Template:Syntaxhighlight/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Syntaxhighlight.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Due to a server limit of 500 "expensive parser function" calls (e.g. #ifexist:, PAGESIZE:, and PAGESINCATEGORY:), this template will only work properly if the page using it has not already exceeded the limit. When the limit is exceeded, the page using this template or module is categorised in Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls. (further information)

Shortcut

{{sxhl}}

Simple wrapper around the syntaxhighlight tag to show syntax-highlighted text. Unlike syntaxhighlight, text that does not fit on the screen will be wrapped.

Usage

{{Syntaxhighlight|code|lang}}

code will become the contents of the syntax highlighted block.
Use |lang=wikitext for Mediawiki or wikitext markup. Other supported languages are listed below.
The <syntaxhighlight> tag used by this template is WP:EXPENSIVE, so, if used on a page with 500 or more 'expensive' parser functions, subsequent instances of this template after the 500th expensive function use on that page will always be rendered as unhighlighted <code>...</code> blocks (without syntax highlighting) instead of syntax-highlighted <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight> blocks.

Supported languages

Code	Language
`4cs`	4CS
`6502acme`	MOS 6502 (6510) ACME Cross Assembler
`6502kickass`	MOS 6502 (6510) Kick Assembler
`6502tasm`	MOS 6502 (6510) TASM/64TASS
`68000devpac`	Motorola 68000 HiSoft Devpac ST 2 Assembler
`abap`	ABAP
`actionscript`	ActionScript
`actionscript3`	ActionScript3
`ada`	Ada
`algol68`	ALGOL 68
`apache`	Apache configuration
`applescript`	AppleScript
`apt_sources`	APT sources
`arm`	ARM Assembler
`asm`	Assembly
`asp`	Active Server Pages (ASP)
`asymptote`	Asymptote
`autoconf`	Autoconf
`autohotkey`	AutoHotkey
`autoit`	AutoIt
`avisynth`	AviSynth
`awk`	AWK
`bascomavr`	BASCOM AVR
`bash`	Bash
`basic4gl`	Basic4GL
`bf`	Brainfuck
`bibtex`	BibTeX
`blitzbasic`	Blitz BASIC
`bnf`	Backus–Naur form
`boo`	Boo
`c`	C
`c_loadrunner`	C Loadrunner
`c_mac`	C (Mac)
`caddcl`	AutoCAD Dialog Control Language (DCL)
`cadlisp`	AutoLISP
`cfdg`	CFDG
`cfm`	ColdFusion Markup Language
`chaiscript`	ChaiScript
`cil`	Common Intermediate Language (CIL)
`clojure`	Clojure
`clp`	Control Language Program
`cmake`	CMake
`cobol`	COBOL
`coffeescript`	CoffeeScript
`cpp`	C++
`cpp-qt`	C++ (Qt toolkit)
`csharp`	C#
`css`	Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
`cuesheet`	Cue sheet
`d`	D
`dcl`	DIGITAL Command Language
`dcpu16`	DCPU-16
`dcs`	Data Conversion System
`delphi`	Delphi
`diff`	Diff
`div`	DIV
`dos`	DOS batch file
`dot`	DOT
`e`	E
`ecmascript`	ECMAScript
`eiffel`	Eiffel
`email`	Email (mbox \ eml \ RFC format)
`epc`	Enerscript
`erlang`	Erlang
`euphoria`	Euphoria
`f1`	Formula One
`fo`	FO
`fortran`	Fortran
`freebasic`	FreeBASIC
`freeswitch`	FreeSWITCH
`fsharp`	Fsharp
`gambas`	Gambas
`gdb`	GDB
`genero`	Genero
`genie`	Genie
`gettext`	gettext
`glsl`	OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
`gml`	Game Maker Language (GML)
`gnuplot`	gnuplot
`go`	Go
`groovy`	Groovy
`gwbasic`	GW-BASIC
`haskell`	Haskell
`haxe`	Haxe
`hicest`	HicEst
`hq9plus`	HQ9+
`html`	HTML
`icon`	Icon
`idl`	Uno IDL
`ini`	INI
`inno`	Inno
`intercal`	INTERCAL
`io`	Io
`j`	J
`java`	Java
`java5`	Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0
`javascript`	JavaScript
`jcl`	Job Control Language
`kixtart`	KiXtart
`klonec`	Klone C
`klonecpp`	Klone C++
`latex`	LaTeX
`lb`	Liberty BASIC
`ldif`	LDAP Data Interchange Format
`lisp`	Lisp
`llvm`	LLVM
`locobasic`	Locomotive BASIC
`logtalk`	Logtalk
`lolcode`	LOLCODE
`lotusformulas`	Formula language
`lotusscript`	LotusScript
`lscript`	LightWave 3D
`lsl2`	Linden Scripting Language
`lua`	Lua
`magiksf`	Magik
`m68k`	Motorola 68000 Assembler
`make`	make
`mapbasic`	MapBasic
`matlab`	MATLAB M
`mirc`	mIRC scripting language
`mmix`	MMIX
`modula2`	Modula-2
`modula3`	Modula-3
`mpasm`	Microchip Assembler
`mxml`	MXML
`mysql`	MySQL
`nagios`	Nagios
`netrexx`	NetRexx
`newlisp`	NewLISP
`nsis`	Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS)
`oberon2`	Oberon-2
`objc`	Objective-C
`objeck`	Objeck
`ocaml`	OCaml
`ocaml-brief`	OCaml
`ocl`	Operational Control Language
`octave`	Octave
`oobas`	OpenOffice Basic
`oorexx`	Object REXX
`oracle11`	Oracle 11 SQL
`oracle8`	Oracle 8 SQL
`oxygene`	Oxygene
`oz`	Oz
`parasail`	ParaSail
`parigp`	PARI/GP
`pascal`	Pascal
`pcre`	Perl Compatible Regular Expressions
`per`	per
`perl`	Perl
`perl6`	Raku
`pf`	PF
`php`	PHP
`php-brief`	PHP
`pic16`	PIC assembly language
`pike`	Pike
`pixelbender`	Pixel Bender
`pli`	PL/I
`plsql`	PL/SQL
`postgresql`	PostgreSQL
`povray`	Persistence of Vision Raytracer
`powerbuilder`	PowerBuilder
`powershell`	PowerShell
`proftpd`	ProFTPD
`progress`	OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
`prolog`	Prolog
`properties`	Properties file
`providex`	ProvideX
`purebasic`	PureBasic
`pycon`	Python
`pys60`	PyS60
`python`	Python
`q`	Q
`qbasic`	QBasic/QuickBASIC
`ragel`	Ragel
`rails`	Rails
`rebol`	Rebol
`reg`	Windows Registry
`rexx`	Rexx
`robots`	robots.txt
`rpg`	RPG
`rpgii`	RPG II
`rpgiii`	RPG III
`rpg400`	RPG/400
`rpgiv`	RPG IV
`rpmspec`	RPM Spec files
`rsplus`	R
`ruby`	Ruby
`sas`	SAS
`scala`	Scala
`scheme`	Scheme
`scilab`	Scilab
`sdlbasic`	SdlBasic
`smalltalk`	Smalltalk
`smarty`	Smarty
`spark`	SPARK
`sparql`	SPARQL
`sql`	SQL
`stonescript`	StoneScript (Scripting language for ShiVa3D)
`systemverilog`	SystemVerilog
`tcl`	Tcl
`teraterm`	Tera Term
`text`	Plain text
`thinbasic`	thinBasic
`tsql`	Transact-SQL
`typoscript`	TypoScript
`unicon`	Unicon
`upc`	Unified Parallel C
`urbi`	URBI
`uscript`	UnrealScript
`vala`	Vala
`vb`	Visual Basic
`vbnet`	Visual Basic .NET
`vedit`	VEDIT
`verilog`	Verilog
`vhdl`	VHDL
`vim`	Vim script
`visualfoxpro`	Visual FoxPro
`visualprolog`	Visual Prolog
`whitespace`	Whitespace
`whois`	Whois
`wikitext`	Help:Wikitext
`winbatch`	Winbatch
`xml`	XML
`xorg_conf`	Xorg.conf
`yaml`	YAML
`xpp`	Microsoft Dynamics AX
`z80`	Zilog Z80 Assembler
`zxbasic`	ZXBasic

