X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs-elpa/blobdiff_plain/3d034f96a470e90316f1c01a5205fe56f2622542..3007b2917d71a7d66eb94876536dfd80b0661d40:/README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 16b671ad5..21f1eb5cf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,165 +1,66 @@ -# Context Coloring [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring.png?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring) +# Context Coloring [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring?branch=master)

Screenshot of JavaScript code highlighted by context.

-Highlights code according to function context. +Highlights code by scope. Top-level scopes are one color, second-level scopes +are another color, and so on. Variables retain the color of the scope in which +they are defined. A variable defined in an outer scope referenced by an inner +scope is colored the same as the outer scope. -- Code in the global scope is one color. Code in functions within the global - scope is a different color, and code within such functions is another color, - and so on. -- Identifiers retain the color of the scope in which they are declared. - -Lexical scope information at-a-glance can assist a programmer in understanding -the overall structure of a program. It can help to curb nasty bugs like name -shadowing. A rainbow can indicate excessive complexity. State change within a -closure is easily monitored. - -By default, Context Coloring still highlights comments and strings -syntactically. It is still easy to differentiate code from non-code, and strings -cannot be confused for variables. - -This coloring strategy is probably more useful than conventional syntax -highlighting. Highlighting keywords can help one to detect spelling errors, but -a [linter][] could also spot those errors, and if integrated with [flycheck][], -an extra spot opens up in your editing toolbelt. - -Give context coloring a try; you may find that it *changes the way you write -code*. +By default, comments and strings are still highlighted syntactically. ## Features -- Supported languages: JavaScript -- Light and dark (customizable) color schemes. -- Very fast for files under 1000 lines. +- Light and dark customizable color schemes. +- JavaScript support: + - Script, function and block scopes (and even `catch` block scopes). + - Node.js "file-level" scope detection. +- Emacs Lisp support: + - `defun`, `lambda`, `let`, `let*`, `cond`, `condition-case`, `defadvice`, + `dolist`, `quote`, `backquote` and backquote splicing. + - Works in `eval-expression` too. ## Installation -Requires Emacs 24+. - -JavaScript language support requires either [js2-mode][], or -[Node.js 0.10+][node] and the [scopifier][] executable. - -```bash -npm install -g scopifier -``` - -### ELPA - -- `M-x package-refresh-contents RET` -- `M-x package-install RET context-coloring RET` - -### Git +Requires Emacs 24.3+. JavaScript language support requires +[js2-mode](https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode). -- Clone this repository. - -```bash -cd ~/.emacs.d/ -git clone https://github.com/jacksonrayhamilton/context-coloring.git -``` - -- Byte-compile the package for improved speed. - -```bash -cd context-coloring/ -make compile -``` - -- Add the following to your `~/.emacs` file: +To install, run the command `M-x package-install RET context-coloring RET`, and +then add the following to your init file: ```lisp -(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/context-coloring") -(require 'context-coloring) -(add-hook 'js2-mode-hook 'context-coloring-mode) -``` +;; JavaScript: +(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.js\\'" . js2-mode)) +(add-hook 'js2-mode-hook #'context-coloring-mode) -## Customizing +;; Emacs Lisp: +(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook #'context-coloring-mode) -Built-in themes are accessible via `context-coloring-load-theme`. Available -themes are: `monokai`, `solarized`, `tango` and `zenburn`. - -```lisp -(require 'context-coloring) -(context-coloring-load-theme 'zenburn) +;; eval-expression: +(add-hook 'eval-expression-minibuffer-setup-hook #'context-coloring-mode) ; 24.4+ +(add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'context-coloring-mode) ; 24.3 ``` -You can define your own themes, too: +## Color Schemes -```lisp -(context-coloring-define-theme - 'zenburn - :colors '("#DCDCCC" - "#93E0E3" - "#BFEBBF" - "#F0DFAF" - "#DFAF8F" - "#CC9393" - "#DC8CC3" - "#94BFF3" - "#9FC59F" - "#D0BF8F" - "#DCA3A3")) -``` - -## Extending - -To add support for a new language, write a "scopifier" for it, and define a new -coloring dispatch strategy with `context-coloring-define-dispatch`. Then the -plugin should handle the rest. - -A "scopifier" is a CLI program that reads a buffer's contents from stdin and -writes a JSON array of numbers to stdout. Every three numbers in the array -represent a range of color. For instance, if I fed the following string of -JavaScript code to a scopifier, - -```js -var a = function () {}; -``` - -then the scopifier would produce the following array: - -```js -[1,24,0,9,23,1] -``` - -Where, for every three numbers, the first number is a 1-indexed start [point][], -the second number is an exclusive end point, and the third number is a scope -level. The result of applying level 0 coloring to the range [1, 24) and then -applying level 1 coloring to the range [9, 23) would result in the following -coloring: - -

- Screenshot of ranges [1, 24) and [9, 23). -

+The [Zenburn](https://github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-emacs) theme, featured in the +screenshot above, now supports context coloring. -If there is an abstract syntax tree generator for your language, you can walk -the syntax tree, find variables and scopes, and build their positions and levels -into an array like the one above. +You can define your own colors by customizing faces like +`context-coloring-level-N-face`, where N is a number starting from 0. -For example, a Ruby scopifier might be defined and implemented like this: +[See here](https://gist.github.com/jacksonrayhamilton/6b89ca3b85182c490816) for +some color schemes for popular custom themes. -```lisp -(context-coloring-define-dispatch - 'ruby - :modes '(ruby-mode) - :executable "ruby" - :command "/home/username/scopifier") -``` - -```ruby -#!/usr/bin/env ruby -def scopifier(code) - # Parse code. - # Return an array. -end -print scopifier ARGF.read -``` +## Options -[linter]: http://jshint.com/about/ -[flycheck]: http://www.flycheck.org/ -[zenburn]: http://github.com/bbatsov/zenburn-emacs -[point]: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Point.html -[js2-mode]: https://github.com/mooz/js2-mode -[node]: http://nodejs.org/download/ -[load path]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Lisp-Libraries.html +- `context-coloring-syntactic-comments` (default: `t`): If non-nil, also color + comments using `font-lock`. +- `context-coloring-syntactic-strings` (default: `t`): If non-nil, also color + strings using `font-lock`. +- `context-coloring-javascript-block-scopes` (default: `nil`): If non-nil, also + color block scopes in the scope hierarchy in JavaScript. +- `context-coloring-javascript-detect-top-level-scope` (default: `t`): If + non-nil, detect when to use file-level scope.