Octopress Render Code

Embed code snippets from the file system in your Jekyll site.

Installation

Using Bundler

Add this gem to your site’s Gemfile in the :jekyll_plugins group:

group :jekyll_plugins do
  gem 'octopress-render-code'
end

Then install the gem with Bundler

$ bundle

Manual Installation

$ gem install octopress-render-code

Then add the gem to your Jekyll configuration.

gems:
  -octopress-render-code

Usage

{% render_code <FILE> [options] %}

Configuration

In your site’s configuration, you can set the directory for embedded code samples.

code_dir: code-examples

The default directory is ‘downloads/code’

Options

Note that order does not matter.

Options	Example	Description
lang	lang:ruby	Defaults to guessing from file name extension.
title	title:"Figure 1.A"	Add a figcaption title to your code block.
link_text	link_text:"Download"	Text for the link, default: "Raw code".
linenos	lineos:false	Disable line numbering.
start	start:5	Start embedding the script from the 5th line number.
end	end:15	Stop embedding the script after 15th line number.
range	range:5-15	Embed lines 5-15 of the script.
mark	mark:5-7,10	Highlight lines of code. This example marks lines 5,6,7 and 10.
class	class:"solution"	Add CSS class name(s) to the code <figure> element.

Example

Given the existence of a file

{% render figure-1-a.js title:"Figure A: A Simple AJAX Request." mark:5-8

This will

• Embed and highlight a file at [site_source]/downloads/code/figure-1-a.js
• Give it a figcaption "Figure A: A Simple AJAX Request
• Visually mark lines 5,6,7, and 8.

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request