Jquery geshi

17 Ⅴ 2010

Code highlighting using ajax with jquery and geshi.

$(document).ready(function(){

	// Initialise highlighting
	if($('pre').length){
		$('pre').each(function(){
			highLight($(this));
		});
	}

});

// Highlight item
function highLight(thisItem){
	snippet  = thisItem.html();
	snippet = snippet.replace(/&amp;/ig, escape('&'));
	snippet = snippet.replace(/</ig, '<');
	snippet = snippet.replace(/>/ig, '>');
	language = thisItem.attr('class');
	$.ajax({
		type: "POST",
		url: '/scripts/highlight.php',
		data: 'language='+language+'&snippet='+snippet,
		dataType: "html",
		success: function(msg){
			if (msg){
				msg = msg.replace('&', '&');
				thisItem.after(msg);
				thisItem.hide();
			}
		}
	});
}