On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 12:16:14AM +, Carlos Maniero wrote:
> > I agree, it would be better to use HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX. If the value is
> > not a known value, then the command would be called. I prefer a called
> > with fixed informations rather than %X arguments replacement. That
> > means tha
> I agree, it would be better to use HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX. If the value is
> not a known value, then the command would be called. I prefer a called
> with fixed informations rather than %X arguments replacement. That
> means that users would have to use wrappers to translate the arguments
> to a com
On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 04:42:24PM +, Carlos Maniero wrote:
> There is another point that is good to mention: If *HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX*
> is set to anything other than "highlight" or "pygments" it defaults to
> *source-highlight*. So, if the user set "./myscript.pl" as
> *HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX* without
On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 08:05:46AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> Thanks, but I don't think I understand why you need a new variable.
> Just teach texi2any that some specially-formatted value of
> HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX means to use whatever program is specified by the
> value. For example, if the value
> +++ b/tp/ext/highlight_syntax_cmd.pm
>
>
> @@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
> We could also have placeholders for
> command-line arguments, e.g. "(SOMETHING %i %o)" means invoke
> SOMETHING with a single command-line argument where %i is substituted
> by the name of a file with the code to be highlighted ("input") and %o
> with the name of the file to write the results ("o
> Cc:
> From: "Carlos Maniero"
> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 16:42:24 + (UTC)
>
> > We could also have placeholders for
> > command-line arguments, e.g. "(SOMETHING %i %o)" means invoke
> > SOMETHING with a single command-line argument where %i is substituted
> > by the name of a file with the co
> From: Carlos Maniero
> Cc: Carlos Maniero
> Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:41:33 + (UTC)
>
> The HIGHLIGHT_SYNTAX is great and is suitable for most of the cases.
> However, since it works with a predefined set of supported programs it
> limits the user's options and requires the text2any to gro
