Hi!
I made a userscript (or, content script) for this website that highlights <code> boxes and makes code legible and nice! (instead of boring red, it'll be colorful and sorta reminiscent of GitHub).

Where to get it

Either on Github Gist: https://gist.github.com/boxmein/53666432360934db4cd6
...or on GreasyFork (userscripts.org is lost forever): https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/6727-tpt-syntax-highlighted-code-boxes

How to run it

1. Download the script file
2. Install it to your Userscript plugin
3. Refresh a forum page
4. ???
5. Profit

Download the script file

Click on one of the links above, and keep the file somewhere where you can find it later.

Install it to your plugin

Most browsers will need a plugin to run userscripts (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari/SIMBL).
Follow the guides inside the plugins or otherwise try clicking around to find an Install button.

Reload to apply

Reload now, for example!

Demos

Here's a few code snippets to test it out:

#include <stdio.h>
#define IABS(x) ((x) < 0 ? -(x) : (x))

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {

/* An annoying "Hello World" example */
for (auto i = 0; i < 0xFFFF; i++)
cout << "Hello, World!" << endl;

char c = '\n';
unordered_map <string, vector<string> > m;
m["key"] = "\\\\"; // this is an error

return -2e3 + 12l;
}


--[[
example useless code to show lua syntax highlighting
this is multiline comment
]]

function blahblahblah(x)
local table = {
"asd" = 123,
"x" = 0.34,
}
if x ~= 3 then
print( x )
elseif x == "string"
my_custom_function( 0x34 )
else
unknown_function( "some string" )
end

--single line comment

end

Hope you'll find it useful!
~boxmein

@Lagnadium41 (View Post)
>I made a userscript (or, content script) for this website that highlights <code> boxes and makes code legible and nice!

@FeynmanLogomaker (View Post)
Either use https://greasepocket.wordpress.com/ ...or I can make it into a Bookmarklet (Javascript in a bookmark, that gets run inside the current window) that you'll have to click every time you want highlighting to apply.

To make a bookmarklet, add a bookmark with the "link" that it points to set to everything in the code box below:

javascript:(function(){var HLJS="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/8.4/highlight.min.js",LUA="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/8.4/languages/lua.min.js",HL_STYLE="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/highlight.js/8.4/styles/github.min.css";function d(a){var b=document.createElement("script");b.setAttribute("type","application/javascript");b.src=a;document.body.appendChild(b);return b}d(HLJS).onload=function(){d(LUA).id="luaapi";var a=document.createElement("link");a.type="text/css";a.rel="stylesheet";a.href=HL_STYLE;document.head.appendChild(a);a=function(){function a(){for(var b=document.querySelectorAll("code"),c=0;ca};"function"==typeof a&&(a="("+a+")();");var b=document.createElement("script");b.setAttribute("type","application/javascript");b.textContent=a;document.body.appendChild(b)}})();

@CeeJayBee (View Post)
^{shh! look at the second-to-last and last lines inside my examples! for some reason, valid code looks grey as if it's commented out! probably HLJS's fault...}