From: jweirich@...
Date: 2000-12-05T21:12:52+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6815] Re: Syntax highlighting in XEmacs

>>>>> "aleksi" == aleksi niemela <Aleksi> writes:

    >> Out of curiosity, does anyone know how easy or difficult it 
    >> would be to process Ruby code samples into some form that 
    >> would make it possible to produce documentation web pages 
    >> showing Ruby code samples in one of several predefined syntax 
    >> coloring/font schemes that would be available for users 
    >> to select from?

    aleksi> I just happened to notice this at RAA:

    aleksi> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/raa-list.rhtml?name=source2html

    aleksi> Maybe it could be used as a starting point for full-blown
    aleksi> suite of tools for different uses (HTML, XML, LaTeX comes
    aleksi> into mind first).

Source2html only does HTML write now, and only uses bold/italics for
highlighting.  Color support could be added in an hour or two.
XML/LaTeX is an interesting, but would require more study.

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