batch create html colored versions of a list of files reflecting syntax highlighting

Question

I would like to be able to easily create html-colored versions of a list of files (ex: "all the files in this directory", or "this list of files")

I know that I can do this manually, one by one, by:

1. opening the file (ex: :e /path/to/Foo.bash) in vim (with syntax enabled)
2. typing :hardcopy to obtain a html-version of the file that also contains the syntax highlighting colors
3. saving that file (ex: :w /path/to/Foo.bash.htm)

But how can I "automate" this, ie do it for either all files in a directory or for a list of comma separated file names ?

Answer 1

There is a script named 2html that comes with recent versions of Vim. Its purpose is to convert files to HTML (see :h 2html.vim). You can run it in a batch like this:

• open all files you want to convert:

  vim *.sh
  

• run the script with a bufdo:

  :bufdo runtime! syntax/2html.vim | wq
  

This should create a file foo.sh.html for each input file foo.sh. Beware that the script converts files in the exact state they are in Vim: the same color theme is used, closed folders are kept closed etc.