Syntactic Whitespace

I am currently working on a project with Django A Python web framework ,
It will be a pastebin application , all good pastebins have syntax highlighting … I just wanted to show you how I did it … it can be useful for other projects,

1 def syntax(value,extension):
2     from pygments.lexers import get_lexer_for_filename
3     from pygments import highlight
4     from pygments.formatters import HtmlFormatter
5     "Highlights the syntax of a file based on file extension"
6     lexer = get_lexer_for_filename("file." + extension, stripall=True)
7     formatter = HtmlFormatter(linenos=True)
8     result = highlight(value, lexer, formatter)
9     return result

Sorry for the lack of posts , I will have more snippets up soon

Check out what I found on digg today Here
You can make your own “for dummies” book cover …

When google annouced that they were going to make a web based rss reader I was really excited….then I saw it …and
I was disapointed NOW they have remade it …it is SO much better now …you gotta try it it is so much better (click to enlarge)

Obligatory technorati tags:google google-reader rss news-feeds rss-reader news-reader web-apps redesign ajax web2.0

I just foind this really cool app called Windows Live Writer  I have to say …for everything microsoft has done…Maybe …Just maybe…they got something right… this thing is nice…It lets you do anything that the web interface does ….Except easier it even does catagories, tags , comments (enable/disable) , trackbacks , pings , timestamps , blockquotes ..everything …And for ONCE …just ONCE they are NOT forcing you to use there service …msn spaces ….Im using it right now for wordpress…and also …it is VERY easy …it took me about 30 seconds to startup (and thats with downloading posts too) All it needed was my blog address and user/pass

Im writing this post with it now …Here are some pictures :

You can even insert maps from  Windows Live Maps

(pictured –> )

Overall this is a pretty neat piece of software…even if microsoft made it…It is very smooth and integrates well  , even with non-microsoft products (*gasp*) it is even STANDARDS COMPLIANT (*double gasp!!!*)

Obligatory technorati tags:

Wordpress microsoft windows+live msn msn+spaces blogging blogging+clients Downloads:metaweblog Metaweblog+api

And NO its not foxit …although foxit reader is a great reader I have one that goes so fast…you gotta erm…you gotta….WELL ITS FAST OK

Its called gsview and its a gui frontend for ghostscript for windows … it takes about 1 second to open the average pdf

you can get it here

PDF,adobe+pdf Postscript postscript+viewer Pdf+reader viewer Pdf+viewer utilities opensource Open+source+software Freeware Downloads Download Programs Apps