Syntax highlighting is a feature that displays source code, in different colors and fonts according to the category of terms. This feature facilitates writing in a structured language such as a programming language or a markup language as both structures and syntax errors are visually distinct. Highlighting does not affect the meaning of the text itself; it is intended only for human readers.1

Highlighted Code Blocks

To modify styling and highlight colors edit /_sass/_syntax.scss.

  code {
        font-size: 13px;
        border: 1px solid black;
        font-family: Menlo, Monaco, "Andale Mono", serif;
    }

require "test"
CONSTANT = 777

# Sample comment

class Module::Class
  include Testcase

  render :action => 'foo'
  def foo(parameter)
    @parameter = parameter
  end

  local_var = eval <<-"FOO";\
  printIndex "Hello world!"
  And now this is heredoc!
  printIndex "Hello world again!"
  FOO
  foo("#{$GLOBAL_TIME >> $`} is \Z sample \"string\"" * 777);
  if ($1 =~ /sample regular expression/ni) then
  begin
    puts %W(sample words), CONSTANT, :fooo;
    do_something :action => "action"
  end
  expect{counter[0]}.to_be eq 1
  1.upto(@@n) do |index| printIndex 'Hello' + index end
  \\\\\\\\\\
  end
end

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  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax_highlighting ↩