𓁁 Papyrus
An embedded code editor with textarea enhancements leveraging PrismJS. Papyrus is a drop-in solution for code sample showcasing and offers syntax highlighting theme customizations.
Documentation + Custom Theming: papyrus.js.og
Reasoning
Papyrus was created to help alleviate some of cumbersome configuration incurred for showcasing code snippets in documentation and websites. PrismJS is dope and does dope shit, but I wanted something more flexible and integrated which provided basic editing capabilities.
Benefits
Papyrus extends upon the default grammars provided by prism which allows for more control of syntax highlighting. It comes pre-packaged and supports only a small subset of languages common in font-end development and offers text editor capabilities out of the box along with highly customizable theming solution.
Limitations
Papyrus is appropriating PrismJS grammars and neither modules are designed for high level edge cases but can perform consistently at around 5kloc. If you require support for large files which exceed 5kloc maybe choose Monaco, CodeMirror or Copenhagen.
Installation
Papyrus requires you to install PrismJS.
pnpm add @liquify/papyrusOptions
Papyrus defaults to using the following options.
| Option | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
autoSave |
false |
Saves text edits to local storage between refreshes |
editor |
true |
Enable/Disable the text editor feature |
indentSize |
2 |
The size of indentation |
indentChar |
none |
The indentation character, also accepts tab or space
|
input |
'' |
The input code, fallbacks to <code> inner HTML |
language |
null |
The language id, fallbacks to <code> class name reference |
lineHighlight |
true |
Whether or not to highlight lines |
lineIndent |
true |
Whether or not to preserve indentation levels on newlines |
lineNumbers |
true |
Whether or not to show line numbers |
locLimit |
1500 |
The maximum lines of code to allow |
showSpace |
false |
Show invisible whitespace characters |
showTab |
false |
Show invisible tab characters |
showCRLF |
false |
Show invisible LF + CR character combinator sequences |
showLF |
false |
Show invisible LF (newline) characters |
showCR |
false |
Show invisible CR (carriage return) characters |
spellcheck |
false |
Allow spellchecking in the text editor |
tabIndent |
false |
Allow tab indentation on selections |
trimStart |
true |
Strip leading extraneous newlines and whitespace |
trimEnd |
true |
Strip ending extraneous newlines and whitespace |
Usage
The module acts a wrapper around PrismJS and aims to make the applied syntax highlighting as simple as possible. There are 3 different distribution bundles available depending on how you wish to invoke and use Papyrus. You can leverage attributes to customizing the applied highlighting operations using data-papyrus-* annotations or alternatively use the default function on the export namespace.
<html>
<head>
<link href="papyrus.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="papyrus.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<pre class="papyrus">
<code class="language-liquid">
{{ object.prop }}
</code>
</pre>
<pre class="papyrus">
<code class="language-js">
const foo = () => console.log('bar');
</code>
</pre>
</body>
</html>You would initialize Papyrus and have all the above code regions apply highlighting using the options provided. Code regions which contain attributes instruct Papyrus to adhere to the options passed.
import papyrus from 'papyrus';
// Applies the following options to all instances
//
const code = papyrus({
autoSave: true,
editor: false,
indentChar: 'none',
indentSize: 2,
input: '',
language: null,
lineHighlight: true,
lineIndent: true,
lineNumbers: true,
locLimit: 1500,
tabIndent: false,
spellcheck: false,
showCRLF: false,
showSpace: false,
showCR: false,
showLF: false,
showTab: false,
trimEnd: true,
trimStart: true
});
code[0].enable() // activate editor modeThe mount import returns an instance which allow you to work with the code regions. This is the manual equivalent of calling the default papyrus() method.
import papyrus from 'papyrus';
const p = papyrus.mount(document.querySelector('pre'), {
autoSave: true,
editor: false,
indentChar: 'none',
indentSize: 2,
input: '',
language: null,
lineHighlight: true,
lineIndent: true,
lineNumbers: true,
locLimit: 1500,
tabIndent: false,
spellcheck: false,
showCRLF: false,
showSpace: false,
showCR: false,
showLF: false,
showTab: false,
trimEnd: true,
trimStart: true
})
// GETTERS / SETTER
//
p.language: Languages; // The Language Name as per the `class="language-xxx"`
// READ ONLY
//
readonly p.lines: number; // The number of lines
readonly p.pre: HTMLPreElement; // The HTML `<pre>` element
readonly p.code: HTMLElement; // The HTML `<code>` element
readonly p.textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement; // The HTML `<textarea>` element
readonly p.raw: string; // The raw string of the `textarea`
// METHODS
// Update the input, optionally provide a language id to change the language mode.
p.update(input: string, language?: Languages): void
// Disable editor mode, makes code input readonly
p.disable(): void
// Enable editor, makes code editable
p.enable(): voidMethods
The default export exposes the following methods:
import papyrus from 'papyrus';
// BROWSER ONLY - Highlight/activate editor mode
papyrus(options?: {})
// Potion Theming
papyrus.potion(prism)
// Editor Mode - BROWSER ONLY
papyrus.mount(element: HTMLPreElement, options?: {})
// Highlight string
papyrus.highlight(code: string, options?: {})