enh(parser) add highlightElement, deprecate highlightBlock #3003
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More work towards #2277.
Changes
highlightElement(el)API and new plugin callbackshighlightBlock(el)API and old callbacksSupporting both sets of plugin callbacks should allow plugins to be written that easily work with both v10 and v11 (for a smooth transition for all).
Old API will continue to be supported until v12.
Checklist
CHANGES.mdAUTHORS.txt, under Contributors