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h1. CodeRay !https://secure.travis-ci.org/rubychan/coderay.png!:https://secure.travis-ci.org/rubychan/coderay

h2. About

CodeRay is a Ruby library for syntax highlighting.

You put your code in, and you get it back colored; Keywords, strings, floats, comments - all in different colors. And with line numbers.

*Syntax Highlighting*…

* makes code easier to read and maintain

* lets you detect syntax errors faster

* helps you to understand the syntax of a language

* looks nice

* is what everybody wants to have on their website

* solves all your problems and makes the girls run after you

h2. Installation

bc. gem install coderay

h3. Dependencies

CodeRay needs Ruby 1.8.7+ or 1.9.2+. It also runs on Rubinius and JRuby.

h2. Example Usage

bc.. require 'coderay'

html = CodeRay.scan("puts 'Hello, world!'", :ruby).div(:line_numbers => :table)

p.

h2. Documentation

See "http://coderay.rubychan.de/doc/":http://coderay.rubychan.de/doc/.

h2. Credits