HotChili is now this bookmarklet: HotChili.
Previous release was for Firefox plus GreaseMonkey, but as a bookmarklet you can use it from any browser.
Known issues
Sometimes a browser (IE) cannot load all needed modules in sequence, and you get some javascript errors. The simple fix is to reload the page and click the bookmarklet again. From now on the modules should be available in the browser cache.
UPDATE: Chili 2.0 has been released
Changes
- Circumvented an evil bottleneck
- Simplified the core clockwork
- Removed the bundled jQuery library
- Changed the plugin names to follow the naming convention of jQuery’s plugins
- Added a new example showing that Chili 1.9 is much faster
Links
Syntax highlighting makes code structures pop up, puts order into the intricacies of a program, let’s you concentrate on the logical connections.
Chili does a great job. If you are a blog author, you can easily add syntax highlighting to your scripts, even if you have a very limited control on page generation. And Chili does offer you many configuration options, including the possibility to adapt color schemes at your taste. In fact, the CSS for a language is maybe the first thing Chili users change. They want their highlighting to suit their vision, they build a pattern that matches their engine.
HotChili is better. If you are a blog reader, you can easily* add syntax highlighting to scripts that are not yours, even if they are already highlighted. Pretty cool: you can adapt almost any script to your color scheme!!
* (two clicks)