Contribute to the thought process for 3rd party language packaging if you'd like

[joshgoebel]

As a maintainer of a Highlight.js language grammar you might be interested in the discussion of an official packaging format. I just created an issue to track the discussion and I've been working on this along with the new build system.

highlightjs/highlight.js#2328

Sorry for the spam, but I couldn't think of an easier way to ping the people who might be most interested in weighing in on the subject. Feel free to simply close this issue or leave it open (whatever works best for you!).

[gusbemacbe]

@yyyc514

I tried to minify the file cyber-original.js, but it gave an error, due to function(hljs), but I did not see any error.

[joshgoebel]

You don't want to minify it yourself - it's not JUST a minified file - it's a packaged CDN ready file, that's what the new build system is for. If you're using my branch that has the new build system and your language is in:

[highlightjs checkout]/extra/highlightjs-cyber

# from the hightlight-js parent folder
node  --stack-size=65500  ./tools/build.js -t cdn

Will build the dist file for you when it builds the CDN assets.

[joshgoebel]

You should be exporting a module though:

module.exports = function (hljs) {

[gusbemacbe]

The command node --stack-size=65500 ./tools/build.js -t cdn seems not to work.

[gusbemacbe]

In spite of it, do the minified files seem OK to you?

[joshgoebel]

How does it not work? Are you using the branch with the new build system?

[joshgoebel]

In spite of it, do the minified files seem OK to you?

It's not a CDN module. CDN modules include the registration code so that all you have to do is include the JS tag... and NOTHING else.

[joshgoebel]

What is cypher vs cypher original? If you're publishing two entirely different languages you need a slightly different structure, more like how the core library does it.

[joshgoebel]

Here is what a CDN module looks like:

hljs.registerLanguage("bnf",(function(n){return{contains:[{className:"attribute",begin:/</,end:/>/},{begin:/::=/,starts:{end:/$/,contains:[{begin:/</,end:/>/},n.C_LINE_COMMENT_MODE,n.C_BLOCK_COMMENT_MODE,n.APOS_STRING_MODE,n.QUOTE_STRING_MODE]}}]}}));

[gusbemacbe]

The cypher-original was not implemented by me, and does not require you to use the extra script of JavaScript code.

The cypher was implemented by me, and needs the extra script of JavaScript code.

[joshgoebel]

You only need the original file, you don't need special code to make it work in a browser... that's what the new build process does for you. :-) And it will generate the dist file for you.

• The dist file is what you'd use in the web browser.
• The src file is what you'd use with Node/rollup/etc.

[joshgoebel]

You need to be on the squash_build_pipeline branch which has the new build system. I'm hoping to get it merged in the next few weeks, but holidays and all...

[gusbemacbe]

OK, I created a folder tools and a file build.js (empty), and tried to run node --stack-size=65500 ./tools/build.js -t cdn, but it did not anything or minify the files.