BB Code Enhancements - Better code syntax highlighting

This Modification is meant more as an example than an actual modification, but will work fine as is.

vBulletin by default has three "code" BB Codes.

The [CODE] tag simply gives us monospaced text.

The [HTML] and [PHP] tags give us some highlighted code that's highlighted pretty much how our webserver software decides how to highlight it. For "serious" coding, that's often insufficient.

GeSHi provides much more accurate highlighting and in a vast number of different languages. It's relatively simple to add these languages to your own BB Codes for highlighting, too.

Attached is the latest version of the GeSHi files, 1.0.8.10. You may go to their website at any time and download newer releases, though the latest was released well over a year ago. (I had to repackage it as a ZIP file, because vB.org doesn't accept tar.gz files.)

Download and extract this file. Upload the geshi.php file and the geshi folder to your FORUMROOT/includes folder.

Download the XML product file and Import it as you would a regular Product through your Admin Control Panel. It will install a plugin that contains BB Code functions for the following languages:

• PHP (as [PHPS])
• JavaScript (as [JSS])
• CSS (as [CSSS])
• SQL (as [SQLS])
• C++ (as [CPPS])
• HTML (as [HTMLS])
• Java (as [JAVAS])
• Tcl (as [TCLS])
• BASH (as [BASHS])

(If you're wondering, the "S" stands for "Source".)

By looking through those examples, you can see how to easily add other languages GeSHi handles as well (Lua for some of you game programmers, for example).



This has really helped me communicate code stuff withmy Admins for our forum a lot better than the default vBulletin stuff, and it's nice to have for the coders at my forum as well.



Updated (25.JUL.12) [0.02a]
Included install and uninstall scripts that INSERT or DELETE the above BB Codes to/from your database. WARNING! If you have a BB Code named the same as one of the above that you do NOT want deleted, this product will delete that BB Code from the database if you use the Uninstall script. Just wanted to make that clear.

Updated (01.AUG.12) [0.03a]
Product was previously Disabled by default AND (even after enabling product) the Plugin was disabled. Both are now enabled by default.

Updated (01.AUG.12) [0.04a]
Fixed an error from 0.03a that gave SQL errors when trying to update the product. >_>

[SpikedRocker]

Originally Posted by Sarteck

The product was previously disabled by default, and even after enabling the Product, the Plugin was disabled by default.

Both are now enabled by default in v0.03a, so you can download and over-write to fix, or you can simply enable both the Product and then Plugin.

My bad, oops. ^^;

I have this issue using .04

Anyone know how to fix this?

[TheSupportForum]

this does nto work for 4.2.0

each time an post is edited the BBCode is removed

[khronos_group]

I've successfully installed your product and have successfully added GLSL! Yay! Thank you.

I have one issue though: We use the fancy editor in vBulletin, and once we add the tags--for any code block-- and preview or save the post, the tags are removed and the code is saved as converted already into its fancy format. If we come back to edit the code, and save, our code is all smushed up onto one line.

Is there a way to have the tags remain in our posts and not get converted, much like how the normal BB Code tags work?

Thank you.

Screen shot of issue for clarity

[Cadellin]

Originally Posted by simonhind

each time an post is edited the BBCode is removed

Similar issue here. When editing the BBcode is removed and replaced with HTML which isn't repostable.

[Widey]

Did anybody get this working in 4.2 in the end or is it still removing the BBCode when a post is edited?

[karel1985]

is this working on 4.2.1 ?

[conchemimare]

I got it to work on vb 4.2.1

No problems so far.

[Madej]

And anyone know how to hide the contents of the code in the post for guest?

[Raptor]

Originally Posted by Widey

Did anybody get this working in 4.2 in the end or is it still removing the BBCode when a post is edited?

It still removes the codebox when the post is edited

until thats fixed its pretty useless for me unfortunatley

[Raptor]

Originally Posted by SolidSnakeLive

Can you make this script looks like this codebox

http://forum.mtasa.com/viewtopic.php...=47798#p473505

appears as code with using lua highlight support & ofcource with rows id

i'd love this - cant find the mod anywhere though