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NAME

       code2html - Converts a program source code to HTML

SYNOPSIS

       (1) code2html [options] [input-file [output-file]]

       (2) code2html -p [file [alternate-outfile]]

       (3) code2html (as a CGI script; see the section on CGI)

DESCRIPTION

       code2html  is  a  perl  script  which converts a program source code to syntax highlighted
       HTML, or any other format for wich rules are defined.

   (1) OPTIONS
       input-file
               Is the file which contains the program  source  code  to  be  formatted.   If  not
               specified or a minus (-) is given, the code will be read from STDIN.

       output-file
               Is  the  file  to write the formatted code to.  If not specified or a minus (-) is
               given, the code will be written to STDOUT.

       -l, --language-mode
               Specify the set of regular expressions to use.  These have  to  be  defined  in  a
               language  file  (see  FILES below).  To find out which language modes are defined,
               issue a code2html --modes.

               This input is treated case-insensitive.

               If not given, some heuristics will be used to determine the file language.

       -v, --verbose
               Prints progress information to STDERR.

       -n, --linenumbers
               Print out the source code with line numbers.

       -N, --linknumbers
               Print out the source code  with  line  numbers.   The  linenumbers  will  link  to
               themselves, which makes it easy to send links to lines.

       -P, --prefix
               Optional prefix to use for line number anchors.

       -t, --replace-tabs[=TABSTOP-WIDTH]
               Replace each occurence of a <TAB> character with the right amount of spaces to get
               to the next tabstop.  Default is a tabstop width of 8 characters.

       -L, --language-file=LANGUAGE-FILE
               Specify an alternate file to take the language and output-format definitions  from
               (see the section on FILES below).

       -m, --modes
               Print  all  language modes and output-formats currently defined to STDOUT and exit
               succesfully. Also prints modes from a LANGUAGE-FILE given  by  --language-file  if
               applicable.

       --fallback=LANG
               If  the  language  mode  given  with --language-mode cannot be found then use this
               mode.

               --fallback plain for instance is usefull when code2html is called from a script to
               ensure output is created.

       -h, --help
               Print a short help and exit succesfully.

       -V, --version
               Print the program version and exit succesfully.

       -c, --content-type
               Prints  ”Content-Type:  text/html\n\n“ (or whatever the output-format defines as a
               content-type) prior to the rest of the output.  Usefull if the script is ivoked as
               a cgi script.

       -o, --output-format
               Selects  the  output-format. html is the default.  To find out which outputformats
               are defined, issue a code2html --modes.

       -H, --no-header
               do not make use of the template defined by the output-format.  For HTML this means
               that there will be no <html>, <head>, and no <typical for patch and CGI modes,pre>
               tags.

       --template=FILE
               overrides the default template for the given output  format.   If  --no-header  is
               given too, this has no meaning, since the template is ignored anyway.

       -T, --title
               Set  the  title  of  the  produced  output  file.  Only works if the template does
               support setting the title.

       -w, --linewidth=LINEWIDTH
               Wrap lines after LINEWIDTH characters. Default is to not wrap lines at all.

       -b, --linebreakprefix=LINEPREFIX
               Use fILINEPREFIX at the start of wrapped lines. Default is "» ".

   (2) HTML patching
       code2html -p [file [alternate-outfile]]

       code2html also allows you to have inline source code in an html file.  It  can  then  take
       this html file and insert the syntax highlighted code.

       If no file is given, code2html reads from STDIN and writes to STDOUT.  If just one file is
       given it replaces this file with the output.  If two files are provided, the first one  is
       read from and the second one written to.

       To use this feature, just insert a like like this into your html file:

              <!-- code2html add [options] <file> -->

       the syntax highlighted file will be inserted at this position enclosed in <pre> tags.

       All  options  that can be given on the command line like --linenumbers etc. work.  --help,
       --version, etc. work too however it is  not  very  intelligent  to  use  them  :).   Using
       --output-format  to  choose  a non-HTML outputformat is not adviseable.  --content-type is
       ignored.

       You may also write the program's source code directly in the html file with the  following
       syntax:

              <!-- code2html add [options]

              <your program source code here>

              -->

       It  is  usually  a  good  idea  to at least give the --language-mode option to specify the
       language.

   (3) CGI
       If the the script is used as a  CGI  script  (GATEWAY_INTERFACE  environment  set  and  no
       command  line  arguments given) code2html reads the arguments either from the query string
       or from SDTIN.  (methods POST and GET).

       --content-type is switched on automatically and the output always goes to STDOUT.

