keywords now have a maximum # of times they provide relevance (#3129) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(api) add unregisterLanguage method (#3009) [Antoine du Hamel][]
enh: Make alias registration case insensitive (#3026) [David Ostrovsky][]
fix(parser) highlightAll() now works if the library is lazy loaded [Josh Goebel][]

New Languages:

Added 3rd party RiScript grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES (#2988) [John C][]
Added 3rd party HLSL grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES (#3002) [Stef Levesque][]
Added 3rd party Q# grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES(#3006) [Vyron Vasileiadis][]

Language grammar improvements:

enh(js/ts) class references (CamelCase) are highlighted (#3169) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(js/ts) constants (ALL_CAPS) are highlighted (#3169) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(js/ts) highlights function invokation (#3169) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(js/ts) functions assigned to variables are now highlighted title.function (#3169) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(parser) smarter detection of comments (#2827) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(python) allow keywords immediately following numbers (#2985) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(xml) char immediately following tag close mis-highlighted (#3044) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(ruby) fix defined?() mis-highlighted as def (#3025) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(c) comments after #include <str> blocks (#3041) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(cpp) comments after #include <str> blocks (#3041) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(cpp) Highlight all function dispatches (#3005) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(python) support type hints and better type support (#2972) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(gml) Add additional GML 2.3 keywords (#2984) [xDGameStudios][]
fix(cpp) constructor support for initializers (#3001) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(php) Add trait to class-like naming patterns (#2997) [Ayesh][]
enh(php) Add Stringable, UnhandledMatchError, and WeakMap classes/interfaces (#2997) [Ayesh][]
enh(php) Add mixed to list of keywords (#2997) [Ayesh][]
enh(php) Add support binary, octal, hex and scientific numerals with underscore separator support (#2997) [Ayesh][]
enh(php) Add support for Enums (#3004) [Ayesh][]
enh(ecmascript) Add built-in types [Vaibhav Chanana][]
enh(kotlin) Add kts as an alias for Kotlin (#3021) [Vaibhav Chanana][]
enh(css) Add font-smoothing to attributes list for CSS (#3027) [AndyKIron][]
fix(python) Highlight print and exec as a builtin (#1468) [Samuel Colvin][]
fix(csharp) Fix unit being highlighted instead of uint (#3046) [Spacehamster][]
enh(swift) add async/await keywords (#3048) [Bradley Mackey][]

Deprecations:

highlight(languageName, code, ignoreIllegals, continuation) deprecated as of 10.7
- Please use the newer API which takes code and then accepts options as an object
- IE: highlight(code, {language, ignoreIllegals})
- continuation is for internal use only and no longer supported
highlightBlock(el) deprecated as of 10.7.
- Please use highlightElement(el) instead.
- Plugin callbacks renamed before/after:highlightBlock => before/after:highlightElement
- Plugin callback now takes el vs block attribute
- The old API and callbacks will be supported until v12.

10.6.0

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highlightjs_bot

published 10.6.0 • 4 years ago

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Version 10.6.0

New Languages:

Added 3rd party Laravel Blade grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES (#2944) [Michael Newton][]

Language grammar improvements:

enh(scala) fix triple quoted strings (#2987) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(perl) Much improved regex detection (#2960) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(swift) Improved highlighting for operator and precedencegroup declarations. (#2938) [Steven Van Impe][]
fix(xml) Support single-character namespaces. (#2957) [Jan Pilzer][]
enh(ruby) Support for character literals (#2950) [Vaibhav Chanana][]
enh(powershell) Add three VALID_VERBS and update the reference link (#2981) [davidhcefx][]
fix(php) Highlighting of anonymous functions without {} block [Vaibhav Chanana][]

Grammar Deprecations:

Deprecate c-like, though you should not be using it directly anyways.
- will be removed in v11.
c and cpp are now wholly unique grammars that will diverge over time

Parser:

new simpler highlightAll() API (#2962) [Josh Goebel][]
- this should be a drop-in replacement for both initHighlighting() and initHighlightingOnLoad()
- note: it does not prevent itself from being called multiple times (as the previous API did)
beginKeyword no longer bestows double relevance (#2953) [Josh Goebel][]
allow keywords to be an array of strings [Josh Goebel][]
add modes.MATCH_NOTHING_RE that will never match
- This can be used with end to hold a mode open (it must then be ended with endsParent in one of it's children modes) [Josh Goebel][]

Deprecations:

initHighlighting() and initHighlightingOnLoad() deprecated.
- Please use the new highlightAll() API instead.
- Deprecated as of 10.6.
- These will both be aliases to highlightAll in v11.

