diff --git a/src/public/app/services/syntax_highlight.js b/src/public/app/services/syntax_highlight.js
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-import library_loader from "./library_loader.js";
-import mime_types from "./mime_types.js";
-import options from "./options.js";
-
-export function getStylesheetUrl(theme) {
-    if (!theme) {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    const defaultPrefix = "default:";
-    if (theme.startsWith(defaultPrefix)) {        
-        return `${window.glob.assetPath}/node_modules/@highlightjs/cdn-assets/styles/${theme.substr(defaultPrefix.length)}.min.css`;
-    }
-
-    return null;
-}
-
-/**
- * Identifies all the code blocks (as `pre code`) under the specified hierarchy and uses the highlight.js library to obtain the highlighted text which is then applied on to the code blocks.
- * 
- * @param $container the container under which to look for code blocks and to apply syntax highlighting to them.
- */
-export async function applySyntaxHighlight($container) {
-    if (!isSyntaxHighlightEnabled()) {
-        return;
-    }    
-
-    const codeBlocks = $container.find("pre code");
-    for (const codeBlock of codeBlocks) {
-        const normalizedMimeType = extractLanguageFromClassList(codeBlock);
-        if (!normalizedMimeType) {
-            continue;
-        }
-        
-        applySingleBlockSyntaxHighlight($(codeBlock), normalizedMimeType);
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Applies syntax highlight to the given code block (assumed to be <pre><code>), using highlight.js.
- * 
- * @param {*} $codeBlock 
- * @param {*} normalizedMimeType 
- */
-export async function applySingleBlockSyntaxHighlight($codeBlock, normalizedMimeType) {
-    $codeBlock.parent().toggleClass("hljs");
-    const text = $codeBlock.text();
-
-    if (!window.hljs) {
-        await library_loader.requireLibrary(library_loader.HIGHLIGHT_JS);
-    }
-
-    let highlightedText = null;
-    if (normalizedMimeType === mime_types.MIME_TYPE_AUTO) {
-        highlightedText = hljs.highlightAuto(text);
-    } else if (normalizedMimeType) {
-        const language = mime_types.getHighlightJsNameForMime(normalizedMimeType);
-        if (language) {
-            highlightedText = hljs.highlight(text, { language });
-        } else {
-            console.warn(`Unknown mime type: ${normalizedMimeType}.`);
-        }
-    }
-    
-    if (highlightedText) {            
-        $codeBlock.html(highlightedText.value);
-    }
-}
-
-/**
- * Indicates whether syntax highlighting should be enabled for code blocks, by querying the value of the `codeblockTheme` option.
- * @returns whether syntax highlighting should be enabled for code blocks.
- */
-export function isSyntaxHighlightEnabled() {
-    const theme = options.get("codeBlockTheme");
-    return theme && theme !== "none";
-}
-
-/**
- * Given a HTML element, tries to extract the `language-` class name out of it.
- * 
- * @param {string} el the HTML element from which to extract the language tag.
- * @returns the normalized MIME type (e.g. `text-css` instead of `language-text-css`).
- */
-function extractLanguageFromClassList(el) {
-    const prefix = "language-";
-    for (const className of el.classList) {
-        if (className.startsWith(prefix)) {
-            return className.substring(prefix.length);
-        }
-    }
-
-    return null;
-}
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