zsh-syntax-highlighting/highlighters
Daniel Shahaf 8f5d74d219 'main': Further optimize argument parsing.
% repeat 3 { zsh -f tests/test-zprof.zsh main | tee … | grep -w _zsh_highlight | head -n1 }
18)    1       26895.86 26895.86  100.00%      6.35     6.35    0.02%  _zsh_highlight
19)    1       27399.11 27399.11  100.00%      5.52     5.52    0.02%  _zsh_highlight
19)    1       27027.58 27027.58  100.00%      5.66     5.66    0.02%  _zsh_highlight

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This commit has been rebased.  The above statistics were measured after
the rebase.  The below statistics had been measured before the rebase.

num  calls                time                       self            name
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1)    3       25689.17  8563.06   98.15%  18422.01  6140.67   70.38%  _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_list
 2) 32390        5706.13     0.18   21.80%   2315.68     0.07    8.85%  _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_argument
19)    1       26173.33 26173.33  100.00%      5.27     5.27    0.02%  _zsh_highlight

Interestingly, if I make the change in this diff to
_zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_double_quote —

>     diff --git a/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh b/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
>     index da6ab2b..bb17618 100644
>     --- a/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
>     +++ b/highlighters/main/main-highlighter.zsh
>     @@ -1462,10 +1462,13 @@ _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_double_quote()
>        local i j k ret style
>        reply=()
>
>     -  for (( i = $1 + 1 ; i <= $#arg ; i += 1 )) ; do
>     +  (( i = $1 ))
>     +  while (( ++i <= $#arg )); do
>     +    i=${arg[(ib.i.)[\"\`\$\\\\${histchars[1]}]]}
>          (( j = i + start_pos - 1 ))
>          (( k = j + 1 ))
>          case "$arg[$i]" in
>     +      ("")  break;;
>            ('"') break;;
>            ('`') saved_reply=($reply)
>                  _zsh_highlight_main_highlighter_highlight_backtick $i

— it actually makes things measurably slower (!), even on input that has
a large number of pasted double-quoted strings: on «BUFFER=": ${(r.8*1500..foo"bar".):-}"»
the slowdown is (1123.24ms / 1091.06ms = 1.0295).  Therefore, I won't be
committing that change.
2020-05-22 04:36:59 +00:00
..
brackets tests: Directly diff expected_region_highlight against region_highlight 2018-02-10 14:49:07 -06:00
cursor *: Change highlighters' namespace. 2016-08-16 17:53:01 +00:00
line highlighters: Rename entry points. 2016-08-16 17:51:43 +00:00
main 'main': Further optimize argument parsing. 2020-05-22 04:36:59 +00:00
pattern highlighters: Rename entry points. 2016-08-16 17:51:43 +00:00
regexp regexp: Add test for subexpression match 2018-02-11 09:58:00 -06:00
root highlighters: Rename entry points. 2016-08-16 17:51:43 +00:00
README.md docs: Followup to the recent docs branch: clean up some internal cross-references. 2015-11-27 04:07:02 +00:00

zsh-syntax-highlighting / highlighters

Navigate into the individual highlighters' documentation to see
what styles ($ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_STYLES keys) each highlighter defines.

Refer to the documentation on highlighters for further
information.