Name

Synopsis

Description

Highlight the syntax of a source file (e.g. Java) into a specific format (e.g. HTML)

-h, --help

Print help and exit

-V, --version

Print version and exit

-i, --input=filename

input file. default std input

-o, --output=filename

output file. default std output. If STDOUT is specified, the output is directed to standard output

-s, --src-lang=STRING

source language (use --lang-list to get the complete list). If not specified, the source language will be guessed from the file extension.

--lang-list

list all the supported language and associated language definition file

--outlang-list

list all the supported output language and associated language definition file

-f, --out-format=STRING

output format (use --outlang-list to get the complete list) (default=‘html’)

-v, --verbose

verbose mode on

-d, --doc

create an output file that can be used as a stand alone document (e.g., not to be included in another one)

--no-doc

cancel the --doc option even if it is implied (e.g., when css is given)

-c, --css=filename

the external style sheet filename. Implies --doc

-T, --title=STRING

give a title to the output document. Implies --doc

-t, --tab=INT

specify tab length. (default=‘8’)

-H, --header=filename

file to insert as header

-F, --footer=filename

file to insert as footer

--style-file=filename

specify the file containing format options (default=‘default.style’)

-n, --line-number

number all output lines

--line-number-ref[=prefix]

number all output lines and generate an anchor,

made of the specified prefix + the line

number (default=‘line’)

--output-dir=path

output directory

--gen-version

put source-highlight version in the generated file (default=on)

--lang-def=filename

language definition file

--lang-map=filename

language map file (default=‘lang.map’)

--outlang-def=filename

output language definition file

--outlang-map=filename

output language map file (default=‘outlang.map’)

--data-dir=path

directory where language definition files and language maps are searched for. If not specified these files are searched for in the current directory and in the data dir installation directory

--check-lang=filename

only check the correctness of a language definition file

--check-outlang=filename

only check the correctness of an output language definition file

--failsafe

if no language definition is found for the input, it is simply copied to the output

--debug-langdef

debug a language definition

Maintained by Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@gnu.org>

Reporting Bugs

Copyright

See Also

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