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ColourCode

ColourCode is a syntax highlighter. It can read in a source file and generate a syntax highlighted version in various formats. ColourCode is written in Ruby and licensed under the GNU GPL Version 2.

ColourCode 1.0 is released!

Features in 1.0

• Supports Javascript, Java, C++, C#, Python, ShellScript and Ruby, PHP and HTML. More languages can easily be added.
• Uses Ruby classes to implement languages, allowing better control.
• Force a particular language.
• Highlight a complete directory containing files of different formats.
• Output to different formats ( if you write your own formatter ).

Download

1.0 stable -- http://22bits.exofire.net/downloads/colourcode/colourcode-1.0.tar.gz
Extract the file, change to the colourcode directory. To use see Usage below.

Demos

• Ruby demo
• Python demo
• Java demo
• C demo
• C++ demo
• ShellScript demo
• C# demo
• JavaScript demo
• PHP demo

Documentation

• Usage
• Creating Output Formatters
• Creating Language Handlers

Colours

To change the colours used in highlighting edit the file data/colours with the new RGB values.

Known bugs

This is a list of known bugs. If you find a bug contact me through the About page.

• No known bugs for now in 1.0.