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Syntax highlighting for Google Docs

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Usage

Starting the add-on

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Formatting inline code

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Formatting code blocks

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Reformatting code blocks

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Previewing themes

Examples of the different color themes applied to various languages can be found on the highlight.js demo page.

Unformatting code

To clear formatting in Docs, highlight the text and select Format > Clear Formatting from the toolbar. The keyboard shortcut is Cmd+/ on OS X and Ctrl+/ on Windows: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/179738

This will not remove the table that the text lives in if it’s a “code block”. To do that, you’ll have to copy the text and paste it outside the table, then right-click the table and select Delete table.

Limitations

Updates to syntax highlighting

Code Blocks is built with highlight.js and can only provide syntax highlighting for languages that are supported by that library.

If you’d like to see Code Blocks support a language that is not yet implemented by highlight.js, please refer to their page on requesting new languages.

If you’d like to see Code Blocks update or fix support for an existing language:

  1. Check if the latest version of highlight.js already includes the update. If it does, submit a PR to this repository that bumps the highlight.js version in package.json.
  2. If highlight.js does not yet include the update, please submit an issue on their issue tracker.

Real-time syntax highlighting

Codes Blocks uses Google’s Apps Script, a server-side JavaScript platform, to interact with Docs and format code. Each time the add-on formats a snippet of code, a request is made to the Apps Script backend to modify the current Doc. There are a few limitations of this platform that prevent Code Blocks from formatting code as you type:

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts can only be handled by Code Blocks if the add-on sidebar is focused, which would require users to click the sidebar anyway.

Keyboard events in the active document cannot currently be handled by Docs add-ons: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/79461369

Contributing

Setup

$ npm install

Building

$ npm run build

Pushing Changes

ℹ️ The following commands only work for the project maintainer because they require Google Drive authorization.

Command Description
npm run push:gas just GAS files
npm run push:js just sidebar.js
npm run push:static just HTML & CSS
npm run push everything

Google Apps Script Resources


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