pangosytaxhighlight.py

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import pangopygments
import argparse

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Syntax highlight code in Pango format')
parser.add_argument ('language', help='the syntax language of the input file')
parser.add_argument('input', type=argparse.FileType('r'), help='the input file')
parser.add_argument('output', type=argparse.FileType('w'), help='the output file')
args= parser.parse_args()

input_data= args.input.read()

output_data= pangopygments.highlight(input_data, args.language)

args.output.write(output_data)