language-map

Language Map

JSON map of programming languages to meta data. Converted from GitHub's Linguist YAML file.

Useful Properties:

• type - Either data, programming, markup, or undefined
• aliases - An array of additional lowercased aliases
• filenames - An array of filenames associated with the language
• extensions - An array of associated extensions
• interpreters - An array of associated interpreters

GitHub Specific Properties:

• wrap - Boolean flag to enable line wrapping
• color - CSS hex color to represent the language
• group - Associated language grouping
• aceMode - A string name of the ace mode
• searchable - Boolean flag to enable searching
• searchTerm - Deprecated: Some languages maybe indexed under a different alias

Installation

npm install language-map --save

Usage

var map = require("language-map");

console.log(map["JavaScript"]);
//=> { type: 'programming', aceMode: 'javascript', color: '#f15501', ... }

License

MIT

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