Syntax highlighting for PDFs? (2017 version)...

[Phlawm53]

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I found some OLD threads about this but nothing recent -- SO I'll refresh the question:

Anyone found a way to do syntax highlighting of code that also works in Flare PDF Targets?

I've gotten Prism and Rainbow working in Flare online Targets. But even though Flare's PDF engine "knows" that there's an attempt to format the code -- the code text has a light-gray background -- the syntax highlighting doesn't work.

Any ideas?

Cheers & thanks,
Riley
SFO

[NorthEast]

I think both of those use javascript. For PDFs, you need a solution that doesn't require javascript.

I'd suggest finding a syntax highlighter where you can copy/paste your code, and it'll generate the formatted code ready to copy/paste back into your topic.

[Phlawm53]

I think both of those use javascript. For PDFs, you need a solution that doesn't require javascript.

I'd suggest finding a syntax highlighter where you can copy/paste your code, and it'll generate the formatted code ready to copy/paste back into your topic.

What I've found so far are:

• http://hilite.me/
• The Pygments highlighter http://pygments.org

They output formatted HTML output that in theory can be pasted into Flare's text editor.

EDIT:
Found a way to use Pygments to wrap code samples in inline HTML formatting. The resulting highlighting appears in both online and PDF Targets. See:

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=29397

Cheers, thanks, & hope this helps,
Riley
SFO