From ffaa91d202a95294c6d2a3069ff1f4c3da25f410 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristian Rother Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 09:57:34 +0200 Subject: added instructions for CodeHilite with Pygments Improved the setup documentation when rendering Python code with Pygments and CodeHilite. Added a link to the Pygments CSS files and emphasized that not installing pygments does not cause an error message. --- docs/extensions/code_hilite.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/extensions') diff --git a/docs/extensions/code_hilite.txt b/docs/extensions/code_hilite.txt index 5e802b8..575ee48 100644 --- a/docs/extensions/code_hilite.txt +++ b/docs/extensions/code_hilite.txt @@ -20,20 +20,27 @@ This extension is included in the standard Markdown library. Setup ----- +### Step 1: download and install Pygments ### + 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 +`PYTHONPATH`. The CodeHilite extension will produce HTML output without Pygments, +but it won't highlight anything. + +[dl]: http://pygments.org/download/ + +### Step 2: add CSS classes ### + +You will need to determine the appropriate CSS classes and/or JavaScript with +appropriate rules. The CSS classes either need to be defined in or linked from +the header of your HTML templates. Ready-made [CSS files for Python][rich] are available. + +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 not be highlighted. -[dl]: http://pygments.org/download/ +[rich]: https://github.com/richleland/pygments-css [documentation]: http://pygments.org/docs -!!! Note - The CSS and/or JavaScript is not included as part of this extension - but must be provided by the end user. The Pygments project provides - default CSS styles which you may find to be a useful starting point. Syntax ------ -- cgit v1.2.3