Source Code Analyzer

Highlight is a code highlighting source code analyzer that can turn source codes into formatted text with syntax highlighting. It is fully plattform independent and the software developer provides versions for Linux, Windows, Mac and even a Notepad++ plugin although for an older version of Notepad++.

Highlight’s source is included in the download, even in the Windows version which is slightly unusual. Installation should not pose a problem at all, the user is asked if he wants to add a Sent To entry to Windows that could be used to right-click documents and send them to Highlight for faster processing.

The Source Code Analyzer is compatible to more than 120 programming languages from html over php to c++ and css. It is probably a good idea to change the default skin of the software to a skin that adds contrast to the source code. The skins do not change the main program interface but display the source codes in the right pane differently.

Highlight uses a three tiered interface. The left pane contains the sources that have been loaded into the application, the middle pan is being used to change certain options like line wraps, numbering of lines or the output format (html, xml, xhtml, latex, tex, rft and svg) and the right pane displays the currently active source code.

The source code analyzer provides an interesting alternative especially for those users who edit source code with a normal text editor.