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fix: support syntax highlighting with multi-word code fence info strings - #3447
As noted in the related issue, README files with code blocks that have a multi-word info string in the code fence (e.g. ```ts second-word) do not correctly parse the language for syntax highlighting.
📚 Description
This PR adopts the same approach used in marked's renderer for splitting the info string before passing the first word to shiki for rendering.
The additional test correctly runs red --> green, and I confirmed that impacted files now render syntax highlighting correctly.
Code blocks now use the first word of the language label for syntax highlighting, while missing or blank labels continue to default to plain text.
Tests
Added coverage for code block labels containing multiple words.
The code highlighter now uses the first non-whitespace token in a fenced code block’s info string as the language. A unit test checks that an info string beginning with ts produces the language-ts class.
Changes: Code fence highlighting
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Summary
Language token handling and test server/utils/mdKit.ts, test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts
The highlighter extracts the first non-whitespace token from the language string and falls back to text when no token is present. The test checks that ts second-word renders with the language-ts class.
Suggested reviewers:wilcosp, cylewaitforit
Severity of issue fixed: Medium
Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 13c00
The change that makes multi-word code fences highlight correctly looks sound. The new test checks the wrong output. It would fail on correct highlighting, or pass only if highlighting is skipped. Fix the assertion before merging.
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The title names the main change: syntax highlighting now works for code fences whose info string has multiple words. The change in server/utils/mdKit.ts passes only the first token to the highlighter,…
Description check
The description states the linked issue, the context (multi-word info strings in code fences break language parsing), and the approach (splitting the info string as Marked's renderer does, then passin…
Linked Issues check
[#3438] The issue requires that a fenced code block with a multi-word info string (for example ```ts anything-else) uses its first word as the language for syntax highlighting. At the reviewed head, `…
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The whole-PR diff against the merge base changes two files. server/utils/mdKit.ts (+2/-1) alters only the language derivation in the code block renderer, which is the behaviour the issue targets. `t…
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The title names the main change: syntax highlighting now works for code fences whose info string has multiple words. The change in server/utils/mdKit.ts passes only the first token to the highlighter, and the new test covers that behaviour.
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The description states the linked issue, the context (multi-word info strings in code fences break language parsing), and the approach (splitting the info string as Marked's renderer does, then passing the first word to Shiki). It also reports the added test and the rendering check. This matches the changeset.
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[#3438] The issue requires that a fenced code block with a multi-word info string (for example ts anything-else) uses its first word as the language for syntax highlighting. At the reviewed head, `createCodeHighlighter` in `server/utils/mdKit.ts` computes `(lang || '').match(/^\S+/)?.[0] || 'text'` and passes the result to `highlightCodeSync`. This extracts the first whitespace-free token, as the issue proposes, and keeps the `text` fallback for missing or whitespace-only info strings. The added test in `test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts` renders ts second-word and asserts <code class="language-ts">. The test confirms the intended behaviour. I did not execute the test, and I did not inspect the exact output of highlightCodeSync, so the exact class string rests on the test assertion and the diff. No coding requirement from the issue is unmet.
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The whole-PR diff against the merge base changes two files. server/utils/mdKit.ts (+2/-1) alters only the language derivation in the code block renderer, which is the behaviour the issue targets. test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts (+7/-0) adds one regression test for the same behaviour. No unrelated changes appear in the reviewed diffs, and no exported declarations change.
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Review comments at @test/unit/server/utils/readme.spec.ts:
- Line 816: Update the assertion in the `readme.spec.ts` test to verify Shiki’s
highlighted output rather than the `language-ts` class used by the plain
fallback. Assert the Shiki wrapper and highlighted token spans, using the
expected markup produced for this input.
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🔗 Linked issue
Resolves #3438
🧭 Context
As noted in the related issue, README files with code blocks that have a multi-word info string in the code fence (e.g. ```ts second-word) do not correctly parse the language for syntax highlighting.
📚 Description
This PR adopts the same approach used in
marked's renderer for splitting the info string before passing the first word toshikifor rendering.The additional test correctly runs red --> green, and I confirmed that impacted files now render syntax highlighting correctly.