feat(tui): add syntax highlighting for code blocks

Add syntax highlighting to markdown code blocks in the TUI using
cli-highlight with a VS Code Dark-inspired color theme.

Features:
- 191 languages supported via highlight.js
- Auto-detection fallback for unknown languages
- Graceful fallback to plain styling on errors
- VS Code Dark-inspired color palette

Colors:
- Purple: keywords (const, function, if, etc.)
- Teal: built-ins (console, Math, print, etc.)
- Orange: strings
- Green: numbers, comments
- Yellow: function names
- Blue: literals (true, false, null)
- Red: diff deletions
- Light blue: variables, parameters

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Vignesh Natarajan
2026-01-18 16:24:14 -08:00
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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import type {
SettingsListTheme,
} from "@mariozechner/pi-tui";
import chalk from "chalk";
import { highlight, supportsLanguage } from "cli-highlight";
import type { SearchableSelectListTheme } from "../components/searchable-select-list.js";
const palette = {
@@ -34,6 +35,73 @@ const palette = {
const fg = (hex: string) => (text: string) => chalk.hex(hex)(text);
const bg = (hex: string) => (text: string) => chalk.bgHex(hex)(text);
/**
* Syntax highlighting theme for code blocks.
* Uses chalk functions to style different token types.
*/
const syntaxTheme = {
keyword: chalk.hex("#C586C0"), // purple - if, const, function, etc.
built_in: chalk.hex("#4EC9B0"), // teal - console, Math, etc.
type: chalk.hex("#4EC9B0"), // teal - types
literal: chalk.hex("#569CD6"), // blue - true, false, null
number: chalk.hex("#B5CEA8"), // green - numbers
string: chalk.hex("#CE9178"), // orange - strings
regexp: chalk.hex("#D16969"), // red - regex
symbol: chalk.hex("#B5CEA8"), // green - symbols
class: chalk.hex("#4EC9B0"), // teal - class names
function: chalk.hex("#DCDCAA"), // yellow - function names
title: chalk.hex("#DCDCAA"), // yellow - titles/names
params: chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue - parameters
comment: chalk.hex("#6A9955"), // green - comments
doctag: chalk.hex("#608B4E"), // darker green - jsdoc tags
meta: chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue - meta/preprocessor
"meta-keyword": chalk.hex("#C586C0"), // purple
"meta-string": chalk.hex("#CE9178"), // orange
section: chalk.hex("#DCDCAA"), // yellow - sections
tag: chalk.hex("#569CD6"), // blue - HTML/XML tags
name: chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue - tag names
attr: chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue - attributes
attribute: chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue - attributes
variable: chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue - variables
bullet: chalk.hex("#D7BA7D"), // gold - list bullets in markdown
code: chalk.hex("#CE9178"), // orange - inline code
emphasis: chalk.italic, // italic
strong: chalk.bold, // bold
formula: chalk.hex("#C586C0"), // purple - math
link: chalk.hex("#4EC9B0"), // teal - links
quote: chalk.hex("#6A9955"), // green - quotes
addition: chalk.hex("#B5CEA8"), // green - diff additions
deletion: chalk.hex("#F44747"), // red - diff deletions
"selector-tag": chalk.hex("#D7BA7D"), // gold - CSS selectors
"selector-id": chalk.hex("#D7BA7D"), // gold
"selector-class": chalk.hex("#D7BA7D"), // gold
"selector-attr": chalk.hex("#D7BA7D"), // gold
"selector-pseudo": chalk.hex("#D7BA7D"), // gold
"template-tag": chalk.hex("#C586C0"), // purple
"template-variable": chalk.hex("#9CDCFE"), // light blue
default: fg(palette.code), // fallback to code color
};
/**
* Highlight code with syntax coloring.
* Returns an array of lines with ANSI escape codes.
*/
function highlightCode(code: string, lang?: string): string[] {
try {
// Check if language is supported, fall back to auto-detect
const language = lang && supportsLanguage(lang) ? lang : undefined;
const highlighted = highlight(code, {
language,
theme: syntaxTheme,
ignoreIllegals: true,
});
return highlighted.split("\n");
} catch {
// If highlighting fails, return plain code
return code.split("\n").map((line) => fg(palette.code)(line));
}
}
export const theme = {
fg: fg(palette.text),
dim: fg(palette.dim),
@@ -70,6 +138,7 @@ export const markdownTheme: MarkdownTheme = {
italic: (text) => chalk.italic(text),
strikethrough: (text) => chalk.strikethrough(text),
underline: (text) => chalk.underline(text),
highlightCode,
};
export const selectListTheme: SelectListTheme = {