Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
CodePress: Real-time syntax editor
Category: JavaScript
, Utility
We posted about a nice syntax highlighting JavaScript editor awhile back.
Now we also have a “web-based source code editor with syntax highlighting written in JavaScript that colors text in real time while it’s being typed in the browser” named CodePress.
It groks languages such as JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Java, Perl, SQL, and HTML, and it features:
- Real-time syntax highlighting » just write some code
- Code snippets » on PHP example type “if” and press [tab]
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Auto completion » simple type ” or ( or ‘ or [ or { on any example below (except Plain Text)
- Shortcuts » on PHP example press [ctrl][shift][space]. It’s shortcut to
- Multiple windows » you can add multiple CodePress windows to the same page
3.9 rating from 29 votes
this editor is not really brand-new, i use it since several month. there is also a wordpress plugin which adds codepress to the wordpress-theme-editor: http://www.naden.de/blog/wordpress-code-editor (german)
The SQL highlighting would be a very nice addition to phpMyAdmin
I’ve also been utilizing this package for several months within a cms/cmf environment, MODx. Codepress integrates nicely as a plugin -> CodePress Plugin for MODx. Another helper in this department worth mentioning is the ItsAllText extension for firefox.
Different approach to real-time syntax highlighting: http://los.php5.cz/simple-codearea/
It is also in use by my file manager, KFM (http://kfm.verens.com/), where you can create and edit files online using CodePress for syntax highlighting.
I’m surprised CodePress has not been mentioned here before - it is a fantastic piece of work.
*sigh* kfm.verens.com… sorry about that - can’t seem to edit a comment, or preview it before committing it.
omg you are slow. Codepress has been around for a while.
I would love to see this implemented in Mephisto, or other CMS/Bloggin platforms.
To what language is that code sample supposed to belong?
['key': 'value']doesn’t look like javascript to me.this is great… my company posts code on our website and syntax highlighting is a pain. If only it supported C# highlighting.
Our project used codepress for a few months. I even added a few features. However, I found a far superior editor - EditArea.
http://www.cdolivet.net/editarea/editarea/exemples/exemple_full.html
We are using it for our ftp editor -> http://scaffold.jupiterit.com/ftp
One of advantages of CodePress is ability to add your own language with all features including snippets. Well, it is always possible in Open Source world to extend something but in CodePress it is really easy to do. It took me somewhat about 10 minutes to write and plug extension for groovy language.