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.Dd January 20, 2021
.Dt HILEX 1
.Os
.
.Sh NAME
.Nm hilex
.Nd syntax highlighter
.
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl t
.Op Fl f Ar format
.Op Fl l Ar lexer
.Op Fl n Ar name
.Op Fl o Ar opts
.Op Ar file
.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility
syntax highlights
the contents of
.Ar file
or standard input
and formats it on standard output.
.
.Pp
The arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "-f format"
.It Fl f Ar format
Set the output format.
See
.Sx Output Formats .
The default format is
.Cm ansi .
.
.It Fl l Ar lexer
Set the input lexer.
See
.Sx Input Lexers .
The default input lexer is inferred from
.Ar name
or the first line of input.
.
.It Fl n Ar name
Set the name used to infer the input lexer.
The default is the final component of
.Ar file .
.
.It Fl o Ar opts
Set output format options.
.Ar opts
is a comma-separated list of options.
Options for each output format are documented in
.Sx Output Formats .
.
.It Fl t
Default to the
.Cm text
input lexer if one cannot be inferred.
.El
.
.Ss Output Formats
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm ansi
Output ANSI terminal control sequences.
If standard output is a terminal
and standard input is not being read,
output is piped to
.Ev PAGER
with
.Ev LESS=FRX
if it is not already set.
.
.It Cm html
Output HTML
.Sy span
elements
with the following classes:
.Pp
.Bl -hang -width "\&Op" -compact
.It Sy \&Op
operators
.It Sy \&Nu
numbers
.It Sy \&Ke
keywords
.It Sy \&Id
identifiers
.It Sy \&Ma
macros
.It Sy \&Co
comments
.It Sy \&St
strings
.It Sy \&Es
character escapes
.It Sy \&Fo
format strings
.It Sy \&Su
variable substitutions
.El
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "title=..."
.It Cm document
Output an HTML document containing a
.Sy pre
element.
.It Cm inline
Output inline style attributes
rather than classes.
.It Cm pre
Wrap the output in a
.Sy pre
element with the class
.Sy hilex .
.It Cm style Ns = Ns Ar url
With
.Cm document ,
use the external stylesheet
.Ar url .
If unset,
default styles are included in a
.Sy style
element.
.It Cm tab Ns = Ns Ar n
With
.Cm document ,
.Cm inline
or
.Cm pre ,
set the
.Sy tab-size
property to
.Ar n .
.It Cm title Ns = Ns Ar ...
With
.Cm document ,
set the
.Sy title
element text.
The default title is the same as
.Ar name .
.El
.
.It Cm irc
Output IRC formatting codes.
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "monospace"
.It Cm monospace
Use the IRCCloud monospace formatting code.
.El
.El
.
.Ss Input Lexers
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm c
The C11 language,
with minimal support for
.Xr lex 1 ,
.Xr yacc 1
and Objective-C input.
Inferred for
.Pa *.[chlmy]
files.
.
.It Cm make
BSD
.Xr make 1 .
Inferred for
.Pa Makefile ,
.Pa *.mk
and
.Pa *.am
files.
.
.It Cm mdoc
The
.Xr mdoc 7
language.
Inferred for
.Pa *.[1-9]
files
and files starting with
.Dq .Dd .
.
.It Cm sh
POSIX
.Xr sh 1 .
Since lexical analysis of
the shell command language
is effectively impossible,
this is best-effort only.
Inferred for
.Pa *.sh ,
.Pa .profile ,
.Pa .shrc
files
and files starting with
.Dq #!/bin/sh .
.
.It Cm text
Plain text.
Inferred for
.Pa *.txt
files.
.El
.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width "PAGER"
.It Ev PAGER
The command to pipe ANSI output to
if standard output is a terminal.
The default is
.Ev PAGER=less .
.El
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