MediaWiki GeSHi

SyntaxHighlight GeSHi is a MediaWiki extension that adds the <source> tag to present formatted source code.

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Restoring old <pre> formatting

Since at least version r24298 (July 21, 2007) (with GeSHi version 1.0.8), <source> tag does not match usual formatting applied for <pre> tags. This is because the extension applies by default the new GeSHi header style GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID. We describe below different solutions to restore the old formatting:

• Define a custom style in MediaWiki:Common.css — This is probably the easiest & safest method, and also it allows to customize the output. For instance the following style adds a left border + background by default, unless if the <source> tag is enclosed in a <div class="noborder">

  /** GeSHi Syntax Highlight - custom styles */
  /** ... by default, we add a left border + left padding + left margin + lightgray background (for clarity) */
  div.mw-geshi
  {
  	margin: 0.5em 0em 0.5em 2em; 
  	padding: 0em 0em 0em 1em; 
  	border-left: 1px dashed #2f6fab;
  	background-color: #f9f9f9;
  }
   
  /** ... except if the <source> tag is enclosed in a <div class="noborder"> */
  div.noborder div.mw-geshi
  {
  	margin: 0px;
  	padding: 0px;
  	border-left: none;
  	background-color: inherit;
  }
  

• Patch GeSHi — The following patch restores the old pre format. It also introduces a new option prevalid to attribute enclose to force application of header style GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID.
  SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi_r24298.patch (<file name="SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi_r24298.patch" tag="source">download</file>)

  --- SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php.old 2008-09-07 23:24:37.000000000 +0200
  +++ SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php     2008-09-07 23:33:15.000000000 +0200
  @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                  // "Enclose" parameter
                  if ( isset( $args['enclose'] ) && $args['enclose'] == 'div' ) {
                          $enclose = GESHI_HEADER_DIV;
  -               } elseif ( defined('GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID') ) {
  +               } elseif ( (isset( $args['line'] ) || isset( $args['enclose'] ) && $args['enclose'] == 'prevalid' ) && defined('GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID') ) {
                          // Since version 1.0.8 geshi can produce valid pre, but we need to check for it
                          $enclose = GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID;
                  } elseif( isset( $args['line'] ) ) {
  

  SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi_r60735.patch (<file name="SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi_r60735.patch" tag="source">download</file>)

  --- SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php.old 2008-09-07 23:24:37.000000000 +0200
  +++ SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php     2008-09-07 23:33:15.000000000 +0200
  @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
                  // "Enclose" parameter
                  if ( isset( $args['enclose'] ) && $args['enclose'] == 'div' ) {
                          $enclose = GESHI_HEADER_DIV;
  -               } elseif ( defined('GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID') ) {
  +               } elseif ( (isset( $args['line'] ) || isset( $args['enclose'] ) && $args['enclose'] == 'prevalid' ) && defined('GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID') ) {
                          // Since version 1.0.8 geshi can produce valid pre, but we need to check for it
                          $enclose = GESHI_HEADER_PRE_VALID;
                  } elseif( isset( $args['line'] ) ) {
  

• Add a custom .css to php - Another solution is discussed here. The proposed solution is to edit file "SyntaxHighlight_GeSHi.class.php". Go to line 192, which should look like

  $css[] = ".source-$lang {line-height: normal;}";
  

  Change this to

  $css[] = ".source-$lang {padding: 1em; border: 1px dashed #2f6fab; color: black; background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 1.1em;}";
  

  and you have restored the pre css formatting.