colorize: add README and refactor plugin (#7314)

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Stephan Salzmann 2018-10-19 19:27:49 +02:00 committed by Marc Cornellà
commit 576ada138f
2 changed files with 28 additions and 11 deletions

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# Plugin for highlighting file content
# Plugin highlights file content based on the filename extension.
# If no highlighting method supported for given extension then it tries
# guess it by looking for file content.
#easier alias to use plugin
# easier alias to use the plugin
alias ccat='colorize_via_pygmentize'
colorize_via_pygmentize() {
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return 1
fi
# pygmentize stdin if no arguments passed
if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
pygmentize -g $@
pygmentize -g
return $?
fi
# guess lexer from file extension, or
# guess it from file contents if unsuccessful
local FNAME lexer
for FNAME in $@
do
filename=$(basename "$FNAME")
lexer=`pygmentize -N \"$filename\"`
if [ "Z$lexer" != "Ztext" ]; then
pygmentize -l $lexer "$FNAME"
lexer=$(pygmentize -N "$FNAME")
if [[ $lexer != text ]]; then
pygmentize -l "$lexer" "$FNAME"
else
pygmentize -g "$FNAME"
fi