# Printing ruby code **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 16, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005 "2006-03-16T04:44:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/1 "2006-03-16T04:44:05Z")
Hi, What is the best way/tools to printing ruby code to a piece of paper with: 1. method index 2. line number 3. syntax highlight ?. Regards, – Zakaria removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Yahoo!: z4k4ri4 [http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org](http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org) [http://pemula.linux.or.id](http://pemula.linux.or.id) Mau invite gmail? japri aja. ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 4:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/2 "2006-03-16T04:47:10Z")
On 3/15/06, Zakaria [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best way/tools to printing ruby code to a piece of paper > with: > > 1. method index > 2. line number > 3. syntax highlight > ?. I’ve had good luck with a2ps. Here’s an a2ps stylesheet for Ruby (which could arguably use some enhancement, but is decent enough). [http://www.terpnet.nl/ruby.ssh](http://www.terpnet.nl/ruby.ssh) ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:02am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/3 "2006-03-16T06:02:51Z")
On Mar 15, 2006, at 9:41 PM, Zakaria wrote: > – Zakaria > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Yahoo!: z4k4ri4 > [http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org](http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org) > [http://pemula.linux.or.id](http://pemula.linux.or.id) > Mau invite gmail? japri aja. This is just off the top of my head, so it may not suit your needs but here goes: If you happen to use Vim, you could convert the ruby file to an html file with the :TOhtml command, then open the html file in a web browser and print it. I’m sure that other text editors can do something like this as well. -Ryan ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/4 "2006-03-16T06:11:54Z")
> This is just off the top of my head, so it may not suit your needs > but here goes: If you happen to use Vim, you could convert the > ruby file to an html file with the :TOhtml command, then open the > html file in a web browser and print it. I’m sure that other text > editors can do something like this as well. That’s kind of what I was going to recommend. I use a Drupal blog with VIM perl modules installed in the blog and on my server to syntax color code, ruby included. - Ken ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/5 "2006-03-16T07:48:51Z")
I can’t quite help you with your question directly (I just print from Textmate – not colour coded), but for those of you looking to print code in their Wordpress powered blogs, I’ve been using Code Snippet ([http://blog.enargi.com/codesnippet/](http://blog.enargi.com/codesnippet/)). Although it doesn’t officially support Ruby, if you move Ruby script from the Geshi folder (a required dependency) into your Code Snippet directory, you’ll be made in the shade. James H. ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/6 "2006-03-16T05:50:43Z")
Zakaria wrote: > Hi, > > What is the best way/tools to printing ruby code to a piece of paper > with: > > 1. method index > 2. line number > 3. syntax highlight > ?. I don’t know how this compares with the a2ps version, but here’s something by Mike Wilson using enscript: [http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/\*checkout\*/support/ruby.st?rev=1.1](http://rubyforge.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/support/ruby.st?rev=1.1) ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/7 "2006-03-16T15:31:41Z")
[http://rd.cycnus.de/coderay/](http://rd.cycnus.de/coderay/) Take a closer look, i find it useful! Zakaria schrieb: ---
**Author:** ![Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5ac83/32.png) [@Zakaria](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Zakaria)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/printing-ruby-code/55005/8 "2006-03-17T18:28:20Z")
On 3/15/06, Zakaria [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > – Zakaria > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Yahoo!: z4k4ri4 > [http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org](http://zakaria.is-a-geek.org) > [http://pemula.linux.or.id](http://pemula.linux.or.id) > Mau invite gmail? japri aja. When stuck in Win32 land you can also check out using the scite editor: scite -p Gets you 2 and 3, but no method index. pth