[Framers] How to format source code in FM

[Lin Sims]

SVGs are text searchable, so you could always use SVG graphics.

Beyond that, no, Frame is not an IDE and it has no automation for
formatting code. It doesn't even recognize code.

On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 4:28 PM <ideaslists at ideastraining.com> wrote:

> I'm ignorant in this area, but what about swapping the MD coding for RTF
> coding?
> It could be done with a multi-step VBA macro, then imported as a Word file.
>
> Dave Creamer
> IDEAS Training
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 12:29:59 -0800
> From: Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
>
> Markdown itself doesn't have syntax highlighting, that's done by the
> rendering engine. So there's nothing to convert.
>
> https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet#code
> I don't know of any FrameMaker add-on that can add syntax highlighting to
> PDF output.
> You could use Pandoc rather than FrameMaker to go from Markdown to PDF.
>
> https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#syntax-highlighting
>
> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 1:42 PM Orly Zimmerman <orlyzim at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > HI All, I have a document in Markdown (md) that I was asked to convert to
> FM.  I can do it quickly using wildcards,regexs and scripts.
> > All is fine and good, except when I get to source code. The source code
> is
> formatted extremely nicely and clearly (with different colors for commands,
> comments, etc and also with code line numbers) in the MD file. I can't come
> close to it in FM without using a fair share of different, newly created
> para and char tags, etc.This is extremely frustrating because I can take
> the
> text and simply plunk it into Notepad++ and it gets formatted properly
> depending on the language I choose. Perhaps there is a secret setting
> somewhere in FM, that FM can read this code and understand how to format
> it?
> and save me loads of time.
> > I prefer not creating a JPG or BMP of the code - because then the info
> > won't be searchable in the PDF. Many Thanks for any ideas :)Happy New
> > Year!Orly Zimmerman
>
>
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Lin Sims