converters/lexers.py

"""A custom pygments lexer for IPython code cells.

Informs The pygments highlighting library of the quirks of IPython's superset
of Python -- magic commands, !shell commands, etc.
"""
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# Copyright (c) 2012, the IPython Development Team.
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# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
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# The full license is in the file COPYING.txt, distributed with this software.
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# Imports
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# Third-party imports
from pygments.lexers import PythonLexer, BashLexer
from pygments.lexer import bygroups, using
from pygments.token import Keyword, Operator, Text


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# Classes
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class IPythonLexer(PythonLexer):
    name = 'IPython'
    aliases = ['ip', 'ipython']
    filenames = ['*.ipy']
    tokens = PythonLexer.tokens.copy()
    tokens['root'] = [
        (r'(\%+)(\w+)\s+(\.*)(\n)', bygroups(Operator, Keyword,
                                             using(BashLexer), Text)),
        (r'(\%+)(\w+)\b', bygroups(Operator, Keyword)),
        (r'^(!)(.+)(\n)', bygroups(Operator, using(BashLexer), Text)),
    ] + tokens['root']