-case "$1" in
- *.c)
- highlight -f -I -X -S c
- ;;
- *.h)
- highlight -f -I -X -S c
- ;;
- *.sh)
- highlight -f -I -X -S sh
- ;;
- *.css)
- highlight -f -I -X -S css
- ;;
- *)
- highlight -f -I -X -S txt
- ;;
-esac
+# store filename and extension in local vars
+BASENAME="$1"
+EXTENSION="${BASENAME##*.}"
+
+# map Makefile and Makefile.* to .mk
+[ "${BASENAME%%.*}" == "Makefile" ] && EXTENSION=mk
+
+# highlight versions 2 and 3 have different commandline options. Specifically,
+# the -X option that is used for version 2 is replaced by the -O xhtml option
+# for version 3.
+#
+# Version 2 can be found (for example) on EPEL 5, while version 3 can be
+# found (for example) on EPEL 6.
+#
+# This is for version 2
+exec highlight --force -f -I -X -S $EXTENSION 2>/dev/null
+
+# This is for version 3
+#exec highlight --force -f -I -O xhtml -S $EXTENSION 2>/dev/null