.... ok, so i do like the line numeration and ability to specify your own colors... :cracks:

However, I do NOT like this (off of their wiki):

No like that, we post a LOT of code.

hehe, i think it would be quite easy to limit the size of the data being parsed per post. so that would save the javascript abort.

and in normal use (at least in the threads forums where i already use it), people don't paste more than a page or two of code at a time, which the .js code (from what i see) handles in chunks between pre's or textareas. so the fear of having a long thread with 2 pages each per post breaking it probably isn't totally scary.

matter of fact i just tried it on my test forum with 20 large copy/pastes of differing code types in one thread and it handles it, albeit perceptibly slowly (1-2 seconds to finally hump through all 20 posts) and also, that 2 seconds was ALL (huge percent) client time. imagine the server (php) having to do the same and serving it up to 100 users at a whack!

but i will grant you that it might be slow on huge stuff.

i'm glad you read his wiki and found that out. it's good info to take into account, when evaluating

ps: on a side note, i wonder if he has a brother with 1st name Michail (gorbachev)

See, that javascript abort is the problem... for coding communities, people post WELL MORE than 10k per thread... Think, it's not just PER POST, it's per page...

Then you bring it to say "view all posts in this thread", posting numersous lines of code... you're aborting all code highlighting...

Ahh, whats that I hear, oh yes, me finding another reason why to handle things that CAN be done server-side being done server site :flex:

PS, i'd rather be referanced as stalin than gorbichav...

i was talking about the author: Alex Gorbachev

you are simply the Giz

I don't see this as a big problem, since the syntax highlighting just needs to be done once when putting the message in the database.

The problem is that server's have execution times as well. If the php script times out, the post never gets made. If the javascript times out, you get unhighlighted text.

Honestly, I think there should be a button similar to the spoiler button that does the highlighting at request instead of by default.

Now theres a sugguestion I can get behind, code tag spoilers with on-demand highlighting...