syntaxhighlighter

GitHub describes it as SyntaxHighlighter is a fully functional self-contained code syntax highlighter developed in JavaScript.. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the MIT license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

GitHub describes it as SyntaxHighlighter is a fully functional self-contained code syntax highlighter developed in JavaScript.. The repository metadata lists JavaScript as its primary language. The metadata lists the MIT license. The README describes the project this way: SyntaxHighlighter is THE client side highlighter for the web and web-apps! It's been around since 2004 and it's used virtually everywhere to seamlessly highlight code for presentation purposes.

The README section "SyntaxHighlighter v4" states: The history of this project predates majority of the common web technologies and it has been a challenge to dedicate time and effort to keep it up to date. Everything used to be in one file and assign window variables... Horrors!

The README section "SyntaxHighlighter v4" states: SyntaxHighlighter is currently used and has been used in the past by Microsoft, Apache, Mozilla, Yahoo, Wordpress, Bug Labs, Freshbooks and many other companies and blogs.

The README section "FAQ" states: v4 is fully compatible with old brushes and themes, see [Building] instructions. The ? was completely removed for cleaner, more seamless experience. You still have to HTML escape tags.

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

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