highlightjs/highlight.js

Support Lezer grammars with our output pipeline

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#3,623 opened on Sep 14, 2022

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Description

It'd be nice to be able to use Lezer for parsing paired with our output pipeline... this would allow users wishing to pay a higher download cost to get much improved support for some languages that require a more complex parsing engine.

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Research direction
Investigate how to integrate Lezer parsers into the existing output pipeline of highlight.js, considering the referenced issues and Lezer's documentation.
Tech stack
javascript
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tooling
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3
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3-5 days
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Fresh
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Clear
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JavaScripthighlight.js architectureLezer grammars
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30