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Is there way to switch on syntax highlighting in Google Docs? Personally I use it for editing and collaborating C++ files, but PHP or SQL syntax highlighting also would be interesting.

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I've found codepad.org which allows to share code snippets. It supports syntax highlighting and even compilation of code. And it supports wide range of programming languages — C, C++, D, Haskell, Lua, OCaml, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Scheme, Tcl. And one more great feature — it does not require to login.

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Try this one. Implementation of "Eight Days of Malaise" idea.

  1. Open www.Snipt.net and Sign Up for new account.
  2. After signing in click on the Add Snipt button.
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  3. Write your code in given area, select appropriate language from drop down and click save button.
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  4. You can see in below image that your code is colourized. Select this colourized code and copy it.
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  5. Paste this code into Google Docs (Google Documents of Google Presentation). Here is the result.
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Thanks. Important note though is that I am working in Firefox and to get this working I had to copy the snippet using Snipt in Chrome. Copying the snippets from Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera did'nt work, they all just return plain text. – Spiralis Nov 29 '12 at 9:47
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No. For programming online when out and about, check out Mozilla Bespin

EDIT: Mozilla Bespin is dead, it was merged in Cloud 9 IDE.

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I don't need hosting for whole project. I need to share one or two files. Google Docs is very simple to use and appropriate for that purpose. Except for syntax highlighting. – Kirill Jul 21 '09 at 14:08
Then only put on or two files on Bespin. Google Docs does not support syntax highlighting at all (and i cannot see if supporting it in the future) – David Pearce Jul 21 '09 at 14:47
Have to agree here, it's not really within the scope of Google Docs. – Stefan Thyberg Jul 21 '09 at 20:39
Bespin project are no longer exist. Cloud9 IDE, in which Bespin was merged by the moment of writing this supports only javascript. – om-nom-nom Mar 7 '12 at 13:05
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You can make use of the the question or answer fields on Stack Exchange sites to help out.

  1. Paste your code snippet into a blank text field.
  2. Select it, and use the "code sample" (the one with curly braces) button to ensure it gets formatted as code.
  3. Wait a little while to let the syntax highlighting to do its thing.
  4. Copy the previewed question/answer code-block.
  5. In your Google Doc, on a new line, set the paragraph style to block-quote.
  6. Paste the previewed code-block.
  7. That's it.

Google Docs seems to reset the font for some reason, but preserves the syntax highlighting. Good for including code snippets into documentation.

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That's very tedious, and you'd have to go through this process again every time you make any non-trivial change to your code. – musicfreak Feb 10 '10 at 23:05
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For something simple try rextester. It allows to collaborate real-time on code snippets written in many languages. Go to 'run code', choose your language and then hit 'Live cooperation' button.

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Why would someone want to choose that option? – Al Everett May 23 '12 at 17:48
@Al Everett Because it allows to collaborate on code snippets real-time. Although this doesn't answer the question directly, but suggests an alternative. – ren May 23 '12 at 20:26
Then please edit your answer to include that information. – Al Everett May 24 '12 at 13:04
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Well there is a web app that was projected to be included on Google Docs but got canceled :/ It's name is Collide. You can see it in action here

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It doesn't help much to give an answer that offers a solution that is already been cancelled. Our goal on all of the StackExchange Network is to provide helpful and relevant solutions. One way to help is to think if you asked the question would you like an answer that tells you that there was almost a solution but it was cancelled, however, you can still see what it would have been like "here". – Bradley A. Tetreault Oct 24 '12 at 16:12
My mistake, it got canceled 'by google' but now is an open source project. Check the Collide link. – P3t3rU5 Dec 23 '12 at 17:42

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