Comments on: Syntax coloring for code samples in HTML http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:42:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/comment-page-1/#comment-10872 John Sat, 13 Dec 2008 03:39:46 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1082#comment-10872 Karl, you're right. I was confused. Karl, you’re right. I was confused.

]]> By: Karl Ove Hufthammer http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/comment-page-1/#comment-10848 Karl Ove Hufthammer Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:53:51 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1082#comment-10848 John, I don’t think I understand. People can copy and paste the code directly whether the formatting is done by JavaScript or in advance (both ways of doing it changes the DOM in exactly the same way). While I understand that one might prefer to have formatting done automatically, without having to go through a separate tool, for the reader there is no difference (unless her or she is looking at the actual HTML source code, which there is no need for). John, I don’t think I understand. People can copy and paste the code directly whether the formatting is done by JavaScript or in advance (both ways of doing it changes the DOM in exactly the same way). While I understand that one might prefer to have formatting done automatically, without having to go through a separate tool, for the reader there is no difference (unless her or she is looking at the actual HTML source code, which there is no need for).

]]> By: John http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/comment-page-1/#comment-10841 John Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:21:08 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1082#comment-10841 Hal and Karl: Thanks for the suggestions. The tools you mention sound very useful. However, my preferred solution is not to produce formatted HTML and then paste it into my page. I'd rather the work be done in JavaScript that runs in the client's browser so that the underlying HTML doesn't change. That way people can copy and paste the code without having to edit it. Otherwise I'd need two copies of the code: one human-readable and another machine-readable. Hal and Karl: Thanks for the suggestions. The tools you mention sound very useful. However, my preferred solution is not to produce formatted HTML and then paste it into my page. I’d rather the work be done in JavaScript that runs in the client’s browser so that the underlying HTML doesn’t change. That way people can copy and paste the code without having to edit it. Otherwise I’d need two copies of the code: one human-readable and another machine-readable.

]]> By: Karl Ove Hufthammer http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/comment-page-1/#comment-10829 Karl Ove Hufthammer Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:46:54 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1082#comment-10829 There’s always GNU Source-highlight: http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/ And if you use KDE, the Kate editor has a nice ‘Export to HTML’ feature, and supports very many different languages. (And you can easily download support for new ones from within the program.) There’s always GNU Source-highlight:

http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/

And if you use KDE, the Kate editor has a nice ‘Export to HTML’ feature, and supports very many different languages. (And you can easily download support for new ones from within the program.)

]]> By: Gene http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/comment-page-1/#comment-10813 Gene Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:53:44 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1082#comment-10813 I looked at highlight. It seemed to be functional enough for my purposes. It's well supported on Linux. I liked the Windows version. It has some nice features. http://www.andre-simon.de/ I looked at highlight. It seemed to be functional enough for my purposes. It’s well supported on Linux. I liked the Windows version. It has some nice features.

http://www.andre-simon.de/

]]> By: Hal Rottenberg http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/12/11/syntax-coloring-for-code-samples-in-html/comment-page-1/#comment-10803 Hal Rottenberg Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:38:15 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/?p=1082#comment-10803 Oh, let me count the ways. :) Few ways to go about it. for complete scripts, I put in poshcode.org and use the embed script and it generate http://poshcode.org/ I also use windows live writer a lot there is a nice plugin for doing various code embedding, I look for url WLW Code Snippet plugin is nice: http://tinyurl.com/5eppdt also, PowerShellPlus can copy as HTML or RTF http://powershell.com Oh, let me count the ways. :)

Few ways to go about it. for complete scripts, I put in poshcode.org and use the embed script and it generate
http://poshcode.org/

I also use windows live writer a lot there is a nice plugin for doing various code embedding, I look for url
WLW Code Snippet plugin is nice: http://tinyurl.com/5eppdt

also, PowerShellPlus can copy as HTML or RTF
http://powershell.com

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