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highlight
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**highlight** for node.js is based on [highlight.js](http://softwaremaniacs.org/soft/highlight/en/) parser and is meant to highlight code syntax in languages that are not known beforehand (*highlight.js* detects the used language automatically). This is especially important for pages in Markdown format - there's no easy way to know which language is actually used.
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Installation
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Use `npm` package manager
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npm install highlight
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Usage
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Include syntax highlighter
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var hl = require("highlight").Highlight;
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highlight code
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html = hl("for(var i=0;i<10;i++)alert(i);");
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use special tab replacing string (default is 4 spaces)
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html = hl(code_string, "<span> </span>");
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convert code only between <code> blocks (leaves everything else as is) - especially useful if used together with converted [Markdown](/andris9/node-markdown) syntax that includes <code> blocks.
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html = hl("<p>PHP:</p><code><?php echo 'Hello world!';?></code>", false, true);
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Styles
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**highlight** outputs HTML code with predefined CSS class names for different elements. This doesn't make a lot of sense by default (it's just a bunch of SPAN's) so you need to use a CSS file that sets the used color set for the highlighting. There's some sample CSS files in /lib/vendor/highlight.js/styles that can be used with no modification - just include one of the files in the page you are showing the highlighted code.
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/styles/default.css"/> |