zsh-syntax-highlighting/HACKING.md

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Hacking on zsh-syntax-highlighting itself
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This document includes information for people working on z-sy-h itself: on the
core driver (`zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh`), on the highlighters in the
distribution, and on the test suite. It does not target third-party
highlighter authors (although they may find it an interesting read).
The `main` highlighter
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The following function `pz` is useful when working on the `main` highlighting:
pq() {
(( $#argv )) || return 0
print -r -l -- ${(qqqq)argv}
}
pz() {
local arg
for arg; do
pq ${(z)arg}
done
}
It prints, for each argument, its token breakdown, similar to how the main
loop of the `main` highlighter sees it.
Testing the `brackets` highlighter
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Since the test harness empties `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES` and the `brackets`
highlighter interrogates `ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES` to determine how to highlight,
tests must set the `bracket-level-#` keys themselves. For example:
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[bracket-level-1]=
ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES[bracket-level-2]=
BUFFER='echo ({x})'
expected_region_highlight=(
"6 6 bracket-level-1" # (
"7 7 bracket-level-2" # {
"9 9 bracket-level-2" # }
"10 10 bracket-level-1" # )
)
IRC channel
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We're on #zsh-syntax-highlighting on freenode.