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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by aarondf on Sunday December 05, 2021 @11:55PM (#29456308)
I created a syntax highlighting API earlier this year with some of the same features: https://torchlight.dev.

I've got a handful of paying users and a few hundred free. I'm happy to see syntax highlighting being pushed forward!

I'll definitely be following along, it's beautiful stuff.

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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by danielskogly on Monday December 06, 2021 @04:53AM (#29457898)
Just a small heads-up that the first 9 code examples has double scrollbars (see "Scrollbar Blindness" [0]). It's often better with `overflow-x: auto` than `overflow-x: scroll` :)

[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20210226184710/https://svenkadak...

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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by aarondf on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:31AM (#29458918)
Ah good note. Thanks.
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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by ushakov on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:10AM (#29457983)
lol, people paying money for this?
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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by isakkeyten on Monday December 06, 2021 @05:35AM (#29458112)
Right? I'm 99% sure this thing uses https://github.com/shikijs/shiki
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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by orta on Monday December 06, 2021 @06:58AM (#29458659)
I've also made a pretty complex thing with shiki (shiki-twoslash which you could say is similar to torchlight but just for TS/JS)

Torchlight definitely a good chunk of work on top of shiki, and as an external API it might be much easier to work with in many non-JS ecosystems.

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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by aarondf on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:31AM (#29458916)
Hey funny seeing you here! Twoslash is incredible, I'm jealous of some of the stuff you can pull off since you're TS/JS only. You've done an amazing job with it, I've always enjoyed looking through your docs.
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Re:Show HN: Code Hike – More than syntax highlighting by aarondf on Monday December 06, 2021 @07:31AM (#29458921)
Yup! You never know unless you try.
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