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108 lines
3.2 KiB
Markdown
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---
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title: Highlight shortcode
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linkTitle: Highlight
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description: Insert syntax-highlighted code into your content using the highlight shortcode.
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categories: []
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keywords: [highlight]
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---
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> [!note]
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> To override Hugo's embedded `highlight` shortcode, copy the [source code] to a file with the same name in the `layouts/shortcodes` directory.
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> [!note]
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> With the Markdown [content format], the `highlight` shortcode is rarely needed because, by default, Hugo automatically applies syntax highlighting to fenced code blocks.
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>
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> The primary use case for the `highlight` shortcode in Markdown is to apply syntax highlighting to inline code snippets.
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The `highlight` shortcode calls the [`transform.Highlight`] function which uses the [Chroma] syntax highlighter, supporting over 200 languages with more than 40 [highlighting styles].
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## Arguments
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The `highlight` shortcode takes three arguments.
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```text
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{{</* highlight LANG OPTIONS */>}}
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CODE
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{{</* /highlight */>}}
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```
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CODE
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: (`string`) The code to highlight.
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LANG
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: (`string`) The language of the code to highlight. Choose from one of the [supported languages]. This value is case-insensitive.
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OPTIONS
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: (`string`) Zero or more space-separated key-value pairs wrapped in quotation marks. Set default values for each option in your [site configuration]. The key names are case-insensitive.
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## Example
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```text
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{{</* highlight go "linenos=inline, hl_lines=3 6-8, style=emacs" */>}}
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package main
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import "fmt"
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func main() {
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for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
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fmt.Println("Value of i:", i)
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}
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}
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{{</* /highlight */>}}
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```
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Hugo renders this to:
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{{< highlight go "linenos=inline, hl_Lines=3 6-8, noClasses=true" >}}
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package main
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import "fmt"
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func main() {
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for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
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fmt.Println("Value of i:", i)
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}
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}
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{{< /highlight >}}
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You can also use the `highlight` shortcode for inline code snippets:
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```text
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This is some {{</* highlight go "hl_inline=true" */>}}fmt.Println("inline"){{</* /highlight */>}} code.
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```
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Hugo renders this to:
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This is some {{< highlight go "hl_inline=true, noClasses=true" >}}fmt.Println("inline"){{< /highlight >}} code.
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Given the verbosity of the example above, if you need to frequently highlight inline code snippets, create your own shortcode using a shorter name with preset options.
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```go-html-template {file="layouts/shortcodes/hl.html"}
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{{ $code := .Inner | strings.TrimSpace }}
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{{ $lang := or (.Get 0) "go" }}
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{{ $opts := dict "hl_inline" true "noClasses" true }}
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{{ transform.Highlight $code $lang $opts }}
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```
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```text
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This is some {{</* hl */>}}fmt.Println("inline"){{</* /hl */>}} code.
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```
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Hugo renders this to:
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This is some {{< hl >}}fmt.Println("inline"){{< /hl >}} code.
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## Options
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Pass the options when calling the shortcode. You can set their default values in your [site configuration].
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{{% include "_common/syntax-highlighting-options.md" %}}
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[`transform.Highlight`]: /functions/transform/highlight/
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[Chroma]: https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma
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[content format]: /content-management/formats/
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[highlighting styles]: /quick-reference/syntax-highlighting-styles/
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[site configuration]: /configuration/markup/#highlight
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[source code]: {{% eturl highlight %}}
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[supported languages]: /content-management/syntax-highlighting/#languages
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