The `escape` character should have it's own syntax highlighting
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 776
- Forks
- 180
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Description
I ran into a user-error when trying to build something on your platform. My codeblock looked like this:
``` js
var Term = function() {
this.components = new Array(arguments.length);
this.totalComponents = arguments.length;
this.divides = [];
for(var i = 0; i < this.totalComponenets; i++) {
this.components[i] = arguments[i];
if (this.components[i] === "/" || this.components[i] === "\") {
this.divides.push(i);
}
}
};
```
Github makes it clear where the problem is, but it took my sleep-deprived brain a little longer. I was escaping the closing quote mark! The fix was simple: escape the escape character to actually compare against a backslash:
``` js
var Term = function() {
this.components = new Array(arguments.length);
this.totalComponents = arguments.length;
this.divides = [];
for(var i = 0; i < this.totalComponenets; i++) {
this.components[i] = arguments[i];
if (this.components[i] === "/" || this.components[i] === "\\") {
this.divides.push(i);
}
}
};
```
It would be awesome if the Khan platform made the `\` symbol more obviously a special character.
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Research direction
The issue provides JavaScript code examples where a backslash is difficult to distinguish from an escaped quote. Start by locating the live editor's syntax-highlighting entry point, then check how escape characters are rendered and add coverage if the project has relevant tests. Done means the backslash is visibly identified as a special character in the editor.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100