Examples

Inline code

{{syntaxhighlight|lang=javascript|code=mw.util.addPortletLink('p-personal', '/w/index.php?title=Special:MyPage/Sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template%3AUser_sandbox%2Fpreload&editintro=Template%3AUser_sandbox', 'My sandbox', 'pt-mysandbox', 'Go to my sandbox');}}

mw.util.addPortletLink('p-personal', '/w/index.php?title=Special:MyPage/Sandbox&action=edit&preload=Template%3AUser_sandbox%2Fpreload&editintro=Template%3AUser_sandbox', 'My sandbox', 'pt-mysandbox', 'Go to my sandbox');

Necessary unescaping of source code from another page

{{syntaxhighlight|{{#invoke:DecodeEncode|decode|s={{msgnw:Template:Engvar/doc/infobox demo}}}}|lang=wikitext}}

{{infobox
| title       = Personal likes
| above       = Demo: using [[WP:ENGVAR|WP:Engvar]] in templates
| abovestyle  = background:#ddd; font-weight:normal; font-size:smaller;
| headerstyle = background:lemonchiffon
| label1      = Home country
| data1       = {{{home country|}}}
| header2     = {{engvar|defaultWord=Favourite |defaultLang=en-GB | engvar={{{engvar|auto}}}
                        |en-US=Favorite }} things
| label3      = {{engvar|defaultWord=Colour |defaultLang=en-GB | engvar={{{engvar|auto}}}
                        |en-US=Color }}
| data3       = {{{color|}}}
| label4      = {{engvar|defaultWord=Football |defaultLang=en-GB | engvar={{{engvar|auto}}}
                        |en-US=Soccer |en-AU=Association Football}} team
| data4       = {{{team|}}}
| below       = In this demo 'article', the template parameter is set: {{para|1=engvar|2={{{engvar|(unspecified)}}}}}
| belowstyle  = background:#ddd;
}}

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