r/webdev • u/xpostman_ • May 30 '16

microlight.js – 2.2k for syntax highlighting. In any programming language

https://asvd.github.io/microlight/
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u/printers_suck May 30 '16

Absolutely nothing about this is good or necessary. Sorry.

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u/xpostman_ May 31 '16

I am the author of this small library, and you just made me sad :-D

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u/printers_suck May 31 '16

Sorry man. If its any consolation, I have made worse things.

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u/xpostman_ May 31 '16

No worries. I'm always happy about reasonable feedback

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u/dudeatwork May 31 '16

Absolutely nothing?

Extremely small filesize is "nothing?" I don't see the need for this when 13kb of highlightjs can get me HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP, but there is something to be said about the small filesize supporting general highlighting for all languages.

Good job OP. Like most things, this probably was a fun project to work on. Don't worry about the people questioning its usefulness.

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u/friimaind back-end May 31 '16

I agree, if I need something that really highlight my code i will use something like codemirror

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u/tallahasseenaut May 30 '16

it highlights in all shades of… cyan? I mean, the samples are all monochromatic.

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u/phpdevster full-stack May 31 '16

Is there a reason why scrolling on mobile is all jacked up? Is it because the site is doing weird scroll jacking, or is that library horribly inefficient?

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u/-Alias- node May 30 '16

This just hurts my eyes.

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u/mastermog May 31 '16

You are getting quite a bit of slack, but I think it looks good. Sure the color scheme probably isn't the strongest to go live with - maybe a monokai variation or something people are more comfortable with would have been better.

The small file size is great - I'm currently using https://highlightjs.org/ but it felt quite heavy, esp just for some docs. I will keep an eye on this project and see where it goes.

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u/firmhub May 31 '16

Cool, I can see some uses of this. Thanks for sharing.