cpp.highlight.0: Highlighting C++ Code for Web Pages with Highlight

In this tutorial, we'll use syntax highlighting to make C++ source code more presentable on a web page. We'll use the Free Software program Highlight to perform the syntax highlighting.

Learning Objectives:

• Define syntax highlighting.
• Define secondary notation.
• Explain exactly what Highlight is.
• Explain which operating systems Highlight is available for.
• Explain why one would want to highlight C++ code on a web page.
• Walk through an example of highlighting C++ code with Highlight, and pasting it on a web page.

The LibreOffice Impress-generated HTML slideshow for this lecture is here:
http://djere.com/lectures/node20lecture/Node20.highlighting_cpp_code_wit...

sortProject Source Code Without Syntax Highlighting:

// sortProject.cpp for Highlight Demo
#include
#include
#include
using namespace std;

int main ()
{
string originalString ("1. Charlie Parker");

struct T{
int index;
string fullName;
string fullNameCopy1;
string fullNameCopy2;
string firstName;
string lastName;
};

int a[10];
T saxophonist;

size_t period; // period = the position of the first period in the string
size_t whiteSpace;

period = originalString.find('.',0);
for(int i = 0; i originalString.erase (originalString.begin());}
saxophonist.fullName = originalString;
saxophonist.fullNameCopy1 = saxophonist.fullName;
saxophonist.fullNameCopy2 = saxophonist.fullName;

whiteSpace = saxophonist.fullNameCopy1.find(' ',0);

for(int j = 0; j {
saxophonist.fullNameCopy1.erase (saxophonist.fullNameCopy1.begin());
}

saxophonist.lastName = saxophonist.fullNameCopy1;

int firstNameSize = saxophonist.fullName.size() - saxophonist.lastName.size();

saxophonist.fullNameCopy2.erase (firstNameSize, saxophonist.lastName.size());

//lastName = fullNameCopy;
saxophonist.firstName = saxophonist.fullNameCopy2;

cout cout cout

return 0;
}

sortProject Source Code With Syntax Highlighting:

// sortProject.cpp for Highlight Demo

#include <iostream>

#include <string>

#include <vector>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
   string originalString ("1. Charlie Parker");

struct T{
  int index;
  string fullName;
  string fullNameCopy1;
  string fullNameCopy2;
  string firstName;
  string lastName;
};

 int a[10];
 T saxophonist;



 size_t period; // period = the position of the first period in the string

 size_t whiteSpace;

period = originalString.find('.',0);
for(int i = 0; i < period+2;i++){
  originalString.erase (originalString.begin());}
  saxophonist.fullName = originalString;
  saxophonist.fullNameCopy1 = saxophonist.fullName;
  saxophonist.fullNameCopy2 = saxophonist.fullName;

  whiteSpace = saxophonist.fullNameCopy1.find(' ',0);

 for(int j = 0; j < whiteSpace+1;j++)
 {
   saxophonist.fullNameCopy1.erase (saxophonist.fullNameCopy1.begin());
 }

saxophonist.lastName = saxophonist.fullNameCopy1;



int firstNameSize = saxophonist.fullName.size() - saxophonist.lastName.size();


  saxophonist.fullNameCopy2.erase (firstNameSize, saxophonist.lastName.size());

  //lastName = fullNameCopy;

  saxophonist.firstName = saxophonist.fullNameCopy2;


  cout << saxophonist.fullName << endl;
  cout << saxophonist.lastName << endl;
  cout << saxophonist.firstName << endl;


  return 0;
}