

[Nathan Explosion]

As the codemirror reference to 'html' is actually 'htmlmixed' then I don't think that template does control it - I'm away from my main machine until the morning, so won't be able to confirm until I've tested it out but I don't think the change you are making will have any effect.

[darkdreamingdan]

For anyone interested in solving this problem, the following fix worked for me.  It's hacky but does the job.

Enter ACP->Customisation->Themes.

For your theme, edit the HTML and CSS.  Open the core/global/editor/code file. 

On line 10, you should see the following line:

					<select id='elCodeMode{$randomString}' data-role="codeModeSelect" data-codeLanguage="{$language}">

Change it to the following instead:

					<select id='elCodeMode{$randomString}' data-role="codeModeSelect" data-codeLanguage="{{if $val == ''}}YOURLANG{{else}}$language{{endif}}">

Replace "YOURLANG" with the language you want to be default.  For example 'php' or 'xml'.  It should be lowercase.

Good luck.