[[template id=plugin name=syntax author="[[VictorMoral]]"]]
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[[meta title="syntax (third-party plugin)"]]
`syntax` is a plugin that add support to ikiwiki for syntax highlighting through the *vim* editor and its perl interface [[cpan Text::VimColor]], so it depends on a vim functional installation.
The plugin inserts a fragment of HTML with special marks from a file or a string text. It accepts the following parameters:
* **type** (optional): this is the file type for vim syntax highlighthing. It can be omitted if the param *file* exists.
* **file**: Path to the source file. It must exist on every rebuild of the wiki.
* **text**: Text string with the source.
* **description** (optional): little description about the content.
The params *file* and *text* are mutually exclusive.
Example:
\[[syntax type="perl" text="""
#!/usr/bin/perl
my $a = "World";
print "Hello, ${a}\n";
"""]]
or
\[[syntax file="hello.pl" description="My first perl program"]]
It can be downloaded from [here](http://taquiones.net/files/misc/Ikiwiki-plugin-syntax-0.5.tar.gz) or through my personal debian repository at .
Any help, comments or critics are welcome at .