How to syntax highlight #+BEGIN_EXPORT HTML environment in org-mode buffer?

Question

Is it possible to get syntax highlight for HTML code within a #+BEGIN_EXPORT HTML environment block in org-mode?

I know it is possible to highlight HTML within a #+BEGIN_SRC block using ob-browser. Is there a way to "extend" such highlighting to other blocks as well?

Answer 1

The problem lies on the arbitrariness with which Org Mode deals with case sensitivity. I was used to having a #+BEGIN_HTML block in Org Mode 8, and that didn't trigger the syntax highlighting. Had I used lowercases as in #+begin_html, things might have looked different.

Now, with Org Mode 9, one can get HTML highlight with any of:

#+begin_export html
<div>  
</div>
#+end_export

#+BEGIN_EXPORT html
<div>  
</div>
#+END_EXPORT

But not with:

#+BEGIN_EXPORT HTML
<div>  
</div>
#+END_EXPORT

Here's a screenshot: