1 ;;; context-coloring.el --- JavaScript syntax highlighting, except not for syntax. -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
3 ;; Copyright (C) 2014 Jackson Ray Hamilton
5 ;; Author: Jackson Ray Hamilton <jackson@jacksonrayhamilton.com>
6 ;; Keywords: context coloring highlighting js javascript
8 ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24"))
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25 ;; Highlights JavaScript code according to function context.
29 ;; Install Node.js 0.10+.
30 ;; Run `make` in this file's directory.
33 ;; (require 'context-coloring)
34 ;; (add-hook 'js-mode-hook 'context-coloring-mode)
40 (defface context-coloring-depth--1-face
41 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#7f7f7f"))
42 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#7f7f7f")))
43 "Context coloring face, depth -1; comments."
44 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
46 (defface context-coloring-depth-0-face
47 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#000000"))
48 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#ffffff")))
49 "Context coloring face, depth 0; global scope."
50 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
52 (defface context-coloring-depth-1-face
53 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#2D6994"))
54 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#ffff80")))
55 "Context coloring face, depth 1."
56 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
58 (defface context-coloring-depth-2-face
59 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#592D94"))
60 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#cdfacd")))
61 "Context coloring face, depth 2."
62 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
64 (defface context-coloring-depth-3-face
65 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#A13143"))
66 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#d8d8ff")))
67 "Context coloring face, depth 3."
68 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
70 (defface context-coloring-depth-4-face
71 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#AC7135"))
72 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#e7c7ff")))
73 "Context coloring face, depth 4."
74 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
76 (defface context-coloring-depth-5-face
77 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#ACA135"))
78 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#ffcdcd")))
79 "Context coloring face, depth 5."
80 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
82 (defface context-coloring-depth-6-face
83 '((((background light)) (:foreground "#539A2F"))
84 (((background dark)) (:foreground "#ffe390")))
85 "Context coloring face, depth 6."
86 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
88 (defconst context-coloring-face-count 7
89 "Number of faces defined for highlighting delimiter levels.
90 Determines depth at which to cycle through faces again.")
92 (defface context-coloring-depth--1-italic-face
93 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth--1-face :slant italic)))
94 "Context coloring face, depth -1; italic; comments."
95 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
97 (defface context-coloring-depth-0-bold-face
98 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-0-face :weight bold)))
99 "Context coloring face, depth 0; bold; global scope."
100 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
102 (defface context-coloring-depth-1-bold-face
103 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-1-face :weight bold)))
104 "Context coloring face, depth 1; bold."
105 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
107 (defface context-coloring-depth-2-bold-face
108 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-2-face :weight bold)))
109 "Context coloring face, depth 2; bold."
110 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
112 (defface context-coloring-depth-3-bold-face
113 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-3-face :weight bold)))
114 "Context coloring face, depth 3; bold."
115 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
117 (defface context-coloring-depth-4-bold-face
118 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-4-face :weight bold)))
119 "Context coloring face, depth 4; bold."
120 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
122 (defface context-coloring-depth-5-bold-face
123 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-5-face :weight bold)))
124 "Context coloring face, depth 5; bold."
125 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
127 (defface context-coloring-depth-6-bold-face
128 '((default (:inherit context-coloring-depth-6-face :weight bold)))
129 "Context coloring face, depth 6; bold."
130 :group 'context-coloring-faces)
135 (defsubst context-coloring-level-face (depth style)
136 "Return face-name for DEPTH and STYLE as a string \"context-coloring-depth-DEPTH-face\".
137 For example: \"context-coloring-depth-1-face\"."
139 (concat "context-coloring-depth-"
142 ;; Has a face directly mapping to it.
143 (and (< depth context-coloring-face-count)
145 ;; After the number of available faces are used up, pretend the 0th
146 ;; face doesn't exist.
149 (- context-coloring-face-count 1)))))
150 (cond ((= 1 style) "-bold")
151 ((= 2 style) "-italic")
156 ;;; Customizable variables
158 (defcustom context-coloring-delay 0.25
159 "Delay between a buffer update and colorization.
161 If your performance is poor, you might want to increase this."
162 :group 'context-coloring)
167 (defvar context-coloring-buffer nil
168 "Reference to this buffer (for timers).")
169 (make-variable-buffer-local 'context-coloring-buffer)
171 (defvar context-coloring-scopifier-process nil
172 "Only allow a single scopifier process to run at a time. This
173 is a reference to that one process.")
174 (make-variable-buffer-local 'context-coloring-scopifier-process)
176 (defvar context-coloring-colorize-idle-timer nil
177 "Reference to currently-running idle timer.")
178 (make-variable-buffer-local 'context-coloring-colorize-idle-timer)
180 (defvar context-coloring-changed nil
181 "Indication that the buffer has changed recently, which would
182 imply that it should be colorized again.")
