Title: Syntax Highlighter MT
Author: iamthechad
Published: <strong>October 22, 2009</strong>
Last modified: August 18, 2015

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# Syntax Highlighter MT

 By [iamthechad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iamthechad/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/syntax-highlighter-mt.2.2.5.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-mt/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-mt/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/syntax-highlighter-mt/)

## Description

This plugin works like many of the others that enable the use of the Syntax Highlighter
tool. Dynamic plugin loading
 is now available as part of the Syntax Highlighter
tool, making brush configuration obsolete.

Available brushes are:
 applescript actionscript3 as3 bash shell coldfusion cf cpp
c c# c-sharp csharp css delphi pascal diff patch pas erl erlang groovy hive java
jfx javafx js jscript javascript objc obj-c perl pl php pig text plain py python
ruby rails ror rb sass scss scala sql vb vbnet xml xhtml xslt html

### Changing display themes

The display theme can be changed by navigating to `Settings` -> `Syntax Highlighter
MT`. The themes available are:

 * Default
 * Django
 * Eclipse
 * Emacs
 * FadeToGrey
 * MDUltra
 * Midnight
 * RDark

### Advanced Usage

#### Changing the appearance of code

There are many options that can be applied inline to control how your formatted 
code is displayed. These are appended to the class definition after the brush declaration.

#### auto-links

_Enabled_ by default. Disabling this turns off link detection in the highlighted
section, making URLs non-clickable.

    ```
    <pre class="brush: java; auto-links: false">
    String link = "http://www.megatome.com";
    </pre>
    ```

#### class-name

Use this to specify one or more classes that should be applied to the generated 
highlight element.

#### collapse

_False_ by default. Forces the highlighted code to be collapsed by default.

#### first-line

1 by default. Change the starting line number for a section of highlighted code.

    ```
    <pre class="brush: java; first-line: 20">
    String link = "http://www.megatome.com";
    </pre>
    ```

#### gutter

_Enabled_ by default. Turn the line numbers on and off.

    ```
    <pre class="brush: java; gutter: false">
    String link = "http://www.megatome.com";
    </pre>
    ```

#### highlight

Specify one or more lines to be highlighted.

    ```
    <pre class="brush: java; highlight: [1, 3]">
    String link = "http://www.megatome.com";
    System.out.println("Hello World");
    System.out.println("Goodbye World");
    </pre>
    ```

#### toolbar

_Enabled_ by default. Toggle the toolbar.

    ```
    <pre class="brush: java; toolbar: false">
    String link = "http://www.megatome.com";
    </pre>
    ```

#### title

Allows a title to be set for a block of code. This is not in the class, but in the`
<pre/>` or `<script/>` tags.

    ```
    <pre class="brush: java" title="Here is some Java">
    String link = "http://www.megatome.com";
    </pre>
    ```

Take a look at [http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter](http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter)
for the documentation on using the Syntax Highlighter tool.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Styled Groovy code.
 * [[
 * Styled Groovy code using the Django theme.
 * [[
 * Styled Groovy code using the FadeToGrey theme.

## Installation

 1. Unzip the `syntax-highlighter-mt` directory and upload it to `/wp-content/plugins/`
    directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

  Highlighting code

The basic usage is: `<pre class="brush:brush_name">...code...</pre>` where `brush_name`
is one of the available brushes.

  Why does my content containing “<” and “>” get messed up?

This is an issue with using the `<pre />` tags. Replace the `<` characters with 
their entity escape of `&lt;` to get the desired result.
 See http://alexgorbatchev.
com/SyntaxHighlighter/manual/installation.html for more discussion. (Note that this
issue only happens if you are using the `<pre />` tags to surround the highlighted
code.)

  I get an error saying “Can’t find brush for: xxx”

The most likely issue is that the specified brush is not available as part of the
plugin install.

  Why “Syntax Highlighter MT”?

There are several plugins already that are named Syntax Highlighter, or some variant.
I added “MT” (for Megatome Technologies – my company) to the name to make it unique.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Syntax Highlighter MT” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ iamthechad ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iamthechad/)

[Translate “Syntax Highlighter MT” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/syntax-highlighter-mt)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/syntax-highlighter-mt/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/syntax-highlighter-mt/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/syntax-highlighter-mt/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/syntax-highlighter-mt/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2.5

 * Verified to work with WordPress 4.1.

#### 2.2.4

 * Verified to work with WordPress 3.9.
 * Updated docs to describe changing themes. ([GitHub Issue #2](https://github.com/iamthechad/syntaxhighlightermt/issues/2))
 * Properly serve assets over HTTPS as well as HTTP. ([GitHub Issue #1](https://github.com/iamthechad/syntaxhighlightermt/issues/1))

#### 2.2.3

 * Verified to work with WordPress 3.8.
 * Updated docs to include advanced usage.

#### 2.2.2

 * Added brushes for Pig and Hive QL.

#### 2.2.1

 * No functional changes. Just updating the compatible WP version numbers to be 
   the most recent.

#### 2.2

 * Added Objective C brush.

#### 2.1

 * Added ability to select coloration theme. This is a global setting.

#### 2.0.1

 * No functional changes. Just updating the compatible WP version numbers to be 
   the most recent.

#### 2.0

 * Incorporate Syntax Highlighter 3.0.83
 * Remove option page for enabled brushes since the Syntax Highlighter tool now 
   uses dynamic loading

#### 1.0

 * Initial Version

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2.5**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.3.0**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-mt/)
 * Tags
 * [code](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code/)[Code Highlight](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/code-highlight/)
   [Highlight](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/highlight/)[syntax](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/syntax/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/syntax-highlighter-mt/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ iamthechad ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/iamthechad/)

## Support

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