How to add syntax coloring for new languages?

eb1ack · May 19, 2021, 6:49am

I would like Mathematica code blocks to format nicely like they do for other languages with syntax coloring.

Consider in the following two code blocks:

def fun():
    x = 1

f[x0_] := Module[{x = x0},
  While[x > 0, x = Log[x]]; x
  ]

The python code looks good, but the wolfram code looks like verbatim:

Mathematica (aka wolfram language) is less popular but is still supported in many editors like Sublime e.g. WolframLanguage - Packages - Package Control)

I’ve tried to hook it up, but I don’t know how to do this properly, any guidance here would be much appreciated!

topgun2006 · May 21, 2021, 1:30am

@eb1ack I was just wanting to ask this question! Are there any plugin developers here that might be able to help? #get-help

valentine.195 · May 21, 2021, 2:03am

It looks like @deathau’s plugin CM Editor Syntax Highlighting has Mathematica as a parser language. Give it a try?

eb1ack · May 21, 2021, 2:47pm

@valentine.195 Thanks! That solves it for edit mode, but what about preview mode too?

Edit mode:

Preview mode:

Craig · May 21, 2021, 2:59pm

I think syntax coloring in preview is provided by PrismJS. I don’t see Mathmatica in their list of supported languages:

I don’t think there’s anything the Obsidian devs can do about that. I think you’d have to open an issue with the PrismJS team:

eb1ack · June 3, 2021, 9:05pm

But wolfram code blocks still don’t work in obsidian!

eb1ack · June 3, 2021, 9:06pm

@craig Can you ping obsidian devs to rebuild the app with the latest prism?

Craig · June 4, 2021, 1:35pm

Hi @eb1ack , sorry, I’m just a fellow user. I don’t have any pull with the Obsidian devs.

andrezgz · June 5, 2021, 2:36pm

Maybe you can ping Licat or Silver in the Discord server (Community - Obsidian)

eb1ack · June 9, 2021, 2:30am

Thanks for the tip, I’ll try to contact them there!

Moonbase59 · June 10, 2021, 4:24am

This is a perfect example here of how things work in software development so that many can benefit:

Know which (so called “upstream”) third-party code is used. I wish Obsidian would have an official list somewhere.
Nail down a bug or feature request to one of these “building blocks”.
Make a bug report, feature request or even a pull request there and see that it gets fixed or implemented.
Ask the “downstream” software using that code/library to include the new version of the “upstream” package.

Working like this has the greatest benefits for all:

Both upstream and downstream developers can focus on their part of the code.
Other users and projects will benefit, because upstream packages and libraries tend to get used by many.

Writing custom workarounds and patches at the “end of the chain”

is counterproductive
will break eventually when upstream code is updated
unnecessarily binds resources and time that could better be used on the actual downstream project

Just my 2¢.

GFR · June 15, 2021, 5:39am

I have this problem too.

PrismJS claims that you can use ‘wolfram’, ‘mathematica’, ‘wl’ or ‘nb’ to reference Mathematica code, but in Obsidian no syntax highlighting occurs.

eb1ack · June 16, 2021, 2:21am

Yes indeed, but the Obsidian devs need to update the Obsidian app (and use the updated prism library).

eb1ack · July 15, 2021, 11:08pm

Wolfram Mathematica code is still not highlighted in obsidian v0.12.10

system · August 14, 2021, 11:09pm

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