Support configuration aliases

[ccoVeille]

I would like to be able to comfugue something like this

Language:
bash: shfmt
shell: shfmt
console: shfmt
sh: shfmt

This is pseudo code, but my problem is that I have to write the same line again and again.

I would appreciate to have aliases and if possible have them preconfigured

[hougesen]

Something like adding the following to the config?

{
  "language_aliases": {
    "shell": ["bash", "shell", "console", "sh"]
  }
}

[ccoVeille]

Yes, also you have something equivalent here

mdsf/tools/shellcheck/plugin.json

Line 13 in 63192bb

"languages": ["bash", "shell"]

I mean, you don't support the one that are available via linguist

https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/blob/be39d09a3789d068afb33533f285df02d8e9c367/lib/linguist/languages.yml#L6813-L6818

I mean some are classic code block identifier, and I'm not talking only about shell/bash

https://github.com/search?q=language:markdown%20%22```javascript%22&type=code
https://github.com/search?q=language:markdown%20%22```js%22&type=code

So yes aliases might help, but your code (in the plugin.json files) could/should consider some of them by default.

Maybe I'm simply wrong, and I don't get what the languages node states for in the plugin.json files

[hougesen]

Aaah, I think we are talking about two different things 😅

I thought you were asking for a way to create aliases for code block languages when defining your mdsf.json config file.

The languages field in plugin.json is only used for the readme documentation. It is not taken into account when running the formatter.

[ccoVeille]

Aaah, I think we are talking about two different things 😅

Thanks for confirming

The languages field in plugin.json is only used for the readme documentation. It is not taken into account when running the formatter.

I'm sorry if I brought confusion by talking about languages node in plugin.json files

I thought you were asking for a way to create aliases for code block languages when defining your mdsf.json config file.

It's exacly what I was talking about. I would like to get this implemented

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[hougesen]

Alright, I like the idea 🚀