183 (make-variable-buffer-local 'context-coloring-changed)
188 (defconst context-coloring-path
189 (file-name-directory (or load-file-name buffer-file-name))
190 "This file's directory.")
192 (defconst context-coloring-scopifier-path
193 (expand-file-name "./bin/scopifier" context-coloring-path)
194 "Path to the external scopifier executable.")
196 (defsubst context-coloring-apply-tokens (tokens)
197 "Processes TOKENS to apply context-based coloring to the
198 current buffer. Tokens are vectors consisting of 4 integers:
199 start, end, level, and style."
200 (with-silent-modifications
201 ;; Reset in case there should be uncolored areas.
202 (remove-text-properties (point-min) (point-max) `(face nil rear-nonsticky nil))
204 (len (length tokens)))
209 `(face ,(context-coloring-level-face
211 (elt tokens (+ i 3))) rear-nonsticky t))
214 (defsubst context-coloring-kill-scopifier ()
215 "Kills the currently-running scopifier process for this
217 (when (not (null context-coloring-scopifier-process))
218 (delete-process context-coloring-scopifier-process)
219 (setq context-coloring-scopifier-process nil)))
221 (defsubst context-coloring-parse-array (input)
222 "Specialized alternative JSON parser."
223 (vconcat (mapcar 'string-to-number (split-string (substring input 1 -1) ","))))
225 (defsubst context-coloring-scopify ()
226 "Invokes the external scopifier with the current buffer's
227 contents, reading the scopifier's response asynchronously and
228 applying a parsed list of tokens to
229 `context-coloring-apply-tokens'."
231 ;; Prior running tokenization is implicitly obsolete if this function is
233 (context-coloring-kill-scopifier)
235 ;; Start the process.
236 (setq context-coloring-scopifier-process
237 (start-process-shell-command "scopifier" nil context-coloring-scopifier-path))
240 (buffer context-coloring-buffer))
242 ;; The process may produce output in multiple chunks. This filter
243 ;; accumulates the chunks into a message.
244 (set-process-filter context-coloring-scopifier-process
245 (lambda (process chunk)
246 (setq output (concat output chunk))))
248 ;; When the process's message is complete, this sentinel parses it as JSON
249 ;; and applies the tokens to the buffer.
250 (set-process-sentinel context-coloring-scopifier-process
251 (lambda (process event)
252 (when (equal "finished\n" event)
253 (let ((tokens (context-coloring-parse-array output)))
254 (with-current-buffer buffer
255 (context-coloring-apply-tokens tokens))
256 (setq context-coloring-scopifier-process nil))))))
258 ;; Give the process its input.
259 (process-send-region context-coloring-scopifier-process (point-min) (point-max))
260 (process-send-eof context-coloring-scopifier-process))
265 (defun context-coloring-colorize ()
266 "Colors the current buffer by function context."
268 (context-coloring-scopify))
270 (defun context-coloring-change-function (start end length)
271 "Registers a change so that a context-colored buffer can be
273 ;; Tokenization is obsolete if there was a change.
274 (context-coloring-kill-scopifier)
275 (setq context-coloring-changed t))
277 (defun context-coloring-maybe-colorize ()
278 "Colorize unders certain conditions. This will run as an idle
279 timer, so firstly the buffer must not be some other
280 buffer. Additionally, the buffer must have changed, otherwise
281 colorizing would be redundant."
282 (when (and (eq context-coloring-buffer (window-buffer (selected-window)))
283 context-coloring-changed)
284 (setq context-coloring-changed nil)
285 (context-coloring-colorize)))
291 (define-minor-mode context-coloring-mode
292 "Context-based code coloring for JavaScript, inspired by Douglas Crockford."
294 (if (not context-coloring-mode)
296 (context-coloring-kill-scopifier)
297 (when (not (null 'context-coloring-colorize-idle-timer))
298 (cancel-timer context-coloring-colorize-idle-timer))
299 (remove-hook 'after-change-functions 'context-coloring-change-function t)
303 (setq context-coloring-buffer (current-buffer))
305 ;; Colorize once initially.
306 (context-coloring-colorize)
308 ;; Font lock is not compatible with this mode; the converse is also true.
312 ;; Only recolor on change.
313 (add-hook 'after-change-functions 'context-coloring-change-function nil t)
315 ;; Only recolor idly.
316 (setq context-coloring-colorize-idle-timer
317 (run-with-idle-timer context-coloring-delay t 'context-coloring-maybe-colorize))))
320 (defun context-coloring-mode-enable ()
321 (context-coloring-mode 1))
324 (defun context-coloring-mode-disable ()
325 (context-coloring-mode 0))
328 (define-globalized-minor-mode global-context-coloring-mode
329 context-coloring-mode context-coloring-mode-enable)
331 (provide 'context-coloring)
333 ;;; context-coloring.el ends here