## The big list of possibilities
-* [[plugins/contrib/highlightcode]] uses [[cpan Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate]],
+* [[plugins/contrib/highlightcode]] uses [[!cpan Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate]],
operates on whole source files only, has a few bugs (see
[here](http://u32.net/Highlight_Code_Plugin/), and needs to be updated to
support [[bugs/multiple_pages_with_same_name]].
-* [[cpan IkiWiki-Plugin-syntax]] only operates as a directive.
+* [[!cpan IkiWiki-Plugin-syntax]] only operates as a directive.
Interestingly, it supports multiple highlighting backends, including Kate
and Vim.
* [[plugins/contrib/syntax]] only operates as a directive
([[not_on_source_code_files|automatic_use_of_syntax_plugin_on_source_code_files]]),
- and uses [[cpan Text::VimColor]].
+ and uses [[!cpan Text::VimColor]].
* [[plugins/contrib/sourcehighlight]] uses src-highlight, and operates on
whole source files only. Needs to be updated to
support [[bugs/multiple_pages_with_same_name]].
* [[sourcecode|todo/automatic_use_of_syntax_plugin_on_source_code_files/discussion]]
also uses src-highlight, and operates on whole source files.
Updated to work with the fix for [[bugs/multiple_pages_with_same_name]]. Untested with files with no extension, e.g. `Makefile`.
+* [[users/jasonblevins]]'s code plugin uses src-highlight, and supports both
+ while file and directive use.
+
+* [hlsimple](http://pivot.cs.unb.ca/git/?p=ikiplugins.git;a=blob_plain;f=IkiWiki/Plugin/hlsimple.pm;hb=HEAD) is a wrapper for the the perl module Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple. This is pure perl, pretty simple, uses css. It ought to be pretty fast (according to the author, and just because it is not external).
+On the other hand, there are not many predefined languages yet. Defining language syntaxes is about as much
+work as source-highlight, but in perl. I plan to package the base module for debian. Perhaps after the author
+releases the 5 or 6 language definitions he has running on his web site, it might be suitable for inclusion in ikiwiki. [[DavidBremner]]
## General problems
inside source files. Doing this probably means post-processing the
results of the highlighting engine, to find places where it's highlighted
comments, and then running them through the ikiwiki rendering pipeline.
- This seems fairly doable with [[cpan Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate]],
+ This seems fairly doable with [[!cpan Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Kate]],
at least.
* The whole-file plugins tend to have a problem that things that look like
wikilinks in the source code get munged into links by ikiwiki, which can
extensions. The workaround is to use a directive on a wiki page, pulling
in the Makefile.
- > I wonder how hard it would be to make a patch where by a file with
+ > I wonder how hard it would be to make a patch whereby a file with
> no `.` in the name, and a name that matches a filetype, and where
> that filetype was registered `keepextension`, then the file is just
- > chosen as the appropriate type...
+ > chosen as the appropriate type. This would allow `Makefile` to
+ > work.
+
+like this:
+
+ diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
+ index 8d728c9..1bd46a9 100644
+ --- a/IkiWiki.pm
+ +++ b/IkiWiki.pm
+ @@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ sub pagetype ($) {
+
+ if ($page =~ /\.([^.]+)$/) {
+ return $1 if exists $hooks{htmlize}{$1};
+ + } elsif ($hooks{htmlize}{$page}{keepextension}) {
+ + return $page;
+ }
+ return;
+ }
## format directive