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banana8281982 · 07-25-2024, 03:08 AM

So, I am writing (or trying) to write a book about C#. Nothing fancy, just checking if this is something I want to do. But...

I run into a big issue/problem/lack of knowledge. I have some text (H1, paragraphs, nothing fancy) and I want to add some C# code. Now I want to do some syntax highlighting for the distribution of PDF, but it should also look nice-ish for an ePub. And this is where I get stuck.

This is an example of what I want to write:

Code:

var query = from student in students
            where student.Age > 18
            orderby student.LastName
            select student;

I have found an example of ebooks that have very nice syntax highlighting, such as blue for the keywords, red for strings, etc. I know this can't be done my the majority of eReaders, but the fact you can also export the book to PDF is a great plus for me.

But what I do, I can't seem to get the highlighting going. Most websites I find tell me to export the text to markdown and then... Magic? Wait for it to turn into a princess? It does somewhat work, but the code is just one line; it misses indents and new lines.
Others suggest to use Prism(.js), which does somewhat work. The text is somewhat shown as I want, but the code that is too long doesn't fall onto the next line, making the reader miss the code.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

07-25-2024, 03:08 AM	#1
banana8281982 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: Kobo	Code syntax highlighting So, I am writing (or trying) to write a book about C#. Nothing fancy, just checking if this is something I want to do. But... I run into a big issue/problem/lack of knowledge. I have some text (H1, paragraphs, nothing fancy) and I want to add some C# code. Now I want to do some syntax highlighting for the distribution of PDF, but it should also look nice-ish for an ePub. And this is where I get stuck. This is an example of what I want to write: Code: var query = from student in students where student.Age > 18 orderby student.LastName select student; I have found an example of ebooks that have very nice syntax highlighting, such as blue for the keywords, red for strings, etc. I know this can't be done my the majority of eReaders, but the fact you can also export the book to PDF is a great plus for me. But what I do, I can't seem to get the highlighting going. Most websites I find tell me to export the text to markdown and then... Magic? Wait for it to turn into a princess? It does somewhat work, but the code is just one line; it misses indents and new lines. Others suggest to use Prism(.js), which does somewhat work. The text is somewhat shown as I want, but the code that is too long doesn't fall onto the next line, making the reader miss the code. Can anyone point me in the right direction?