Lately I have been playing with a few different javascript syntax highlighting
libraries. One which I think shows some promise is google-code-prettify, used
for highlighting on google code (Apache license.)
Advantages of javascript highlighting:
+ We could remove Pygments and Jython, Jython weighs in at 8.3MB making it the
largest jar in the lib folder, Pygments adds another 364K.
+ I understand Jython/Pygments has been responsible for recent out of permgen
memory errors.
+ Shifts work from server to client.
+ Adding a js syntax highlighting library to the svn repository allows us to
patch
it to support xwiki syntax (switch lexers when macros are detected.)
+ Relatively easy compared to other performance boosters.
Disadvantages:
- Some users do not use Javascript.
- Highlighting may be slow on old computers when lots of code is displayed.
- Removing Jythion from the default build will add a step to upgrading for wiki
operators who are using the {{python}} macro.
- Adds another js file to download which hurts page load speed until a js
bundling plan is in place.
If there is significant interest, I could put up a comparison page on the
incubator.
Caleb
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