Highlight

Converts <^>text<^> to <mark>text</mark>. Works in regular text, inline code, and fenced code blocks, anywhere that pymdownx.mark (==text==) cannot reach.

Usage

import markdown

md = markdown.Markdown(extensions=["markwright.highlight"])
html = md.convert("This has a <^>highlighted word<^> in it.")

See Using with MkDocs to load it in a MkDocs site.

Syntax

Wrap text in <^> delimiters:

This has a <^>highlighted word<^> in it.

Result: This has a highlighted word in it.

In Inline Code

Check the `config.<^>timeout<^>` value.

Result: Check the config.timeout value.

In Fenced Code Blocks

```python
def greet(name):
    print(f"Hello, <^>{name}<^>!")
```

Result:

def greet(name):
    print(f"Hello, {name}!")

Multiple Highlights

Multiple highlights work on the same line:

Both <^>first<^> and <^>second<^> are highlighted.

Result: Both first and second are highlighted.

Escaping

Prefix a marker with a backslash (<^>) to show it literally instead of applying a highlight. This works consistently in regular text, inline code, and fenced code blocks, and produces the same literal marker whether you render in-process or through the mw pre | post pipeline. This is how the code samples above print the raw <^> syntax.