Forum now has syntax highlighting

[tcarr]

We have always been able to use CODE tags in the forum to give plain monospaced formatting to code snippets in posts. I just finished adding the ability to do syntax highlighting for the following languages:

• PHP (as [PHPS])
• JavaScript (as [JSS])
• CSS (as [CSSS])
• SQL (as [SQLS])
• C++ (as [CPPS])
• HTML (as [HTMLS])
• Java (as [JAVAS])
• Tcl (as [TCLS])
• BASH (as [BASHS])

I will be investigating how to add ActionScript since we use that frequently. The above options were from a forum mod. Here's an example of Java:

 
        if (useTwoStepLogin) {
            // no DB lookup here
            if (evictGhostUsers && getApi().isUserLoggedIn(userName)) {
                // we assume that this other user is a ghost.  
                // Evict doesn't really send the evicted user any message.
                getApi().evictUserFromServer(userName, response);
                return ChainAction.OkAndContinue;
            } else if (getApi().isUserLoggedIn(userName)) {
                response.setString(LoginResultEnum.Status.name(), LoginResultEnum.AlreadyLoggedOn.name());
                return ChainAction.Fail;
            }
        }

[tcarr]

AS3 snippet uses [AS3S]:

 
			private function onPluginMessageEvent(e:PluginMessageEvent):void {
				var esob:EsObject = e.parameters;
				var action:String = esob.getString(PluginConstants.ACTION);
 
				switch (action) {
					case PluginConstants.TAG_ADD_TO_RANK:
					case PluginConstants.TAG_GET_RANK:
						var rank:int = esob.getInteger(PluginConstants.TAG_GET_RANK);
						rankValueField.text = rank.toString();
						break;
					case PluginConstants.TAG_ERROR:
						var err:String = esob.getString(PluginConstants.TAG_ERROR);
						trace(err);
						break;
				}
			}

I'm trying to decide whether I want to keep line numbers enabled or disable them. Enabled makes it useful for discussing a particular line of the code snippet, but then if you copy and paste the snippet you have to edit out the line numbers.

[tcarr]

And C# uses [CSHARPS]:

 
	private void OnLogin (LoginResponse response)
	{
		if (response.Successful) {
 
			/*
			 * Create a room request with the specific properties
			 * of the request.
			 */
			CreateRoomRequest req = new CreateRoomRequest ();
			req.Capacity = -1;
			req.ZoneName = "ElectroChatZone";
			req.ZoneId = -1;
			req.CreateOrJoinRoom = true;
			req.ReceivingUserListUpdates = true;
			req.Persistent = false;
			req.RoomName = "ElectroChat";
 
			// Send room request to Electroserver
			es.Engine.Send (req);
		}
	}

[tcarr]

I've decided that I do not like the line numbers. Now to try to remember how I turned the line numbers on, so that I can turn them off again....

[tcarr]

Fixed! Older posts that had the line numbers will keep them, I think, but new posts will not have the line numbers.

 
	private void OnLogin (LoginResponse response)
	{
		if (response.Successful) {
 
			/*
			 * Create a room request with the specific properties
			 * of the request.
			 */
			CreateRoomRequest req = new CreateRoomRequest ();
			req.Capacity = -1;
			req.ZoneName = "ElectroChatZone";
			req.ZoneId = -1;
			req.CreateOrJoinRoom = true;
			req.ReceivingUserListUpdates = true;
			req.Persistent = false;
			req.RoomName = "ElectroChat";
 
			// Send room request to Electroserver
			es.Engine.Send (req);
		}
	}