[wp-hackers] Need code syntax highlighting plugin testing/feedback please

Jorge Peña jorgepblank at gmail.com
Sun Jun 1 05:10:20 GMT 2008 

I couldn't stand them either a few versions back but now, everything seems
fine. The only flaw is when I need to insert some code.

On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
wrote:

> No, I don't. I can't stand RTE's and I literally delete the TinyMCE files
> from all of my installs (saves upload time and saves me from having to
> disable it in my profile).
>
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Jorge Peña <jorgepblank at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > That's true, but that's why I said a 'TinyMCE Plugin'. I too used to not
> > use
> > the TinyMCE Plugin, I used to just type raw XHTML and obviously I had
> more
> > freedom back then. I recently switched to TinyMCE though and I feel
> myself
> > being more productive. Not that I type slow or anything, but I can
> > concentrate on the content rather than the coding (Yes, I know it's not
> > complicated coding or anything).
> >
> > Do you use any other WYSIWYG editor? Like I said, I come from the
> > non-WYSIWYG editor world but I recently switched, and it's annoying when
> > elitists go around saying 'durrr just dont use teh tinymce edit0r d00d!,
> > gr0w j00r epen1s!'. The TinyMCE editor is there for a reason and most
> > casual
> > bloggers use it. I'm not limiting myself to TinyMCE but I don't know of
> any
> > other editor that works well with WordPress, do you have any suggestions?
> >
> > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Because not everyone uses TinyMCE (I don't for example).
> > >
> > > On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Jorge Peña <jorgepblank at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >  wonder why someone hasn't created a TinyMCE plugin for syntax
> > > > highlighting. Maybe one clicks a button which opens a pop up where
> the
> > > > code is pasted, and only something like [code-listing-#] where # is
> > > > the number of the code listing. Then when the post is, well, posted,
> > > > it interprets that as the code using some type of filter (Of course
> > > > that would mean that the code would have to be inserted into a
> > > > database on its own). Pretty complicated but it's the only way I can
> > > > imagine being able to use syntax highlighting plugins with TinyMCE,
> or
> > > > does anyone else know another way?
> > > >
> > > > I think that what I meant in that paragraph is something like this:
> > > > http://www.matteoionescu.com/wordpress/embed-html/
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 8:14 PM, Viper007Bond <
> viper at viper007bond.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Yeah, I just haven't bothered to set up a Page on my site yet. :)
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Jorge Peña <jorgepblank at gmail.com
> >
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Wow, then I'm definitely going to try this!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > By the way, maybe it's a stub, but plugin link on wordpress.org
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/chili-code-highlighter/gives
> > > > > > 404.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Viper007Bond <
> > > viper at viper007bond.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Correct. You can paste your code directly into TinyMCE and it
> > > should
> > > > > > > display
> > > > > > > normally.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Jorge Peña <
> > jorgepblank at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > So it works with TinyMCE without having to switch to
> > source/code
> > > > > view?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I wonder why someone hasn't created a TinyMCE plugin for
> syntax
> > > > > > > > highlighting. Maybe one clicks a button which opens a pop up
> > > where
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > code is pasted, and only something like [code-listing-#]
> where
> > #
> > > is
> > > > > > > > the number of the code listing. Then when the post is, well,
> > > > posted,
> > > > > > > > it interprets that as the code using some type of filter (Of
> > > course
> > > > > > > > that would mean that the code would have to be inserted into
> a
> > > > > > > > database on its own). Pretty complicated but it's the only
> way
> > I
> > > > can
> > > > > > > > imagine being able to use syntax highlighting plugins with
> > > TinyMCE,
> > > > > or
> > > > > > > > does anyone else know another way?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 1:37 AM, Viper007Bond <
> > > > > viper at viper007bond.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > If anyone's looking for something to do, I'd appreciate
> this
> > > > plugin
> > > > > > > being
> > > > > > > > > tested, especially by those using TinyMCE:
> > > > > > > > >
> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/chili-code-highlighter/
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > It's similar to the SyntaxHighlighter plugin I helped write
> (
> > > > > > > > > http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/ )
> but
> > > it
> > > > > uses
> > > > > > > WP
> > > > > > > > 2.5
> > > > > > > > > shortcodes (with some hackery for pre-10 running) and a
> > jQuery
> > > > > plugin
> > > > > > > > called
> > > > > > > > > "Chili" which is crazy fast. Chili also doesn't require
> > invalid
> > > > > > XHTML,
> > > > > > > > > unlike SyntaxHighlighter which does sadly.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > It does lack the cool line numbering, etc. of
> > > SyntaxHighlighter,
> > > > > but
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > wouldn't be too hard I'd image to extend this plugin to add
> > > that
> > > > if
> > > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > becomes a majorly wanted feature.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I have yet to port over the kses handling (so users without
> > the
> > > > > > > > > unfiltered_html cap can post code), but the rest should
> > > hopefully
> > > > > > work
> > > > > > > > fine.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I'm also all ears on any coding ideas anyone has to offer
> if
> > > > > someone
> > > > > > > can
> > > > > > > > > think of a better way to do what I did -- having my
> shortcode
> > > run
> > > > > > > > > pre-wpautop() and pre-wptexturize() to avoid either
> function
> > > > > mucking
> > > > > > up
> > > > > > > > my
> > > > > > > > > code. There are tickets open on that BTW. I also had to use
> > > some
> > > > > > > wrapper
> > > > > > > > > functions so I could figure out what tag I was on (there's
> a
> > > > ticket
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > too).
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Thanks! :)
> > > > > > > > >
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