Feature Request: Allow many styles

[muescha]

Subject of the feature

we can also allow style: ['github', 'twitter', customRegEx]

#6 (comment)

Problem

if you have GitHub and Twitter mentions in the docs then it would be nice to have both to check

Expected behavior

use many styles from the settings

Alternatives

        .use(require("retext-syntax-mentions"), { style: 'github'})
        .use(require("retext-syntax-mentions"), { style: 'twitter'})

call the retext-syntax-mentions 2x times with different options

EDIT: this is not possible, the last option wins in this case and only the test for twitter is run :(

[wooorm]

• Using the same plugin multiple times, uses it once, but merges the options. See for example Cannot use the same plugin multiple times in a processor unifiedjs/unified#79.
• If you have different types of mentions, then, well, it’s the same as a relaxed regex, no? E.g., you can pass /^@\w{1,40}$/i and it’ll support most kinds of mentions?

[muescha]

no it not used the sames, because there are some @component/something-different in the code and then they are errors :(

for example also in mdx files with an import this also get ignored :/

import VisuallyHidden from "@components/visually-hidden"

[wooorm]

Well, @component/something-different is a valid GitHub mention: it mentions the something-different team in the component organization, so if that behavior is not what you want, then I’d suggest using twitter or a custom regex.

If you want to check MDX files: those are fundamentally different than Markdown, and becoming more so in MDX@2. You may want use remark-mdx to support the MDX-only/non-Markdown syntax as syntax. But you may need to use separate processors: one for regular Markdown, that doesn‘t support imports, and one for MDX!

[muescha]

it is used here: gatsbyjs/gatsby#24372 but the docs are mixed normal markdown and some mdx (but same ending)

[wooorm]

For the original question: I view “Many styles” as technically a new style, and that can be done with a regex. I believe I can close this?

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For your other question:

The docs are mixed normal markdown and some mdx (but same ending)

When you say “same ending”, I understand that as the same extension (.md), correct? If that is the case, I would strongly suggest using .mdx as an extension (see jshttp/mime-db#160). That may be a big task for Gatsby, so you may want to talk to other Gatsby folks about that. But by using the same extension for different content types, tools can’t understand that the content is different (and it fundamentally is, especially with the upcoming MDX@2).

[muescha]

yes - for markdown files and mdx files are used the same file extension .md

is it possible to process all files with remark-mdx with no problems?

[wooorm]

is it possible to process all files with remark-mdx with no problems?

It is somewhat possible currently, in a couple of weeks with MDX@2 it definitely isn’t. See my earlier reply:

But by using the same extension for different content types, tools can’t understand that the content is different (and it fundamentally is, especially with the upcoming MDX@2).

[wooorm]

Alright, I’ll close this as different styles can be achieved with a custom regex. As you don‘t care for GH teams, I’d suggest:

  .use(syntaxMentions, {style: /^@\w{1,40}$/})

[muescha]

thats not include the - for example: @m-allanson

[ChristianMurphy]

then add - to the custom regex 🙂
here's a resource to help with creating regexs https://regexr.com

[muescha]

thx for the link :)

 .use(syntaxMentions, {style: /^@[\w-]{1,40}$/})

i was not aware that i can put \w inside brackets :)