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What's wrong with pygments? I've been using it to get highlighted code as latex, html, whatever, since forever. I'm all for reinventing deficient wheels, but is

What's wrong with pygments? I've been using it to get highlighted code as latex, html, whatever, since forever. I'm all for reinventing deficient wheels, but is there anything wrong with this? pygmentize -f png -l python -o test.png test.py Spinning up a browser for it seems like an odd choice. At least the author acknowledges that.

sago 9y ago
100% agreed. Just fwiw, apparently (i.e., I discovered in the last 10 mins) pygmentize detects file extensions, so $ pygmentize -o test.png test.py is equivalent.
iandanforth 9y ago
The interesting bit here would be to tie pygmentize into git. I want to be able to generate all the code samples for a deck in one go even as I make changes to the underlying files. At some point this breaks down but managing line numbers for simple changes shouldn't be required.
- carlmr 9y ago
  Couldn't you just write a script that does the pygmentize, and alias a git command to it?
mplewis 9y ago
Hey, thanks for the suggestion. I've used Pygments in the past and didn't even think to check if it had a PNG output mode. Here's an example of Pygments C++ output: http://imgur.com/a/7TbMb http://imgur.com/a/7TbMb And the same file through Prism.js + Puppeteer: https://github.com/mplewis/src2png/blob/master/docs/arduino.cpp.png https://github.com/mplewis/src2png/blob/master/docs/arduino.... Pygments does a great job of generating detailed PNGs. The default settings aren't quite what I'm looking for, but they look like they could be tweaked to increase the resolution and change the color scheme. I'm embedding my examples in a Keynote deck, so I'm picky about font family, size, resolution, etc. I bet I could get similar results by writing a custom script for Pygments. Thanks for sharing!
- adambrenecki 9y ago
  If you're copying code into a Keynote presentation, you can use Pygments' RTF output mode, copy it to the clipboard, and just paste it into a text box in Keynote. That way, because it's actual text, it's smooth regardless of output resolution. Here's an example I just pulled from my shell history: pygmentize -f rtf -O "fontface=Fira Code,fontsize=26" -l prolog familyinteract.pl | pbcopy (That was for pasting code into Pages; for Keynote you'll probably want a bigger font size.)
- jackblack8989 9y ago
  So it's not a "slide" deck, it's a keynote deck? Ok Mr "Hacker". I get the entire point of your useless project now. lol
ssalazar 9y ago
When the only tool you have is a hammer...

sago 9y ago

100% agreed. Just fwiw, apparently (i.e., I discovered in the last 10 mins) pygmentize detects file extensions, so $ pygmentize -o test.png test.py is equivalent.

iandanforth 9y ago

The interesting bit here would be to tie pygmentize into git. I want to be able to generate all the code samples for a deck in one go even as I make changes to the underlying files. At some point this breaks down but managing line numbers for simple changes shouldn't be required.

carlmr 9y ago
Couldn't you just write a script that does the pygmentize, and alias a git command to it?

mplewis 9y ago

Hey, thanks for the suggestion. I've used Pygments in the past and didn't even think to check if it had a PNG output mode. Here's an example of Pygments C++ output: http://imgur.com/a/7TbMb http://imgur.com/a/7TbMb And the same file through Prism.js + Puppeteer: https://github.com/mplewis/src2png/blob/master/docs/arduino.cpp.png https://github.com/mplewis/src2png/blob/master/docs/arduino.... Pygments does a great job of generating detailed PNGs. The default settings aren't quite what I'm looking for, but they look like they could be tweaked to increase the resolution and change the color scheme. I'm embedding my examples in a Keynote deck, so I'm picky about font family, size, resolution, etc. I bet I could get similar results by writing a custom script for Pygments. Thanks for sharing!

adambrenecki 9y ago
If you're copying code into a Keynote presentation, you can use Pygments' RTF output mode, copy it to the clipboard, and just paste it into a text box in Keynote. That way, because it's actual text, it's smooth regardless of output resolution. Here's an example I just pulled from my shell history: pygmentize -f rtf -O "fontface=Fira Code,fontsize=26" -l prolog familyinteract.pl | pbcopy (That was for pasting code into Pages; for Keynote you'll probably want a bigger font size.)
jackblack8989 9y ago
So it's not a "slide" deck, it's a keynote deck? Ok Mr "Hacker". I get the entire point of your useless project now. lol

ssalazar 9y ago

When the only tool you have is a hammer...