{"version":"2.1.314","anchor":"syntax-highlighting-can-run-through-a-worker","canonical_anchor":"syntax-highlighting-can-run-through-a-worker","heading":"Code highlighting can now run outside the main process","tier":"internal","area":"Terminal UI","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314\/e\/syntax-highlighting-can-run-through-a-worker","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.314","markdown":"### Code highlighting can now run outside the main process\n\nColouring code in replies can now be handed to a separate worker instead of always running in the main process\n\n**What**\n\nSyntax highlighting colours code so it is easier to read. Claude Code can now hand this job to a worker, a separate piece of the program that runs alongside the main one. When no worker is given, it highlights code in the main process as before.\n\n**Why**\n\nThis may cut down on the screen freezing briefly when Claude shows a large block of code.\n\n- Area: Terminal UI\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}