This is a code editor plugin for GitBook, for inserting code segments into the book, with syntax highlight supports for about 110 types of programming languages.

See the plugin at work here.

• 0.3 Releases:

  • 0.3.2: Fixed issue with code like {{something}} (angular expression)
  • 0.3.1: Updated regular expression to better detect {%ace%} tags.
  • 0.3.0: (Requires gitbook 3.0 or up) Improved support for gitbook 3.0+.

• 0.2 Releases:

  • 0.2.1: Default to 'c_cpp' for pdf syntax highlight if language is not specified.
  • 0.2.0: Added experimental support for pdf syntax highlight, please open issues for languages that are not working for you.

• 0.1 Releases:

  • 0.1.2: Removed dark theme logic, fix theme error.
  • 0.1.1: Added custom theme parameter.
  • 0.1.0: Updated to latest version of ace (added Swift and JSX syntax support).

• 0.0 Releases:

  • 0.0.5: Include pull requests from github, fixing scrolling.
  • 0.0.4: Fixed syntax error in code.
  • 0.0.3: Added option to disable syntax validation.
  • 0.0.2: Added .pdf, .epub, .emobi format export support.
  • 0.0.1: Initial release.

The plugin has a basic syntax:

{%ace edit=true, lang='c_cpp'%}
// This is a hello world program for C.
#include <stdio.h>

int main(){
  printf("Hello World!");
  return 1;
}
{%endace%}

• edit: if this is set to true, the code will be editable by the user.

• lang: the language for syntax highlight. If this is not specified, it will fallback to 'c_cpp' by default. For the full list of keyword for each language, please check out the github page of ace here, all the related files are starting with prefix mode-. For instance:

  • mode_c_cpp.js ----> c_cpp
  • mode_java.js ----> java
  • ...

• check: if this is set to false, syntax validation will be disabled.

• theme: the theme for the editor, the default is 'chrome'.

  • monokai
  • coffee
  • ...