pygmalion

Syntax highlighting using the pygments.com "web service".

WHY?

I have historically used ultraviolet for any syntax highlighting. However, in order to use ultraviolet, you need to be able to use the oniguruma library. Unfortunately, some hosting services (like the Media Temple grid service) do not support this library. I needed another solution, and it seemed like something that could be outsourced.

Installation

Run the following if you haven't already:

$ gem sources -a http://gems.github.com

Install the gem(s):

$ sudo gem install -r sbfaulkner-pygmalion

Usage

In ruby...

require 'pygmalion'
...
string.highlight
string.highlight(:language => 'js')
string.highlight(:language => 'rb', :line_numbers => true)

From the command-line...

Usage: pygmalion [options] [file ...]

Options:
    -h, --help              Display this message.
    -l, --language=name     The language for the code to be highlighted.
    -n, --line-numbers      Include line numbers.

Example

File.read('hello.rb').highlight

Results in...

<div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">hello</span>
  <span class="n">puts</span> <span class="s">&quot;hello&quot;</span>
<span class="n">end</span>
</pre></div>'

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Author: S. Brent Faulkner brentf@unwwwired.net
License: Copyright © 2008 unwwwired.net, released under the MIT license