I use a similar plugin called WP Syntax, which works better, in my experience, so I’m going to answer for that one: Question 1: Do I have to type in the Visual window or the HTML window? In the HTML window. I prefer the <pre lang=”php”> mode. Question 2: Does TinyMCE mess with this? Yes, … Read more
While I rarely recommend plugins, the CKEditor plugin will do highlighting of selected text. That sounds like exactly what you want. And it is a greatly enhanced editor relative to the default one. Short of creating your own editor buttons and supporting functions, that would be a pretty good choice.
While it isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, I would recommend just spending all your time in the HTML editor. That’s what I do. I have never found a WYSIWYG editor that produces clean code – especially when switching back and forth from HTML to WYSIWYG.
I just installed SyntaxHighlighter Evolved, and while testing on an existing post I was dismayed to find that all the quotes ” had been converted to " (the single quotes were fine). I was using the HTML editor. In case you are also in this position, I found that it’s just the post preview that … Read more
Your best bet is to use custom post meta to store the code, and output it however you want. In other words, skirt the editor entirely. Here’s a really clever WP theme by Dan Cederholm that does this like a champ.
If you still want to use SO-type backtick markup for styling your inline code examples, I’ve created some code that will accomplish it. To make it into your own plug-in, just add the code below to your functions.php. It calls the wordpress filter “the_content” to apply the transformation to the content when it is displayed, … Read more
You’re asking about X, but I’ll answer with Y. IMHO, there are too many exceptions to handle to grant another solution. SyntaxHighlighter Evolved has the following Pro Tip (strong, uppercase, in the original): TIP: Don’t use the Visual editor if you don’t want your code mangled. TinyMCE will “clean up” your HTML. Not only that, … Read more
This appears to be an issue with SyntaxHighlighter the underlying js library that the plugin uses. I loaded up the js demo on its own and got the same offset results on my iPhone. I’m still unclear on the reason but the font size of the gutter number is not consistent with the code lines. … Read more
I am using SyntaxHighlighter Evolved by Viper007Bond, works great! http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/ After I gave this answer yesterday, I read a recent post by Konstantin Kovshenin over at theme.fm, which gives you all the different possibilities on how to add syntax into your Posts/Pages: http://theme.fm/2011/07/working-with-code-in-wordpress-posts-985/