Fabulous

Fabulous is a tiny, bare bones and kind of dumb highlighter for Node.js and the browser.

It supports Internet Explorer 9+ and works with Browserify.

Installation

npm install fabulous

Usage

CLI

With the default JavaScript rules:

fabulous <input> <output>

API

With the default JavaScript rules:

var fabulous = require('fabulous')
 
var str  = 'function foo() {}'
var code = fabulous(str)
// => "<span class="keyword">function</span> foo() {}"

You can also use your own custom (regexp) rules:

var fabulous = require('fabulous')
 
var str   = 'An apple, a banana and an orange.'
var words = fabulous(str, {
  fruit: /apple|banana|orange/g
})
// => "An <span class="fruit">apple</span>, a <span class="fruit">banana</span> and an <span class="fruit">orange</span>."

Caveats

If an identical match with the exact same rule is present on the same line more than once it'll only highlight the first occurrence:

var fabulous = require('fabulous')
 
var str  = 'var foo; var bar'
var code = fabulous(str)
// => "<span class="keyword">var</span> foo; var bar"

If something that matches a rule exists in another rule that rule will also be wrapped:

var fabulous = require('fabulous')
 
var str  = "var str = 'function() {}'"
var code = fabulous(str)
// => "<span class="keyword">var</span> str = <span class="string">'<span class="keyword">function</span>() {}'</span>"