Highlight a line or a set of lines on a code snippet

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I want to highlight a line or a set of lines on a code snippet.

When I used Jekyll 2.x with Redcarpet and Pygments, I added this to my website:

https://zpao.com/posts/adding-line-highlights-to-markdown-code-fences/

Now, I’m trying to use Jekyll 3.x with its defaults (Kramdown and Rouge).

I want something like the hl_lines setting described here:

How can I achieve that in Jekyll 3.x?

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For instance, when we share code from GitHub, we can do that:

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Don’t think it’s possible yet. Not sure if Jekyll core needs to build in support for it or if Rouge (what Jekyll uses for syntax highlighting) needs it.