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Ask HN: Any Pygments (code syntax highlighter) alternatives?

1 points by rampatra 7y ago

I want a Java library that will do code syntax highlighting just like Pygments does. I am not using Pygments because it's written in Python and I want a Java library. I know that Pygment can be used in Java (with the help of Jython) but still curious to know whether there are any alternatives.

verdverm 7y ago
Where do you want syntax highlighting to be visible?
- rampatra 7y ago
  On the UI, of course. Do you mean to say that I can use some js libraries and do the highlighting on the client-side?
  - verdverm 7y ago
    Yea, highlight.js is awesome and it's pretty easy to add new languages. Your code still looks like code, highlight handles breaking it down into html
    - rampatra 7y ago
      Yes, if I don't get any good options in Java then I would go with either codemirror (used in the dev console in many browsers) or highlight.js