Re: [docbook-apps] Syntax coloring of programlisting

[Oliver Horn <oliver dot horn at gmx dot net>]

Hi,

> > > I'm thinking about doing syntax highlightning of example code, typically
> > > found in Docbook's programlisting[1] element. I've never seen this in
> > > Docbook, only in web forums and such. Have anyone any experience with
> > > this, or is aware of existing solutions?
> > >      
> > I've implemented something similar as XSLT extension function. The
> > extension function takes two string parameters (the first parameter
> > contains the plain code fragment, the second parameter defines its
> > language) and returns an interim node-set representing the tokenized
> > program. In a second step, the returned node-set can be processed
> > further, e.g. transformed into formatted output.
> >
> > My implementation is written for SAXON 6.5 and makes use of the free
> > jEdit Syntax Package [1] which performs the actual tokenization. The
> > implementation is just a few lines of Java code. I think a similar
> > extension for other (Java-based) XSLT processors or syntax highlighting
> > packages would be straight-forward. If you (or anyone else) is
> > interested in it, I can publish the source.
> >    
>
> That would likely be useful, perhaps you can attach it to a mail in this 
> thread? 
>
> In order to avoid future confusion, you could put a license header of your 
> choice in every file.
>  
I've put it here: http://www.oliverh.com/saxon-tokenizer.zip

Regards,
Oliver