feat(core): new structure: inline option for codeToHast

packages/core/src/code-to-hast.ts

@@ -77,11 +77,15 @@
   const transformers = getTransformers(options)
 
   const lines: (Element | Text)[] = []
-  const tree: Root = {
+  const root: Root = {
     type: 'root',
     children: [],
   }
 
+  const {
+    structure = 'classic',
+  } = options
+
   let preNode: Element = {
     type: 'element',
     tagName: 'pre',
@@ -110,6 +114,7 @@
 
   const context: ShikiTransformerContext = {
     ...transformerContext,
+    structure,
     addClassToHast,
     get source() {
       return transformerContext.source
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@
       return options
     },
     get root() {
-      return tree
+      return root
     },
     get pre() {
       return preNode
@@ -135,8 +140,12 @@
   }
 
   tokens.forEach((line, idx) => {
-    if (idx)
-      lines.push({ type: 'text', value: '\n' })
+    if (idx) {
+      if (structure === 'inline')
+        root.children.push({ type: 'element', tagName: 'br', properties: {}, children: [] })
+      else if (structure === 'classic')
+        lines.push({ type: 'text', value: '\n' })
+    }
 
     let lineNode: Element = {
       type: 'element',
@@ -162,28 +171,35 @@
       for (const transformer of transformers)
         tokenNode = transformer?.span?.call(context, tokenNode, idx + 1, col, lineNode) || tokenNode
 
-      lineNode.children.push(tokenNode)
+      if (structure === 'inline')
+        root.children.push(tokenNode)
+      else if (structure === 'classic')
+        lineNode.children.push(tokenNode)
       col += token.content.length
     }
 
-    for (const transformer of transformers)
-      lineNode = transformer?.line?.call(context, lineNode, idx + 1) || lineNode
+    if (structure === 'classic') {
+      for (const transformer of transformers)
+        lineNode = transformer?.line?.call(context, lineNode, idx + 1) || lineNode
 
-    lineNodes.push(lineNode)
-    lines.push(lineNode)
+      lineNodes.push(lineNode)
+      lines.push(lineNode)
+    }
   })
 
-  for (const transformer of transformers)
-    codeNode = transformer?.code?.call(context, codeNode) || codeNode
+  if (structure === 'classic') {
+    for (const transformer of transformers)
+      codeNode = transformer?.code?.call(context, codeNode) || codeNode
 
-  preNode.children.push(codeNode)
+    preNode.children.push(codeNode)
 
-  for (const transformer of transformers)
-    preNode = transformer?.pre?.call(context, preNode) || preNode
+    for (const transformer of transformers)
+      preNode = transformer?.pre?.call(context, preNode) || preNode
 
-  tree.children.push(preNode)
+    root.children.push(preNode)
+  }
 
-  let result = tree
+  let result = root
   for (const transformer of transformers)
     result = transformer?.root?.call(context, result) || result
 

packages/core/src/types/options.ts

@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ export interface CodeToHastOptionsCommon<Languages extends string = string>
    * @default true
    */
   mergeWhitespaces?: boolean | 'never'
+
+  /**
+   * The structure of the generated HAST and HTML.
+   *
+   * - `classic`: The classic structure with `<pre>` and `<code>` elements, each line wrapped with a `<span class="line">` element.
+   * - `inline`: All tokens are rendered as `<span>`, line breaks are rendered as `<br>`. No `<pre>` or `<code>` elements. Default forground and background colors are not applied.
+   *
+   * @default 'classic'
+   */
+  structure?: 'classic' | 'inline'
 }
 
 export interface CodeOptionsMeta {

packages/core/src/types/transformers.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export interface ShikiTransformerContext extends ShikiTransformerContextSource {
   readonly code: Element
   readonly lines: Element[]
 
+  readonly structure: CodeToHastOptions['structure']
+
   /**
    * Utility to append class to a hast node
    *

packages/shiki/test/hast.test.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,22 @@ describe('should', () => {
         <span class="line"><span style="color:#B07D48">foo</span><span style="color:#999999">.</span><span style="color:#B07D48">bar</span></span></code></pre>"
       `)
   })
+
+  it('structure inline', async () => {
+    const shiki = await getHighlighter({
+      themes: ['vitesse-light'],
+      langs: ['javascript'],
+    })
+
+    const hast = shiki.codeToHast('console.log\nfoo.bar', {
+      lang: 'js',
+      theme: 'vitesse-light',
+      structure: 'inline',
+    })
+
+    expect(toHtml(hast))
+      .toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"<span style="color:#B07D48">console</span><span style="color:#999999">.</span><span style="color:#B07D48">log</span><br><span style="color:#B07D48">foo</span><span style="color:#999999">.</span><span style="color:#B07D48">bar</span>"`)
+  })
 })
 
 it('hasfocus support', async () => {

packages/twoslash/src/renderer-rich.ts

@@ -223,16 +223,22 @@ export function rendererRich(options: RendererRichOptions = {}): TwoslashRendere
 
     const popupContents: ElementContent[] = []
 
-    const typeCode = ((this.codeToHast(
-      content,
-      {
-        ...this.options,
-        transformers: [],
-        lang: (this.options.lang === 'tsx' || this.options.lang === 'jsx')
-          ? 'tsx'
-          : 'ts',
-      },
-    ).children[0] as Element).children as Element[])[0]
+    const typeCode: Element = {
+      type: 'element',
+      tagName: 'code',
+      properties: {},
+      children: this.codeToHast(
+        content,
+        {
+          ...this.options,
+          transformers: [],
+          lang: (this.options.lang === 'tsx' || this.options.lang === 'jsx')
+            ? 'tsx'
+            : 'ts',
+          structure: 'inline',
+        },
+      ).children as ElementContent[],
+    }
     typeCode.properties.class = 'twoslash-popup-code'
 
     popupContents.push(