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author | Waylan Limberg <waylan@gmail.com> | 2011-08-23 10:53:49 -0400 |
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diff --git a/docs/extensions/code_hilite.md b/docs/extensions/code_hilite.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..74282f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/extensions/code_hilite.md @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +CodeHilite +========== + +Summary +------- + +The CodeHilite Extension adds code/syntax highlighting to standard +Python-Markdown code blocks using [Pygments][]. + +[Python-Markdown]: http://www.freewisdom.org/projects/python-markdown/ +[Pygments]: http://pygments.org/ + +This extension is included in the Markdown library. + +Setup +----- + +You will also need to [download][dl] and install the Pygments package on your +`PYTHONPATH`. You will need to determine the appropriate CSS classes and create +appropriate rules for them, which are either defined in or linked from the +header of your HTML templates. See the excellent [documentation][] for more +details. If no language is defined, Pygments will attempt to guess the +language. When that fails, the code block will display as un-highlighted code. + +[dl]: http://pygments.org/download/ +[documentation]: http://pygments.org/docs + +**Note:** The css and/or javascript is not included as part of this extension +but shall always be provided by the end user. + +Syntax +------ + +The CodeHilite Extension follows the same [syntax][] as regular Markdown code +blocks, with one exception. The hiliter needs to know what language to use for +the code block. There are three ways to tell the hiliter what language the code +block contains and each one has a different result. + +[syntax]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#precode + +###SheBang (with path) + +If the first line of the codeblock contains a shebang, the language is derived +from that and line numbers are used. + + #!/usr/bin/python + # Code goes here ... + +Will result in: + + #!/usr/bin/python + # Code goes here ... + + +###SheBang (no path) + +If the first line contains a shebang, but the shebang line does not contain a +path (a single `/` or even a space), then that line is removed from the code +block before processing. Line numbers are used. + + #!python + # Code goes here ... + +Will result in: + + # Code goes here ... + +####Colons + +If the first line begins with three or more colons, the text following the +colons identifies the language. The first line is removed from the code block +before processing and line numbers are not used. + + :::python + # Code goes here ... + +Will result in: + + # Code goes here ... + +###When No Language is Defined + +CodeHilite is completely backward compatible so that if a code block is +encountered that does not define a language, the block is simple wrapped in +`<pre>` tags and output. Note: one exception would be that the Pygments +highlighting engine will try to guess the language. Upon failure, the same +behavior will happen as described here. + + # Code goes here ... + +Will result in: + + # Code goes here ... + +Lets see the source for that: + + <div class="codehilite" ><pre><code># Code goes here ... + </code></pre></div> + +Usage +----- + +From the Python interpreter: + + >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, ['codehilite']) + +If you want every code block to have line numbers, even when using colons +(`:::`) for language identification, the setting `force_linenos` is available +to do so. + + >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, + ... ['codehilite(force_linenos=True)'] + ... ) + +If you want to prevent Pygments from guessing the language, only highlighting +blocks when you explicitly request it, set the `guess_lang` setting to 'False'. + + >>> html = markdown.markdown(text, + ... ['codehilite(guess_lang=False)'] + ... ) |