Extension talk:SyntaxHighlight/Archive 2016

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Add support for new langages
I would like to add support for new langages like XAML. I expected to find a folder named lexers in /extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi/pygments, but there is no folder like that. Could anyone explain me where to add the new lexer files and the procedure to register them? NikusPokus (talk) 11:31, 19 June 2016 (UTC)


 * I wasn't able to figure out how to do this with the bundled version of pygments, but I was able to do this using a custom "pygmentize" install.
 * On Linux, install python and download the source code install for pygments. Compile and install your custom version of pygementize: python setup.py install
 * In LocalSettings.php, set $wgPygmentizePath to the location of your custom version of pygmentize:
 * Find where the pygments package was installed. On my system (Ubuntu) it was at /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Pygments-2.1.3-py2.7.egg/pygments
 * In that folder, there should be a lexers folder where you can add a new lexer, see pygments.org for information on how to create one. Once it has been created, register your new lexer with pygments by changing into the lexers folder and running the _mapping.py program from within that folder. Then, to register the new lexer with SyntaxHighlight, run updateLexerList.php in the extensions/SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi/maintenance</tt> folder. Now, you should be able to use your new language on your wiki.


 * As an aside, if you want to change the colors for the highlighted object, go into the styles</tt> folder. SyntaxHighlight uses the default style, so you need to edit default.py</tt>. Then, to register your changes with SyntaxHighlight, run the updateCSS.php</tt> maintenance app. -- Zoltair 08:23, 23 Jul 2016


 * @Zoltair, thanks for your answer. I expected to add a new lexer in the bundled version of pygments, but thanks to your feedback I switched to the installation of Pygments instead. Thanks to your explanations I managed to register a new lexer in my MediaWiki website! NikusPokus (talk) 17:15, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

selecting code also selects line number, and the CSS fix doesn't seem to work
In my version 2.0 (822ede6), selecting code also selects the line number. This makes it hard to use the code you have copied. the solution here,  on Mediawiki:Common.css, doesn't seem to work. Billmackenty (talk) 08:59, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
 * At a quick glance, the CSS classes look like they should also be working with the new version... --87.123.61.63 22:40, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

e
E (programming language) is listed as currenty supported, but I don’t see an  downstream nor an entry in the Pygments lexer list. Greetings --PerfektesChaos (talk) 14:10, 13 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I have updated the page accordingly. If you need E support, you might be able to use a custom version of Pygments (an own wheel file). The right way, however, is to get an E lexer integrated into the upstream version of Pygments. --87.123.61.63 22:35, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

Example for a language definition
My text editor KeditW (an XEDIT-clone) offers syntax highlighting based on KLD-files (Kedit Language Definitions), and it's fun to create new KLD-files. So far I have created "good enough" (for me) KLDs for BATCH (Windows NT bat/cmd), FREECIV (an INI-variant for rulesets/tilesets/etc.), and WASM (Watcom assembler). Now I'm curious if the BATCH + WASM stuff might be also useful here, please add some example links to raw language definitions (apparently known as pygments lexers), and a recipe (ideally less than 5min reading time ) how and where to test and submit a new language. Be..anyone (talk) 07:29, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Supported languages
Please actualize the listing. --Lómelinde (talk) 08:55, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Indent oddity
On my commons user page and here I use SyntaxHighlight for a very simple JavaScript example. Oddly I had to modify the indent of one line in the source to get the intended effect with SyntaxHighlight, diffs: 1, 2. – Be..anyone &#x1F4A9;  12:07, 17 April 2016 (UTC)

Add Template Usage to the Extension Page
This extension can be used within a template by using the magic word #tag:

You can also use it inline (have to use the backwards compatible option, since #tag doesn't allow for one-part attributes from what I can see)

It took me a good hour to figure this out, it should be added to the main page, maybe in the Usage section. --Chazbot7 (talk) 19:29, 17 May 2016 (UTC)

Default Language in 1.26
Previously, there was a  setting. Now there's a  setting, but I don't know whether this can be used to set a default language for normal content pages. There doesn't seem to be any documentation for it. Does anyone know more about it? -- kelunik. . (Talk &#124; Contribs) 15:03, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Collapsible elements not working
When I enable SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi in LocalSettings.php the collapsible items in my mediaWiki no longer collaps! - Did anybody experience the same? Did you find a solution?

Example: Collapsible box Text Sohansenit (talk) 11:53, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

Extension doesn't work after updating from 1.22.13 to 1.27.
Extension worked fine at the MW 1.22.13, after updating all pages marked as "Pages with syntax highlighting errors". What shall I do first of all?

similar problem on windows going from 1.24 to 1.27
To resolve
 * 1) install GeSHI from MASTER and not the 1.27
 * 2) installing Pygmentize in python
 * 3) specify $wgPygmentizePath = "c:\\Python27\\Scripts\\pygmentize.exe";