We now support code syntax in posts

Aurich · Nov 16, 2022

The following BBcode will give you language specific highlighting:

[CODE=xxxx]

The languages supported are:

apacheconf
applescript
aspnet
bash
c
clike
coffeescript
cpp
csharp
css
diff
git
html
http
ini
java
javascript
json
jsx
less
makefile
markdown
nginx
objectivec
perl
php
python
ruby
sass
scss
sql
svg
swift
wiki
xml
yaml

Defenestrar · Nov 16, 2022

Sounds cool. I eagerly looked for my languages and was saddened to find that it doesn't support Applesoft Basic, QBasic, Delphi, LabVIEW¹, or Excel. <sigh> Like usual, I picked the wrong style to fit in with the cool kids

¹Which is extra fun to type in as a BBcode block.

Aurich · Nov 16, 2022

You may find one of the existing languages has a close enough syntax highlighting for your purposes.

It appears there are methods of adding new languages, but it's not something I really have time to dig into now.

Defenestrar · Nov 16, 2022

Sorry, I was being a smart alec. I haven't seriously coded in a text-based language in years, or (decades for some of the ones I listed).

The only one I occasionally use these days is LabVIEW, which is a graphical language and results in code that looks like this:

Although that's a nightmarish example.

I do think it's awesome how code now displays as a much more readable format.

Python:

#My very first Python Program - written right here
print('Hello world!')

Aurich · Nov 16, 2022

Ooh, I love how it appends the language automatically too, didn't know it would do that. Even handles */ commenting, which is nice.

C:

void flynnFlicker() {          // basic sign lit, with the N flickering
  int letterN = RING_END + 3;  // location of letter N
  fill_solid(leds + RING_END, NUM_LEDS - RING_END, CHSV(10, 255, 255));  // orange red for FLYNN letters
  /*
  if (random(20) == 0) {                                                                // 5% chance of full letters doing a small pulse
    fill_solid(leds + RING_END, NUM_LEDS - RING_END, CHSV(10, 255, random(200, 255)));  // orange red for all letters
  }
  */
  if (random(5) == 0) {  // 20% chance of N flicker state changing
    // generate a random brightness, and then clamp it to hard on or off at low and high values
    int lightN = random(255);
    if (lightN < 100) {
      lightN = 0;
    }
    if (lightN > 200) {
      lightN = 255;
    }
    leds[letterN] = CHSV(10, 255, lightN);
  }
}  // end flynnFlicker

That's the lighting code for this:

fellow human · Nov 16, 2022

JavaScript:

console.log(’Thanks!’);

nimro · Nov 17, 2022

This is great! I wonder if it works with markdown blocks...

C#:

Console.WriteLine("Hello, world!");

Edit: it does!! Very nice!

Graham J said:
JavaScript:

console.log(’Thanks!’);

Code:

Uncaught SyntaxError: illegal character U+2019

fellow human · Nov 17, 2022

nimro said:
Code:

Uncaught SyntaxError: illegal character U+2019

hehe I did enter a proper single quote on my phone but something converted it

JavaScript:

'test'

Works ok from desktop Firefox

MilleniX · Nov 17, 2022

Defenestrar said:
Sorry, I was being a smart alec. I haven't seriously coded in a text-based language in years, or (decades for some of the ones I listed).

The only one I occasionally use these days is LabVIEW, which is a graphical language and results in code that looks like this:

Although that's a nightmarish example.

I do think it's awesome how code now displays as a much more readable format.

Python:

#My very first Python Program - written right here print('Hello world!')

LabVIEW does have a textual representation. I know people who program it that way.

hongooi · Nov 19, 2022

No R

QuadDamaged · Nov 21, 2022

Code:

if let None = code_languages.get("rust"){
  panic!("at the disco");
}

Just to see what it looks like when it cannot find the right highlighter

Mat8iou · Dec 20, 2022

hongooi said:
No R

Or Go

jbode · Dec 25, 2022

Or Fortran.

Not that I’m complaining!

This is a very cool feature and much appreciated.

Fristie Blade · Jan 17, 2023

Wait, where is VB6?

Kidding

Mat8iou · Jan 18, 2023

Fristie Blade said:
Wait, where is VB6?

Kidding

Having no VBA OTOH does seem an odd omission - like it or not, it remains the default macro language in a lot of apps - and not just MS ones.

Meanwhile I'm still using AutoLISP to create tools at work.

But - having something is still a lot better than nothing - which was the previous situation.

Does anything have such a vast list of languages as Notepad++ though (I'm assuming Emacs probably would).

userDefinedLanguages/udl-list.md at master · notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages

Notepad++ User Defined Languages Collection. Contribute to notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Are there still people out there using Visual FoxPro?
Intrigued to also see Wavefront .OBJ files on that list - Way back in 1997, the first release of Java with the Hot Java browser had a demo file showing 3D wireframes rotating. I wanted to try to use this to provide 3D illustrations of some concepts for my Uni dissertation. The input files for it was .OBJ format and all I could output was DXF from AutoCAD - so I reverse engineered the relevant parts of both formats (this was a time when I had no internet access at home) and wrote a converter in Qbasic. It wasn't elegant, but it worked and I got my little spinning wireframe models. I don;t thnik I've ever touched (or even come across) an OBJ file since though.

mert · Jan 21, 2023

Mat8iou said:
Or Go

Or Ada

stevenkan · Feb 16, 2023

jbode said:
Or Fortran.

Not that I’m complaining!

This is a very cool feature and much appreciated.

If only it could highlight bugs . . . .

jeffdill2 · May 23, 2023

Mat8iou said:
Having no VBA OTOH does seem an odd omission - like it or not, it remains the default macro language in a lot of apps - and not just MS ones.

Meanwhile I'm still using AutoLISP to create tools at work.

But - having something is still a lot better than nothing - which was the previous situation.

Does anything have such a vast list of languages as Notepad++ though (I'm assuming Emacs probably would).

userDefinedLanguages/udl-list.md at master · notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages

Notepad++ User Defined Languages Collection. Contribute to notepad-plus-plus/userDefinedLanguages development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Are there still people out there using Visual FoxPro?
Intrigued to also see Wavefront .OBJ files on that list - Way back in 1997, the first release of Java with the Hot Java browser had a demo file showing 3D wireframes rotating. I wanted to try to use this to provide 3D illustrations of some concepts for my Uni dissertation. The input files for it was .OBJ format and all I could output was DXF from AutoCAD - so I reverse engineered the relevant parts of both formats (this was a time when I had no internet access at home) and wrote a converter in Qbasic. It wasn't elegant, but it worked and I got my little spinning wireframe models. I don;t thnik I've ever touched (or even come across) an OBJ file since though.

VFP is the language I cut my programming teeth on, so it still holds a special place in my heart.

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