[wp-hackers] Need code syntax highlighting plugin testing/feedback please

Viper007Bond viper at viper007bond.com
Sat May 31 03:14:24 GMT 2008


Yeah, I just haven't bothered to set up a Page on my site yet. :)

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Jorge Peña <jorgepblank at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wow, then I'm definitely going to try this!
>
> By the way, maybe it's a stub, but plugin link on wordpress.org
> http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/chili-code-highlighter/gives
> 404.
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Correct. You can paste your code directly into TinyMCE and it should
> > display
> > normally.
> >
> > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Jorge Peña <jorgepblank at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > So it works with TinyMCE without having to switch to source/code view?
> > >
> > > I wonder why someone hasn't created a TinyMCE plugin for syntax
> > > highlighting. Maybe one clicks a button which opens a pop up where the
> > > code is pasted, and only something like [code-listing-#] where # is
> > > the number of the code listing. Then when the post is, well, posted,
> > > it interprets that as the code using some type of filter (Of course
> > > that would mean that the code would have to be inserted into a
> > > database on its own). Pretty complicated but it's the only way I can
> > > imagine being able to use syntax highlighting plugins with TinyMCE, or
> > > does anyone else know another way?
> > >
> > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:37 AM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > If anyone's looking for something to do, I'd appreciate this plugin
> > being
> > > > tested, especially by those using TinyMCE:
> > > > http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/chili-code-highlighter/
> > > >
> > > > It's similar to the SyntaxHighlighter plugin I helped write (
> > > > http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/ ) but it uses
> > WP
> > > 2.5
> > > > shortcodes (with some hackery for pre-10 running) and a jQuery plugin
> > > called
> > > > "Chili" which is crazy fast. Chili also doesn't require invalid
> XHTML,
> > > > unlike SyntaxHighlighter which does sadly.
> > > >
> > > > It does lack the cool line numbering, etc. of SyntaxHighlighter, but
> it
> > > > wouldn't be too hard I'd image to extend this plugin to add that if
> it
> > > > becomes a majorly wanted feature.
> > > >
> > > > I have yet to port over the kses handling (so users without the
> > > > unfiltered_html cap can post code), but the rest should hopefully
> work
> > > fine.
> > > >
> > > > I'm also all ears on any coding ideas anyone has to offer if someone
> > can
> > > > think of a better way to do what I did -- having my shortcode run
> > > > pre-wpautop() and pre-wptexturize() to avoid either function mucking
> up
> > > my
> > > > code. There are tickets open on that BTW. I also had to use some
> > wrapper
> > > > functions so I could figure out what tag I was on (there's a ticket
> for
> > > that
> > > > too).
> > > >
> > > > Thanks! :)
> > > >
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