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authorLibravatar Titus Wormer <tituswormer@gmail.com>2022-09-09 18:03:17 +0200
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@@ -205,6 +205,99 @@ The files in `src/` are as follows:
> 🚧 **To do**.
+### Example: syntax highlighting code
+
+This example shows how `micromark-rs` can be used to turn markdown into an HTML
+file.
+When the HTML is opened in a browser, the code examples that were in the
+markdown are then syntax highlighted by client side JavaScript using
+[`starry-night`][starry-night].
+The `starry-night` library matches how GitHub highlights code on their platform.
+
+Say we have this `example.rs`:
+
+```rs
+extern crate micromark;
+use micromark::{micromark_with_options, Constructs, Options};
+use std::fs;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), String> {
+ let markdown = r###"
+# Hello
+
+…world!
+
+~~~js
+console.log('it works!')
+~~~
+"###;
+
+ let html = micromark_with_options(
+ markdown,
+ &Options {
+ constructs: Constructs::gfm(),
+ ..Options::default()
+ },
+ )?;
+
+ let js = r###"
+import {createStarryNight, common} from 'https://esm.sh/@wooorm/starry-night@1?bundle'
+import {toDom} from 'https://esm.sh/hast-util-to-dom@3?bundle'
+
+const starryNight = await createStarryNight(common)
+const prefix = 'language-'
+
+const nodes = Array.from(document.body.querySelectorAll('code'))
+
+for (const node of nodes) {
+ const className = Array.from(node.classList).find((d) => d.startsWith(prefix))
+ if (!className) continue
+ const scope = starryNight.flagToScope(className.slice(prefix.length))
+ if (!scope) continue
+ const tree = starryNight.highlight(node.textContent, scope)
+ node.replaceChildren(toDom(tree, {fragment: true}))
+}
+"###;
+
+ let html = format!(
+ "<!doctype html>
+<meta charset=utf8>
+<title>Hello</title>
+<link rel=stylesheet href=\"https://esm.sh/@wooorm/starry-night@1/style/both.css\">
+<body>
+{}
+<script type=module>
+{}
+</script>
+</body>
+",
+ html, js
+ );
+
+ match fs::write("index.html", html) {
+ Ok(()) => {}
+ Err(error) => return Err(format!("Could not write `index.html`: {:?}", error)),
+ }
+
+ Ok(())
+}
+```
+
+The code example in the markdown as HTML will first look like this:
+
+```html
+<pre><code class="language-js">console.log('it works!')
+</code></pre>
+```
+
+Opening that page in a browser, we’d see the `<code>` being swapped with:
+
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+```html
+<pre><code class="language-js"><span class="pl-en">console</span>.<span class="pl-c1">log</span>(<span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">'</span>it works!<span class="pl-pds">'</span></span>)
+</code></pre>
+```
+
## Markdown
### CommonMark
@@ -356,6 +449,7 @@ Support this effort and give back by sponsoring:
[chalker]: https://github.com/ChALkeR
[license]: https://github.com/micromark/micromark/blob/main/license
[author]: https://wooorm.com
+[starry-night]: https://github.com/wooorm/starry-night
[contribute]: #contribute
[sponsor]: #sponsor
[commonmark]: #commonmark