Comment on forum/Formatting_algorithms

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@@ -24,3 +24,15 @@ I start writing many algorithms :-)
 > [[here|http://www.andre-simon.de/doku/highlight/en/plugins.php]].
 >
 > -- [[Louis|spalax]]
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+>> Thanks, I looked at it. I don't think there's any special language for algorithms
+>> (anyway I couldn't find any), but for the record I found the following possibilities:
+>>
+>> 1. LaTeX: Not very readable in source form, but could be highlighted, didn't try
+>> 2. Writing in a subset of Python/Pascal/Fortran and using their highlighting
+>> 3. Define a new highlight syntax
+>>
+>> What about [[plugins/teximg]]? If it can be used to generate algorithms from LaTeX, it would be
+>> an easy excellent solution.
+>>
+>> --[[fr33domlover]]