Talk:Syntax highlighting

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1 HELP ME PLEASE
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3 LimoWreck revert
4 WikiMedia Built-in Syntax highlighting

[edit] HELP ME PLEASE

anybody know a good text editor for windows that highlights java syntax?

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How can I implement Syntax highlighting in vb? or java? what is the funda of syntax highlighting?

Syntax highlighting is a function of the text editor, so to highlight syntax in a given language you simply get a text editor with support for that language. Or if you want to add support for a new language, you read the manual for the editor in question.

Isn't syntax coloring the more accurate term?

No. Syntax highlighting in some programs uses font changes for different elements, too. "Syntax highlighting" gets lots more google hits than "syntax coloring" — Omegatron 20:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

Not to mention that the whole purpose is to _highlight_ the various pieces of code, not to highlight them. "Syntax coloring" seems to be implying that it's an end in itself (pretty code), rather than a means to an end (better understanding of the code). --Shinyplasticbag 07:17, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LimoWreck revert

Please explain why you reverted my edit. Otherwise leave it alone. --klaus

because people tend to add their own pet editors to articles like this. Listing feature of <insert your favorite piece of software here> doesn't add anything to the principle that's explained in the article; contrary, it makes of the article a platform for spamming software links --LimoWreck 21:32, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Please remove the Vim reference as well. Otherwise, leave my change as-is. I have no relationship with PSPad whatsoever but it is one of the very few editors that can do what I mentioned in the blurb. --klaus

The vim reference was removed as well ;-) --LimoWreck 12:17, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Not the last one. I don't want to be difficult here but if you're going to be reverting my changes then you also need to be fair. If it's so important to you that a reference to <whatever> not appear here then the Vim one should also be purged — but I'm not going to do it for you. --klaus

The link to LEXX, goes to the series, not sure where what the correct link is here, so maybe one of you wikipedians can fix it.

[edit] WikiMedia Built-in Syntax highlighting

Hi, I've recently seen pages that use <source lang="...">code</source> tags in place of <pre>code</pre> tags. This is new and a neat feature, however, I don't see any documentation for it on Wikipedia. The header at the top presently reads "For syntax highlighting of source in Wikipedia and other wikis using MediaWiki, see Wikipedia:Text editor support", however, this statement is misleading, as the resulting page offers no feature. Is there a better page to link to for this? Also, as a hint, if you want to know what parameter to use for lang, try using the tags above on the Wikipedia:Sandbox, and a bad lang will dump an error that lists the supported keywords and languages. See GeSHi for more information for the code responsible for the syntax highlighting in MediaWiki.+mt 19:46, 6 July 2007 (UTC)