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A number sample with all digits in the synthetic example
author Franz Glasner <fzglas.hg@dom66.de>
date Fri, 15 May 2026 22:29:42 +0200
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 README -- Pseudocode Lexer for Pygments
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:Version: 3.0.0.dev1
:Date: |VCSJustDate|
:Revision: |VCSRevision|
:License: MIT License


This package contains `Pygments`_ lexers for some variants of pseudocode.

Initially a fork of `pygments-lexer-pseudocode` it has been considerably
changed and expanded.

It now contains the following lexers:

.. include:: lexerlist.rst

It additionally contains the following filters:

.. include:: filterlist.rst

.. content-pdf


Installation
============

The lexers are available as a `Python`_ wheel package::

    pip install pygments-lexer-pseudocode2

Alternatively, to build from the source code repository::

    python -m build


Usage
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After installation all the Pseudocode lexers and filters automatically
register itself within the plugin system of Pygments.
Their respective aliases and filename extensions are made known to Pygments.

Usage is easy.

  Pygmentizing a file with a known file extension::

    pygmentize document.algpseudocode

  Or you can manually select the Pseudocode lexer you want to use by
  using a command line flag::

    pygmentize -l algpseudocode somefile

  Within `Sphinx`_ use a lexer like this::

    .. code-block:: algpseudocode


License
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The package is licensed under the terms of the MIT Licence.

Some code snippets are licensed under the terms of the
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License as they are taken from the Python
lexer that is included in `Pygments`_.