rails-highlightjs: easy syntax highlighting in Rails

highlightjs-rails was created to offer an up-to-date gemified version of the popular syntax-highlighting library highlight.js.

Add this line to your RoR application's Gemfile:

gem 'rails-highlightjs'

And then execute:

$ bundle update

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install rails-highlightjs

Then add the following line to your application.js file

//= require highlight_pack

Add to your application.scss file your favorite theme:

import solarized-dark;

Or to your application.css file, like:

/*
 *= require solarized-dark;
 */

The simplest usage after appropriately requiring the gemified assets, is to add the following line to any view (or layout) in which you desire syntax highlighting

<script>hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();</script>

Currently rails-highlightjs comes with support for the "common" set of languages as defined by highlight.js, as well as Handlebars, ERB and YAML, since these are commonly encountered by Rails developers and/or Rubyists.

Future releases will offer different javascript packs depending on the desired set of supported lanuages.

Any of the following CSS themes for syntax highlighting can be used:

• agate
• androidstudio
• arduino-light
• arta
• ascetic
• atelier-cave-dark
• atelier-cave-light
• atelier-dune-dark
• atelier-dune-light
• atelier-estuary-dark
• atelier-estuary-light
• atelier-forest-dark
• atelier-forest-light
• atelier-heath-dark
• atelier-heath-light
• atelier-lakeside-dark
• atelier-lakeside-light
• atelier-plateau-dark
• atelier-plateau-light
• atelier-savanna-dark
• atelier-savanna-light
• atelier-seaside-dark
• atelier-seaside-light
• atelier-sulphurpool-dark
• atelier-sulphurpool-light
• brown-paper
• codepen-embed
• color-brewer
• dark
• darkula
• default
• docco
• far
• foundation
• github
• github-gist
• googlecode
• grayscale
• hopscotch
• hybrid
• idea
• ir-black
• kimbie.dark
• kimbie.light
• magula
• mono-blue
• monokai
• monokai-sublime
• obsidian
• paraiso-dark
• paraiso-light
• pojoaque
• railscasts
• rainbow
• school-book
• solarized-dark
• solarized-light
• sunburst
• tomorrow
• tomorrow-night
• tomorrow-night-blue
• tomorrow-night-bright
• tomorrow-night-eighties
• vs
• xcode
• zenburn

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/davidreghay/rails-highlightjs.git

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.