From dc6ff0076ae0a3a9f958b9e336f5eb2aab72b30e 2012-11-19 10:55:32
From: Ivan Djokic <jovani.ivan@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-11-19 10:55:32
Subject: [PATCH] Added an option to disable syntax highlighting in code blocks. Simply add the -p or --plain_output tag to the command. This is a fix for issue #21

---

diff --git a/converters/base.py b/converters/base.py
index 38c6921..bea6758 100755
--- a/converters/base.py
+++ b/converters/base.py
@@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ class Converter(object):
     # they have specific requirements.
     display_data_priority = ['pdf', 'svg', 'png', 'jpg', 'text']
 
-    def __init__(self, infile):
+    def __init__(self, infile, highlight):
         self.infile = infile
+        self.highlight = highlight
         self.infile_dir, infile_root = os.path.split(infile)
         infile_root = os.path.splitext(infile_root)[0]
         self.clean_name = clean_filename(infile_root)
diff --git a/converters/html.py b/converters/html.py
index 0809949..ffee07c 100755
--- a/converters/html.py
+++ b/converters/html.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class ConverterHTML(Converter):
             '<div class="prompt input_prompt">In&nbsp;[%s]:</div>' % n
         )
         lines.append('<div class="input_area box-flex1">')
-        lines.append(highlight(cell.input))
+        lines.append(highlight(cell.input) if self.highlight else cell.input)
         lines.append('</div>')  # input_area
         lines.append('</div>')  # input
 
diff --git a/nbconvert.py b/nbconvert.py
index 01cef7b..5b7e6e8 100755
--- a/nbconvert.py
+++ b/nbconvert.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ known_formats = ', '.join([key + " (default)" if key == default_format else key
                            for key in converters])
 
 
-def main(infile, format='rst', preamble=None, exclude=None):
+def main(infile, highlight, format='rst', preamble=None, exclude=None):
     """Convert a notebook to html in one step"""
     try:
         ConverterClass = converters[format]
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def main(infile, format='rst', preamble=None, exclude=None):
         raise SystemExit("Unknown format '%s', " % format +
                          "known formats are: " + known_formats)
 
-    converter = ConverterClass(infile)
+    converter = ConverterClass(infile, highlight)
     converter.render()
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                         help='Path to a user-specified preamble file')
     parser.add_argument('-e', '--exclude', default='',
                         help='Comma-separated list of cells to exclude')
-
+    parser.add_argument('-p', '--plain_output', action='store_false',
+                        help='Plain output which will contain no syntax highlighting.')
     args = parser.parse_args()
     exclude_cells = [s.strip() for s in args.exclude.split(',')]
-        
-    main(infile=args.infile[0], format=args.format,
-         preamble=args.preamble, exclude=exclude_cells)
+
+    main(infile=args.infile[0], highlight=args.plain_output,
+         format=args.format, preamble=args.preamble, exclude=exclude_cells)