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 A heads up for anyone updating their version of pixi.js to version 2, as we have changed a couple of bits that you need to be aware of. Fortunately, there are only two changes, and both are small.
 
 1: Creating a renderer now accepts an options parameter that you can add specific settings to:
-``` 
+```javascript
 // an optional object that contains the settings for the renderer
 var options = {
     view:myCanvas,