Extension:SyntaxHighlight

SyntaxHighlight
Version	2.0
Author(s)	Brion Vibber, Tim Starling, Rob Church, Niklas Laxström, Ori Livneh and Ed Sanders
Extension link	MediaWiki.org
Description
Provides syntax highlighting <syntaxhighlight> using Pygments - Python syntax highlighter

SyntaxHighlight, formerly known as SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi, is an extension that adds syntax highlighting based on the Pygments syntax highlighting library.

Usage

<syntaxhighlight>
code here
</syntaxhighlight>

Parameters

lang= 

The code's language to determine the highlighting algorithm. For a full list of supported languages, see the Pygments documentation.

line 

Enables line numbers.

start= 

Starting number for the line numbers, if line is enabled.

highlight= 

Comma-separated list of lines to add background highlighting.

inline 

Display the code block inline with surrounding text.

class= 

Adds CSS classes to the code block to allow for additional styling.

style= 

Adds inline CSS styles to the code block.

Examples

lang

<syntaxhighlight lang="css">

Result:

div.skill-table {
    margin: 2.1rem;
    border-collapse:collapse;
}

line

<syntaxhighlight lang="css" line>

Result:

1 div.skill-table {
2     margin: 2.1rem;
3     border-collapse:collapse;
4 }

start

<syntaxhighlight lang="css" line start=5>

Result:

5 div.skill-table {
6     margin: 2.1rem;
7     border-collapse:collapse;
8 }

highlight

<syntaxhighlight lang="css" highlight="1,4">

Result:

div.skill-table {
    margin: 2.1rem;
    border-collapse:collapse;
}

inline

<syntaxhighlight lang="css" inline>

Result: div.skill-table { margin: 2.1rem; border-collapse:collapse; }

See also

• Styling tips
• Extension page on MediaWiki