From f50be7fda0a7ab57009169dd5905fcbab8eb5166 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ferry Huberts Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:48:01 +0000 Subject: filters/syntax-highlighting.sh: work around highlight --force bug --- filters/syntax-highlighting.sh | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'filters/syntax-highlighting.sh') diff --git a/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh b/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh index 3fe7fa1..0acdf12 100755 --- a/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh +++ b/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh @@ -42,4 +42,21 @@ EXTENSION="${BASENAME##*.}" exec highlight --force -f -I -X -S $EXTENSION 2>/dev/null # This is for version 3 +# +# On CentOS 6.2 (using highlight from EPEL), when highlight doesn't know about +# an EXTENSION, it outputs a lua error and _no_ text, even when the --force +# option is used. +# +# Also see the bug reports at: +# http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3490017&group_id=215618&atid=1034391 +# https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795567 +# +# This workaround can be removed when the bug is fixed upstream and the new +# version is packaged in most distributions. +# +# The workaround is to set the extension to 'txt' (plain text) when highlight +# exits with an error (doesn't know the format). +# +#echo "test" | highlight -f -I -O xhtml -S $EXTENSION &>/dev/null +#[ ${?} -ne 0 ] && EXTENSION="txt" #exec highlight --force -f -I -O xhtml -S $EXTENSION 2>/dev/null -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b