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Python Inline Source Syntax Highlighting Using Type Annotations

This project enables inline syntax highligting of strings in python source files for multiple languages using type annotations.

Supports html, css, javascript, typescript, sql, graphql, multiple css extension languages, template languages and many more, see below for a full list.

Uses typing.Annotated to annotate the str type with the language used. You can use typing.get_type_hints at runtime to determine the language that a string has been annotated with.

Installation

Python package:

pip install sourcetypes

VS Code plugin:

Install python-inline-source from extensions (ctrl + shift + x or cmd + shift + x on mac).

Also available on marketplace.visualstudio.com

Example

Example

Usage

Use a type decoration named for language that you are using:

import sourcetypes

my_html_string: sourcetypes.html = """
  <h1>Some HTML</h1>
"""

or:

from sourcetypes import html

my_html_string: html = """
  <h1>Some HTML</h1>
"""

Supported Languages

  • markdown (aliased as md)
  • html
  • django_html (aliased as django)
  • django_txt
  • jinja
  • jinja_html
  • css (aliased as style, and styles)
  • scss
  • less
  • sass
  • stylus
  • javascript (aliased as js)
  • jsx (aliased as javascriptreact, and react)
  • typescript (aliased as ts)
  • tsx (aliased as typescriptreact)
  • coffeescript (aliased as coffee)
  • sql
  • json
  • yaml
  • graphql
  • xml
  • python

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