Source Code Highlighter

I’ve run a source code highlighter on this site for a while now (see announcement from last year). Over the past couple of days I cleaned it up and rolled it into a library, which now also powers a sparkling new online source code viewer.

I’m going to use the source code viewer to post samples (which I normally make available for download, too). For example, see the C# code behind the Markdown and SmartyPants converter.

The highlighter library now supports line numbering too, but I’ll disable it in the source code viewer in case you, guys, need to copy and paste code.

I’m going to test the highlighter library some more and then make it available for download. As a reminder, the following syntax is supported:

• C#.NET
• VB.NET
• T-SQL
• ASPX
• XML/XHTML
• CSS

Once the library “hits the streets” y’all can extend it and add more languages to it. I’ll be happy to integrate them and give you all the credit you deserve.

I still claim my code highlighter produces the smallest footprint and generates valid XHTML code. :)