10.5.0

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highlightjs_bot

published 10.5.0 • 4 years ago

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Version 10.5.0

Build:

Add Subresource Integrity digest lists to cdn-assets [Josh Goebel][]
R and VB.net grammars now ship in our default build (:common) [Josh Goebel][]

Parser:

add match as sugar for simple begin only matches (#2834) [Josh Goebel][]
allow illegal to also be an array of regex (#2834) [Josh Goebel][]
add compilerExtensions allows grammers to influence mode compilation (#2834) [Josh Goebel][]
- some internal pieces are now simple compiler extensions

New Languages:

Added 3rd party Red & Rebol grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES (#2872) [Oldes Huhuman][]

Language grammar improvements:

enh: CSS grammars now share common foundation, keywords, etc. (#2937) [Josh Goebel][]
- enh(css): many consistency improvements
- enh(scss): many consistency improvements
- enh(stylus): many consistency improvements
- enh(less): many consistency improvements
enh(cpp): Support C++ pack expansion in function arguments [Martin Dørum][]
enh(makefile): Add make as an alias (#2883) [tripleee][]
enh(swift) Improved grammar for strings (#2819) [Steven Van Impe][]
enh(swift) Grammar improvements (#2908) [Steven Van Impe][]
- New grammar for keywords and built-ins
- Added support for operator highlighting
- New grammar for attributes
- Added support for quoted identifiers, implicit parameters, and property wrapper projections
- Support for more complex expressions in string interpolation
enh(swift) Improved highlighting for types and generic arguments (#2920) [Steven Van Impe][]
enh(swift) Improved highlighting for functions, initializers, and subscripts (#2930) [Steven Van Impe][]
fix(http) avoid recursive sublanguage and tighten rules (#2893) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(asciidoc): Handle section titles level 5 (#2868) [Vaibhav Chanana][]
fix(asciidoc): Support unconstrained emphasis syntax (#2869) [Guillaume Grossetie][]
enh(scheme) Allow [] for argument lists (#2913) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(vb) Large rework of VB.net grammar (#2808) [Jan Pilzer][]
- Adds support for Date data types, see (#2775)
- Adds support for REM comments and fixes ''' doctags (#2875) (#2851)
  - Custom number mode to support VB.net specific number flags
  - Hex (&H), Oct (&O), and binary (&B) prefixes
  - Separating digits with underscores: 90_946
- Type suffixes: 123UI (unsigned integer)
- Improves directives detection and adds support for Enable, Disable, and Then keywords
- Adds more markup tests
fix(javascript) Empty block-comments break highlighting (#2896) [Jan Pilzer][]
enh(dart) Fix empty block-comments from breaking highlighting (#2898) [Jan Pilzer][]
enh(dart) Fix empty doc-comment eating next line [Jan Pilzer][]
enh(asciidoc) Adds support for unconstrained bold syntax (#2869) [Guillaume Grossetie][]
enh(c-like) Incorrect highlighting for interger suffix (#2919) [Vaibhav Chanana][]
enh(properties) Correctly handle trailing backslash (#2922) [Vaibhav Chanana][]

Recent Deprecations:

HTML "merging" is deprecated. (#2873) [Josh Goebel][]
- HTML inside <pre> blocks will no longer be magically merged back into the highlighted code's HTML result - it will instead be silently removed.
- Consider [using a plugin][htmlPlugin] if you truly need this functionality
- Deprecated as of 10.5.0 - will be removed in v11.
tabReplace option deprecated. (#2873) [Josh Goebel][]
- Consider: Use the CSS tab-size property, or simply pre-process the text yourself before rendering the initial HTML
- otherwise, [use a plugin][tabPlugin]
- Deprecated as of 10.5.0 - will be removed in v11.
useBR option deprecated. (#2559) [Josh Goebel][]
- Recommended: You really should just use the HTML <pre> tag
- or perhaps try CSS white-space: pre;
- otherwise, [use a plugin][brPlugin]
- Deprecated as of 10.3.0 - will be removed in v11.
requireLanguage API is deprecated, will be removed in v11.0.
- Consider: Use getLanguage (with custom error handling) or built-time dependencies.
- See Library API for more information.
- Deprecated as of 10.4.0 - will be removed in v11.

