Highlight 3.7

4.7 out of 5 stars 4.7 (73 votes)

(January 5, 2012)

Mac, Unix, Windows (All) / Open Source / 9,628 downloads

Highlight is a universal source code converter which transforms code to HTML, XHTML, RTF, LaTeX, TEX, SVG and BBCode files with syntax highlighting. (X)HTML and SVG output is formatted by CSS. It supports customizable color theme and language descriptions with regular expressions. The configuration files are Lua scripts with plug-in support. The tool contains several options to provide a consistent formatting of the output code.

  • Publisher

    André Simon

  • Homepage

    Highlight

  • Uninstaller

    Yes

  • Latest Changes

    - Added support for Biferno

    - Added support for RPL

    - Added support for Ceylon

    - Fixed Ruby definition

    - HTML font string may contain a list of fonts, which is not enclosed in quotes

    - GUI: added --portable command line option to save config files in the current working directory instead of the user directory

Reviews of Highlight

  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    spiked

    Reviewing 2.6.10 (May 12, 2008)

    Not just Freeware but Open Source (and the source is even included in the regular Win32 setup). Supports lots of non-Win platforms including Mac OS X, and plug-ins are available to integrate with Total Commander and Notepad++.

  2. 4 out of 5 stars
    Nighted

    Reviewing 2.6.10 (May 9, 2008)

    Very simple, easy to use, and tons of templates.

    I tried INI files and had to convert from unicode to ansi to get it to work properly. I shouldn't have to do this manually! ;)

    I'll stick with Kudaz which is a bit complicated at first but is far more powerful.

  3. 4 out of 5 stars
    AceroSBU

    Reviewing 2.3-4 Beta (Jun 22, 2005)

    Would you care to share what modification you made to output code trees? I would love to know and I'm sure many other people would.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    hhravn

    Reviewing 2.3-4 Beta (Jun 22, 2005)

    This does exactly what it says, and its exactly what i was looking for (last week sadly). I use it for C++ code and the formatting looks good. Perhaps a few less styles to choose from :o) It's a keeper!

  5. 4 out of 5 stars
    PKKid

    Reviewing 2.2-9 (Feb 28, 2005)

    I tried this on a bunch of different languages and it worked great. Creating a Style Sheet looks like a pain in the butt, and the GUI is not quite that intuitive. The program does what it says. I see alot of potential to what this program can do... possibly auto create API Modules? ;)

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