Commit 44275041 authored by Sytse Sijbrandij's avatar Sytse Sijbrandij

Merge branch 'mention_rouge_in_docs' into 'master'

Add references to the rouge gem library

Give the props to this awesome library we use
for syntax highlighting.

See merge request !2605
parents 991cd076 6292ddd1
......@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ GFM will autolink almost any URL you copy and paste into your text.
## Code and Syntax Highlighting
_GitLab uses the [rouge ruby library][rouge] for syntax highlighting. For a
list of supported languages visit the rouge website._
Blocks of code are either fenced by lines with three back-ticks <code>```</code>, or are indented with four spaces. Only the fenced code blocks support syntax highlighting.
```no-highlight
......@@ -585,3 +588,5 @@ By including colons in the header row, you can align the text within that column
- This document leveraged heavily from the [Markdown-Cheatsheet](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet).
- The [Markdown Syntax Guide](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) at Daring Fireball is an excellent resource for a detailed explanation of standard markdown.
- [Dillinger.io](http://dillinger.io) is a handy tool for testing standard markdown.
[rouge]: http://rouge.jneen.net/ "Rouge website"
......@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ The default is **Charcoal**.
## Syntax highlighting theme
_GitLab uses the [rouge ruby library][rouge] for syntax highlighting. For a
list of supported languages visit the rouge website._
Changing this setting allows the user to customize the theme used when viewing
syntax highlighted code on the site.
......@@ -36,3 +39,5 @@ The default is **Your Projects**.
It allows user to choose what content he or she want to see on project page.
The default is **Readme**.
[rouge]: http://rouge.jneen.net/ "Rouge website"
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