michielve

There are other good syntax highlighter plugins, but I wanted something simple and fast and 
be able to add the highlight classes with a select box in the TinyMCE editor.
I added some default languages: Javascript, PHP, Python, C, C#, VB.NET, SQL and CSS but you can 
easily add other ones.

Simple Fast Highlighter

Fast syntax highlighter written in Javascript.

mohanjith

SyntaxHighlighter2 allows you to easily post syntax highlighted code all without loosing it’s formatting or making an manual changes.
It supports the following languages (the alias for use in the post is listed next to the name):
<ul>
<li>AS3 — <code>as</code>, <code>as3</code></li>
<li>C++ — <code>cpp</code>, <code>c</code>, <code>c++</code></li>
<li>C# — <code>c#</code>, <code>c-sharp</code>, <code>csharp</code></li>
<li>ColdFusion – <code>cf</code>, <code>coldfusion</code></li>
<li>CSS — <code>css</code></li>
<li>Delphi — <code>delphi</code>, <code>pascal</code></li>
<li>Diff/Patches — <code>diff</code></li>
<li>Erlang — <code>erlang</code></li>
<li>Groovy — <code>groovy</code></li>
<li>Java — <code>java</code></li>
<li>JavaFX — <code>javafx</code></li>
<li>JavaScript — <code>js</code>, <code>jscript</code>, <code>javascript</code></li>
<li>Perl — <code>perl</code></li>
<li>PHP — <code>php</code></li>
<li>Plain text — <code>plain</code></li>
<li>PowerShell — <code>powershell</code></li>
<li>Python — <code>py</code>, <code>python</code></li>
<li>Ruby — <code>rb</code>, <code>ruby</code>, <code>rails</code>, <code>ror</code></li>
<li>Scala — <code>scala</code></li>
<li>SQL — <code>sql</code></li>
<li>VB — <code>vb</code>, <code>vb.net</code></li>
<li>XML/HTML — <code>xml</code>, <code>html</code>, <code>xhtml</code>, <code>xslt</code></li>
</ul>
This plugin uses the <a href="http://alexgorbatchev.com/wiki/SyntaxHighlighter" rel="nofollow ugc">SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript package by Alex Gorbatchev</a>.
<h3>Other BBCode Methods</h3>
Find <code>[sourcecode language='css']code here[/sourcecode]</code> too long to type? Here’s some alternative examples:
<ul>
<li><code>[source language='css']code here[/source]</code></li>
<li>
<code>[code language='css']code here[/code]</code>
</li>
<li>
<code>[sourcecode lang='css']code here[/sourcecode]</code>
</li>
<li><code>[source lang='css']code here[/source]</code></li>
<li>
<code>[code lang='css']code here[/code]</code>
</li>
<li>
<code>[sourcecode='css']code here[/sourcecode]</code>
</li>
<li><code>[source='css']code here[/source]</code></li>
<li><code>[code='css']code here[/code]</code></li>
</ul>
<h3>PHP Version</h3>
PHP 5+

SyntaxHighlighter2

Easily post source code such as PHP or HTML and display it in a styled box.

Simple Fast Highlighter vs SyntaxHighlighter2