Converting Blusfish syntax-highlighted PHP code in to a PDF

[Gabriel Dragffy]

Nicolas Kaiser wrote:
> On 4/10/07, Gabriel Dragffy <dragffy at yandex.ru> wrote:
>> Is there any way to save the lovely syntax-highlighted code of Bluefish
>> in to a PDF? I ask only because I need to have code samples, and it
>> would be fantastic if they could be highlighted. Also PDF is nice and
>> compatible :)
> 
> I haven't found an option to print from Bluefish itself yet, however
> if you just need syntax-highlighting, you can do so with vim, like
> this:
> 
> vim "+ha >test.ps" +q test.php
> 
> should print syntax-highlighted to a postscript file. ("+q" is for
> quitting vim immediately after printing.)
> If this is useful enough for you, it might be possible to elaborate on
> it (like printing to pdf straight away) and add it to "external
> commands" in Bluefish, for convenience.
> 
> Cheers,
> n.
> 

Thank you so much for all the replies.

I have to say that ultimately a PDF is much more useful to me than PS.

Going the VIM route seems good. Can it go straight in to PDF though?

Also the files that I edit are stored remotely, and I edit them in 
Bluefish via GnomeVFS (samba shares). If I put the VIM command in to 
bluefish is it going to handle this OK?

Many thanks, Gabriel