[Catalog-sig] Syntax highlighting for code examples on PyPI

[Georg Brandl]

Am 15.10.2010 12:40, schrieb Michael Foord:
> Hello guys,
> 
> Can I make a feature request for PyPI. Please allow syntax highlighting for code
> examples using pygments and the rest code-block directive.
> 
> Pygments includes a rest directive:
> 
>     http://pygments.org/docs/rstdirective/
> 
> It would require the addition of pygments css (not big) to the pages.

Rather than requiring a custom directive (which most people won't know about,
and probably don't want to have in their "pure" reST), I'd suggest the strategy
that Sphinx follows: for any code block, if it parses as Python, highlight it
as Python.  If it is a doctest block, highlight it as such.  Otherwise, don't
highlight it.  Since most code blocks are expected to be Python, I think that
should be sufficient.

Georg

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