Syntax Highlighter for Java

Question

As you know there is a Syntax highlighter for PHP called GeSHi which supports a great number of Programming Languages or Code formats.

However, I couldn\'t find such

Answer 1

jedit is a text editor with syntax highlighting support for some 170+ languages via "modes". It also allows you to specify your own syntaxes. You can use the StandaloneTextArea component in your own application as follows:

• Extract source (eg: jedit4.3source.tar.bz2 to d:\source\jedit)

• Use ant to copy all the textarea files to ..\textarea eg:

  D:\Source\jedit\jEdit> ant prepare-textArea

• However, it misses the file BufferUndoListener.java. Copy this manually by executing

  D:\Source\jedit\jEdit> copy org\gjt\sp\jedit\buffer\BufferUndoListener.java ..\textarea\src\org\gjt\sp\jedit\buffer\

• In Eclipse create a Java Project from existing source in the directory D:\Source\jedit\textarea

• Navigate to org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea.StandaloneTextArea.java
• Change the line

mode.setProperty("file","modes/xml.xml");

to

mode.setProperty("file","src/modes/xml.xml");

• Run. Copy and paste an XML into the editor and see the syntax highlighting is working.