Peter Mosses 93857587dd
Improve docs for code highlighting with line numbers (#974)
* Add toc heading custom include

Closes #961.

* Revert "Add toc heading custom include"

This reverts commit 49813c341973e313db0a21f075a60ebf2120989e.

* Update code highlighting with line numbers

- Add the example of code highlighting with line numbers explained in the [Jekyll docs](https://jekyllrb.com/docs/liquid/tags/#line-numbers).
- Fix the styling of narrow code with line numbers, which floats to the centre without this CSS adjustment. (The line numbers column expands as needed with larger numbers of lines, despite using `width`; using `min-width` doesn't work.)

To apply HTML compression, I removed `vendor` from `exclude`; that change is left to a different PR.
2022-09-27 09:53:57 -07:00

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---
layout: default
title: Code with line numbers
parent: Code
grand_parent: UI Components
permalink: /docs/ui-components/code/line-numbers/
---
# Code snippets with line numbers
The default settings for HTML compression are incompatible with the HTML
produced by Jekyll (4.1.1 or earlier) for line numbers from highlighted code
-- both when using Kramdown code fences and when using Liquid highlight tags.
To avoid non-conforming HTML and unsatisfactory layout, HTML compression
can be turned off by using the following configuration option:
{% highlight yaml %}
compress_html:
ignore:
envs: all
{% endhighlight %}
When using Kramdown code fences, line numbers are turned on globally by the
following configuration option:
{% highlight yaml %}
kramdown:
syntax_highlighter_opts:
block:
line_numbers: true
{% endhighlight %}
Line numbers can then be suppressed locally using Liquid tags (_without_ the
`linenos` option) instead of fences:
{% highlight yaml %}
{% raw %}{% highlight some_language %}
Some code
{% endhighlight %}{% endraw %}
{% endhighlight %}
## Workarounds
To use HTML compression together with line numbers, all highlighted code
needs to be wrapped using one of the following workarounds.
(The variable name `some_var` can be changed to avoid clashes; it can also
be replaced by `code` -- but note that `code=code` cannot be removed).
### Code fences (three backticks)
{% highlight default %}
{% raw %}{% capture some_var %}
```some_language
Some code
```
{% endcapture %}
{% assign some_var = some_var | markdownify %}
{% include fix_linenos.html code=some_var %}{% endraw %}
{% endhighlight %}
### Liquid highlighting
{% highlight default %}
{% raw %}{% capture some_var %}
{% highlight some_language linenos %}
Some code
{% endhighlight %}
{% endcapture %}
{% include fix_linenos.html code=some_var %}{% endraw %}
{% endhighlight %}
_Credit:_ The original version of the above workaround was suggested by
Dmitry Hrabrov at
<https://github.com/penibelst/jekyll-compress-html/issues/71#issuecomment-188144901>.
## Examples
✅ Using code fences + workaround (will only show line numbers if enabled globally in `_config.yml`):
{% capture code_fence %}
```js
// Javascript code with syntax highlighting in fences
var fun = function lang(l) {
dateformat.i18n = require('./lang/' + l)
return true;
}
```
{% endcapture %}
{% assign code_fence = code_fence | markdownify %}
{% include fix_linenos.html code=code_fence %}
✅ Using liquid highlighting + workaround:
{% capture code %}
{% highlight ruby linenos %}
# Ruby code with syntax highlighting and fixed line numbers using Liquid
GitHubPages::Dependencies.gems.each do |gem, version|
s.add_dependency(gem, "= #{version}")
end
{% endhighlight %}
{% endcapture %}
{% include fix_linenos.html code=code %}
{% assign code = nil %}
Narrow code stays close to the line numbers:
{% capture code %}
{% highlight ruby linenos %}
def foo
puts 'foo'
end
{% endhighlight %}
{% endcapture %}
{% include fix_linenos.html code=code %}
{% assign code = nil %}
❌ With the compression options used for the theme docs, the following example illustrates
the **incorrect** formatting arising from the incompatibility of HTML compression
and the non-conforming HTML produced by Jekyll for line numbers:
{% highlight ruby linenos %}
def foo
puts 'foo'
end
{% endhighlight %}