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  • Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:

    • Generic syntax highlighting tags: "<code>", "<blockcode>".
    • Language specific syntax highlighting tags: "<drupal6>" for Drupal 6 source code, "<html>" for HTML source code, "<java>" for Java source code, "<javascript>" for Javascript source code, "<php>" for PHP source code, "<python>" for Python source code.

    Options and tips:

    • The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language, class. The possible values are: "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "html" (for HTML), "html4strict" (for HTML), "java" (for Java), "javascript" (for Javascript), "php" (for PHP), "python" (for Python).
    • The supported tag styles are: <foo>, [foo], [[foo]].
    • Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every nth line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
    • If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.
    • A title can be added to a code block with the attribute "title".

    Defaults:

    • Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: the default language used for syntax highlighting is "html4strict".
    • Default line numbering: normal line numbers.

    Examples:

    You typeYou get
    <code>foo = "bar";</code>Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode.
    <code>
    foo = "bar";
    baz = "foz";
    </code>    		Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode.
    <code lang="drupal6" linenumbers="normal">
    foo = "bar";
    baz = "foz";
    </code>    		Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 6 source code
    and normal line numbers.
    <code language="drupal6" start="23" fancy="7">
    foo = "bar";
    baz = "foz";
    </code>    		Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 6 source code,
    line numbers starting from 23
    and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.
    <drupal6>
    foo = "bar";
    baz = "foz";
    </drupal6>    		Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 6 source code.
    <drupal6 start="23" fancy="7">
    foo = "bar";
    baz = "foz";
    <drupal6>    		Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 6 source code,
    line numbers starting from 23
    and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.
  • Syntax highlight code surrounded by the <pre class="brush: lang">...</pre> tags, where lang is one of the following language brushes: bash, css, jscript, java, php, python. See the SyntaxHighlighter javascript library site for additional helps.
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