From 5538507e9053a00faa358b92ad0bb004e8d28daf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Mooring Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 14:53:09 -0800 Subject: tpl/transform: Optional options for highlight func Closes #9249 Fixes gohugoio/hugoDocs#63 --- docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md | 95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md b/docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md index 866d15c34..1643fe075 100644 --- a/docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md +++ b/docs/content/en/functions/highlight.md @@ -1,23 +1,104 @@ --- title: highlight linktitle: highlight -description: Takes a string of code and language declaration and uses Chroma to return syntax-highlighted HTML. +description: Renders code with a syntax highlighter. date: 2017-02-01 publishdate: 2017-02-01 -lastmod: 2017-02-01 +lastmod: 2021-12-06 categories: [functions] menu: docs: parent: "functions" keywords: [highlighting,code blocks,syntax] -signature: ["highlight INPUT LANG OPTIONS"] -workson: [] -hugoversion: +signature: ["transform.Highlight INPUT LANG [OPTIONS]","highlight INPUT LANG [OPTIONS]"] relatedfuncs: [] deprecated: false +toc: true --- +The `highlight` function uses the [Chroma] syntax highlighter, supporting over 200 languages with more than 40 available styles. -[`highlight` is used in Hugo's built-in `highlight` shortcode][highlight]. +## Parameters +INPUT +: The code to highlight. -[highlight]: /content-management/shortcodes/#highlight +LANG +: The language of the code to highlight. Choose from one of the [supported languages]. Case-insensitive. + +OPTIONS +: An optional, comma-separated list of zero or more [options]. Set default values in [site configuration]. + +## Options + +lineNos +: Boolean. Default is `false`.\ +Display a number at the beginning of each line. + +lineNumbersInTable +: Boolean. Default is `true`.\ +Render the highlighted code in an HTML table with two cells. The left table cell contains the line numbers. The right table cell contains the code, allowing a user to select and copy the code without line numbers. Irrelevant if `lineNos` is false. + +anchorLineNos +: Boolean. Default is `false`.\ +Render each line number as an HTML anchor element, and set the `id` attribute of the surrounding `` to the line number. Irrelevant if `lineNos` is false. + +lineAnchors +: String. Default is `""`.\ +When rendering a line number as an HTML anchor element, prepend this value to the `id` attribute of the surrounding ``. This provides unique `id` attributes when a page contains two or more code blocks. Irrelevant if `lineNos` or `anchorLineNos` is false. + +lineNoStart +: Integer. Default is `1`.\ +The number to display at the beginning of the first line. Irrelevant if `lineNos` is false. + +hl_Lines +: String. Default is `""`.\ +A space-separated list of lines to emphasize within the highlighted code. To emphasize lines 2, 3, 4, and 7, set this value to `2-4 7`. This option is independent of the `lineNoStart` option. + +style +: String. Default is `monokai`.\ +The CSS styles to apply to the highlighted code. See the [style gallery] for examples. Case-sensitive. + +noClasses +: Boolean. Default is `true`.\ +Use inline CSS styles instead of an external CSS file. To use an external CSS file, set this value to `false` and [generate the file with the hugo client][hugo client]. + +tabWidth +: Integer. Default is `4`.\ +Substitute this number of spaces for each tab character in your highlighted code. + +guessSyntax +: Boolean. Default is `false`.\ +If the `LANG` parameter is blank or an unrecognized language, auto-detect the language if possible, otherwise use a fallback language. + +{{% note %}} +Instead of specifying both `lineNos` and `lineNumbersInTable`, you can use the following shorthand notation: + +`lineNos=inline` +: equivalent to `lineNos=true` and `lineNumbersInTable=false` + +`lineNos=table` +: equivalent to `lineNos=true` and `lineNumbersInTable=true` +{{% /note %}} + +## Examples + +```go-html-template +{{ $input := `fmt.Println("Hello World!")` }} +{{ transform.Highlight $input "go" }} + +{{ $input := `console.log('Hello World!');` }} +{{ $lang := "js" }} +{{ transform.Highlight $input $lang "lineNos=table, style=api" }} + +{{ $input := `echo "Hello World!"` }} +{{ $lang := "bash" }} +{{ $options := slice "lineNos=table" "style=dracula" }} +{{ transform.Highlight $input $lang (delimit $options ",") }} +``` + +[Chroma]: https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma +[hugo client]: {{< relref "commands/hugo_gen_chromastyles" >}} +[options]: {{< relref "#options" >}} +[site configuration]: {{< relref "getting-started/configuration-markup#highlight">}} +[style gallery]: https://xyproto.github.io/splash/docs/ +[supported languages]: {{< relref "content-management/syntax-highlighting#list-of-chroma-highlighting-languages" >}} -- cgit v1.2.3