10.4.1

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joshgoebel

published 10.4.1 • 4 years ago

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Version 10.4.1 (tentative)

Security

(fix) Exponential backtracking fixes for: [Josh Goebel][]
- cpp
- handlebars
- gams
- perl
- jboss-cli
- r
- erlang-repl
- powershell
- routeros
(fix) Polynomial backtracking fixes for: [Josh Goebel][]
- asciidoc
- reasonml
- latex
- kotlin
- gcode
- d
- aspectj
- moonscript
- coffeescript/livescript
- csharp
- scilab
- crystal
- elixir
- basic
- ebnf
- ruby
- fortran/irpf90
- livecodeserver
- yaml
- x86asm
- dsconfig
- markdown
- ruleslanguage
- xquery
- sqf

Very grateful to [Michael Schmidt][] for all the help.

10.4.0

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isagalaev

published 10.4.0 • 4 years ago

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Version 10.4.0

A largish release with many improvements and fixes from quite a few different contributors. Enjoy!

Deprecations:

(chore) requireLanguage is deprecated.
- Prefer getLanguage (with custom error handling) or built-time dependencies.
- See Library API for more information.

Parser:

enh(parser) use negative look-ahead for beginKeywords support (#2813) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(grammars) allow classNameAliases for more complex grammars [Josh Goebel][]
fix(vue): Language name now appears in CSS class (#2807) [Michael Rush][]
(chore) Clean up all regexs to be UTF-8 compliant/ready (#2759) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(grammars) allow classNameAliases for more complex grammars [Josh Goebel][]

New Languages:

Added 3rd party Chapel grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES (#2806) [Brad Chamberlain][]
Added BBCode grammar to SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES (#2867) [Paul Reid][]
enh(javascript) Added node-repl for Node.js REPL sessions (#2792) [Marat Nagayev][]

Language Improvements:

enh(shell) Recognize prompts which contain tilde ~ (#2859) [Guillaume Grossetie][]
enh(shell) Add support for multiline commands with line continuation \ (#2861) [Guillaume Grossetie][]
enh(autodetect) Over 30+ improvements to auto-detect (#2745) [Josh Goebel][]
- 4-5% improvement in auto-detect against large sample set
- properties, angelscript, lsl, javascript, n1ql, ocaml, ruby
- protobuf, hy, scheme, crystal, yaml, r, vbscript, groovy
- python, java, php, lisp, matlab, clojure, csharp, css
fix(r) fixed keywords not properly spaced (#2852) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(javascript) fix potential catastrophic backtracking (#2852) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(livescript) fix potential catastrophic backtracking (#2852) [Josh Goebel][]
bug(xml) XML grammar was far too imprecise/fuzzy [Josh Goebel][]
enh(xml) Improve precision to prevent false auto-detect positives [Josh Goebel][]
fix(js/ts) Prevent for/while/if/switch from falsly matching as functions (#2803) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(julia) Update keyword lists for Julia 1.x (#2781) [Fredrik Ekre][]
enh(python) Match numeric literals per the language reference [Richard Gibson][]
enh(ruby) Match numeric literals per language documentation [Richard Gibson][]
enh(javascript) Match numeric literals per ECMA-262 spec [Richard Gibson][]
enh(java) Match numeric literals per Java Language Specification [Richard Gibson][]
enh(swift) Match numeric literals per language reference [Richard Gibson][]
enh(php) highlight variables (#2785) [Taufik Nurrohman][]
fix(python) Handle comments on decorators (#2804) [Jonathan Sharpe][]
enh(diff) improve highlighting of diff for git patches [Florian Bezdeka][]
fix(llvm) lots of small improvements and fixes (#2830) [Josh Goebel][]
enh(mathematica) Rework entire implementation [Patrick Scheibe][]
- Correct matching of the many variations of Mathematica's numbers
- Matching of named-characters aka special symbols like \[Gamma]
- Updated list of version 12.1 built-in symbols
- Matching of patterns, slots, message-names and braces
fix(swift) Handle keywords that start with # [Marcus Ortiz][]
enh(swift) Match some keyword [Marcus Ortiz][]
enh(swift) Match @main attribute [Marcus Ortiz][]

Dev Improvements:

chore(dev) add theme picker to the tools/developer tool (#2770) [Josh Goebel][]
fix(dev) the Vue.js plugin no longer throws an exception when hljs is not in the global namespace [Kyle Brown][]

New themes: