Parinfer for CodeMirror

A Parinfer layer for the browser-based CodeMirror editor.

used by Parinfer's official demo editor and website to demonstrate canonical plugin behavior

Demo

Run npm install and open demo.html for working example.

Usage

Attach Parinfer to a CodeMirror instance:

parinferCodeMirror.init(cm);

NOTE: To ensure your code structure is preserved when enabling Parinfer, the editor will be suspended in a "correction" mode (i.e. Paren Mode) if the editor has unbalanced code. Once the highlighted errors are fixed, the editor resumes the originally intended mode as expected.

Styling

Style the following class names. Those from demo.html shown below:

• .parinfer-error - erroneous characters (unbalanced quotes or parens)

  

• .parinfer-paren-trail - parens at end of a line (dim to subtly show they are inferred)

  

API

parinferCodeMirror.init(cm, mode, options);
// `mode` is 'paren', 'indent', or 'smart'
// `options` is passed to Parinfer

parinferCodeMirror.disable(cm); // disable Parinfer's effects on the editor
parinferCodeMirror.enable(cm);  // re-enable after disabling

parinferCodeMirror.setMode(cm, mode);
parinferCodeMirror.setOptions(cm, options);

The only Parinfer options you should pass is {forceBalance: true}, but only if you want aggressively-balanced parens. It is off by default since some edge-cases make this undesirable. When turned off, unmatched parens that cannot be safely resolved are highlighted rather than removed.

All of the API functions above will return a boolean indicating if the text was successfully processed without errors.

History

The original implementation used for the Parinfer website was rushed for the sake of proving the idea in an animated way. This standalone version simplifies the implementation, removes the custom internal hacks, and improves the integration required by new Parinfer features.