cpp.highlight.0: Highlighting C++ Code For Web Pages With Highlight (Node 20)

  • 12 years ago
In this tutorial, we'll use syntax highlighting to make C++ source code more presentable on a web page. We'll use the Free Software program Highlight to perform the syntax highlighting.

You can view this tutorial in its original context here:
http://djere.com/node/20
The LibreOffice Impress-generated presentation for this lecture is here:
http://djere.com/lectures/node20lecture/Node20.highlighting_cpp_code_with_highlight.html

In this video tutorial, I present the powerful syntax higlighting tool, Highlight. I demonstrate how I use Highlight on my Fedora GNU/Linux system to make beautifully formatted C++ code for display in tutorials on my website.

Learning Objectives:
-Define syntax highlighting.
-Define secondary notation.
-Explain exactly what Highlight is.
-Explain which operating systems Highlight is available for.
-Explain why one would want to highlight C++ code on a web page.
-Walk through an example of highlighting C++ code with Highlight, and pasting it on a web page.