Highlights in inline code with syntax highlighting

[schar]

Inline code attributes allow code highlighting, as described here. However, though my .theme file has a background color set, inline code is not rendered with any background (non-inline code blocks are rendered as expected). I would like to combine inline code syntax highlighting with background color, and don't see a way to do this. Take this md code:

`<$>`{.haskell}

Pandoc renders this to tex as \VERB|\OperatorTok{\textless{}$\textgreater{}}|. When I postprocess the tex file by wrapping this in a \tcbox from tcolorbox and crucially changing the $ to \$ (following hints I have found, e.g. here), I get the output I'm looking for. I would like this to be how my inline code is automatically rendered in tex, but anything I can see to try (e.g., redefining \VERB) does not seem workable.

[jgm]

What pandoc version, what output format?
I think this is essentially a duplicate of jgm/skylighting#122

[schar]

Output is beamer tex. Pandoc version is 2.14.2.

[jgm]

See the linked issue for the problems we've encountered.

[mb21]

Closing in favour of jgm/skylighting#122