Update 2004-10.Oct-19: Due to many concerns, both public and private, this proposal has been withdrawn.

I've forgotten where, now, but I visited a site last week with some example Perl code listings. The code was highlighted much as it might be in Komodo, Emacs, Vi, &c..

Our <code> tags are used mostly for Perl code, but sometimes for other forms of text. So, if the Monestary added code highlighting support, we'd need to have a way of specifying what counts as "Perl code" and what is just a block of preformatted text (without using the <pre> tags. The two that pop into my head are an attribute: 

# I've needed to escape slashes in HTML tags...

<code type='perl'>print("This is perl code");<\/code>
# or
<code type='noperl'>This is output, or some non-perl code<\/code>

[download]
Or a special tag: 
<pcode>Perl code </pcode>
#or
<notcode>Not code </notcode>

[download]

Only one of either pair would need to be implemented: e.g. if <pcode> tags were used, the default <code> tags would be non-perl code. And vice-versa.

I am willing to apply my less-than-saintly coding skills to do the work, but I'm curious before I start: is this something the Monestary would like? If so, how should it work? Restrictions, ideas?

In reply to Code highlighting? by radiantmatrix

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.