       The following parameters/options are accepted:

       language-mode - optional
               `c', `cc', `pas', etc.

               if not given, some heuristics are used to find out the language.

       fallback - optional
               `plain', `c', etc. if language-mode cannot be found, use this one

       input-selector - optional
               either `file', `cgi-input1', `cgi-input2', or `REDIRECT_URL'

               default: file

       filename
               file to read from if input-selector is `file'

       cgi-input1
               The source code to syntax highlight.  For example from  a  <textarea>  or  from  a
               upload.  See input-selector.

       cgi-input2
               The  source  code  to  syntax  highlight.  For example from a <textarea> or from a
               upload.  See input-selector.

       line-numbers - optional
               `yes', `no' or `link'

               default: no

       replace-tabs - optional
               If 0 then tabs are not replaced, else replace each occurence of a <TAB>  character
               with the right amount of spaces to get to the next tabstop.

               default: 0

       title - optional
               Set's the title of the file.

       no-encoding - optional
               By  default  code2html tries to encode the output as either bz2/gz/Z if the client
               supports this (HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING) and the needed program is  available  on  the
               server.   You may need to modify @CGI_ENCODING in the script to match your program
               locations.

               If no-encoding is defined as “true” code2html does not try to encode the output.

       Why two cgi-inputs you may ask: This is to  allow  your  users  to  choose  vie  a  <form>
       interface  whether  they  want  to  insert their file into a <textarea> or user a <browse>
       button to select their file. See the example on my home- page.

       Note that if $FILES_DISALLOWED_IN_CGI is 0 it is possbile for your users to read  all  the
       files  the  httpd  can  read  (if  you don't run a cgi- wrapper or something like this. By
       default this value is set to 1, so file reading via cgi should not  be  allowed.  You  can
       allow it with setting $FILES_DISALLOWED_IN_CGI to 0 at the top of the script.

       The input selector REDIRECT_URL needs a special explaination. The file name is formed from
       the two enviroment variables DOCUMENT_ROOT and REDIRECT_URL.

       If you want apache to automatically call code2html for all program source code  files  you
       may do this by adding these two lines to your srm.conf:

              AddHandler text/x-sourcecode .c .cc .cpp .pas .h .p

              Action text/x-sourcecode /cgi-bin/code2html?input-selector=REDIRECT_URL&foo=

       or  something  similar  to  this. In the AddHandle line you can choose which extensions to
       pass through code2html.

       WARNING: Do not add .pl to this line and name this script “code2html.pl”. This will result
       in a loop.

       Also make sure that you load the Action module (srm.conf).

       Replace /cgi-bin/code2html with the virtual location under which the file can be accessed.
       Note the “foo=” part.  Apache appends the URL of the file to display at  the  end  of  the
       action  part.  We  do  not  need  this  since we use the environment variable REDIRECT_URL
       however we do not want to get the url addes to the input-selector  string.   Therefore  we
       append the “&foo=” part.

       Tnx to Kevin Burton <burton@relativity.yi.org> for the idea.  He also states that

       > It is more powerfull if you use it in an Apache
       > <Directory> tag
       >
       > <Directory /source>
       >
       >  #with your Action tag here... this way you can
       >  #still have regular .java files on your server.
       >
       > </Directory>
       >

EXAMPLE

       assuming code2html is in the current directory, you may type

                             code2html -l perl code2html.pl code2html.html

       to convert the script into a html file.

FILES

       Code2html looks for it's configuration in several places.

       •   the file specified by -L or --language-file if any

       •   the files specified in the evironment variable CODE2HTML_CONFIG, seperated by colons

       •   user's $HOME/.code2html.config/etc/code2html.config

       •   built in default languages

       Entries in a file that is mentioned earlier in this list override rules from later files.

       The file structure must be valid perl code.

       The  global  variables  %LANGUAGE  and  %STYLESHEET are already defined, so you should not
       redeclare them using “my”.

       When you are looking for  a  model  configuration  to  serve  as  a  basis  for  your  own
       configuration  file, it is probably best to start out by checking the built-in definitions
       at the bottom of code2html.

       If your pattern includes back references like a lot patterns do in perl for example,  then
       you  have  to  use \2 instead of \1, \3 instead of \2 and so on.  I really don't like this
       hack but it is a lot faster.

       Example:

                                           <<([^\n]*).*?^\2$

       In this example the perl << stuff is matched, i.e. everything from a << until a line  that
       consists  of  exactly the same string as behind the << was.  The \2 references the matched
       chars in the parentenses.

       If you ever write language specific rule files yourself, I'd be grateful if you could send
       those  to  me, so I could make them available (with full credits of course) on my homepage
       for anyone to grab, whenever some of those files suit someone else's needs.  Before you do
       so  you  might  also  have a look at my site to check wheter someone has already written a
       rule file for your favourite language.

NOTES

       The language recognition mechanism relies on specific patterns within the  file  name  and
       the  content  of the processed file, such as file name extensions and shebangs (#!).  This
       means that if the input is a pipe or a socket, the file name does not  follow  traditional
       naming conventions, or the content of the processed file is incomplete, the input language
       name should be specified using the --language-mode command line parameter.

BUGS

       Please report bugs to code2html@palfrader.org.  This program is still a beta  release,  so
       you should expect to find some.
       Also  have  a  look  at  my  web-site,  perhaps  a  new  version  is  available already at
       http://www.palfrader.org/code2html/.

AUTHOR

       Peter Palfrader, <code2html@palfrader.org> A lot of other people.  See contributers in the
       file itself.

LICENSE

       Copyright (c) 1999, 2000 by Peter Palfrader & others.

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