markdown-it/lib/rules_inline/emphasis.js

// Process *this* and _that_
//
'use strict';


var isWhiteSpace   = require('../common/utils').isWhiteSpace;
var isPunctChar    = require('../common/utils').isPunctChar;
var isMdAsciiPunct = require('../common/utils').isMdAsciiPunct;


// parse sequence of emphasis markers,
// "start" should point at a valid marker
function scanDelims(state, start) {
  var pos = start, lastChar, nextChar, count,
      isLastWhiteSpace, isLastPunctChar,
      isNextWhiteSpace, isNextPunctChar,
      can_open = true,
      can_close = true,
      max = state.posMax,
      marker = state.src.charCodeAt(start);

  // treat beginning of the line as a whitespace
  lastChar = start > 0 ? state.src.charCodeAt(start - 1) : 0x20;

  while (pos < max && state.src.charCodeAt(pos) === marker) { pos++; }

  if (pos >= max) {
    can_open = false;
  }

  count = pos - start;

  // treat end of the line as a whitespace
  nextChar = pos < max ? state.src.charCodeAt(pos) : 0x20;

  isLastPunctChar = isMdAsciiPunct(lastChar) || isPunctChar(String.fromCharCode(lastChar));
  isNextPunctChar = isMdAsciiPunct(nextChar) || isPunctChar(String.fromCharCode(nextChar));

  isLastWhiteSpace = isWhiteSpace(lastChar);
  isNextWhiteSpace = isWhiteSpace(nextChar);

  if (isNextWhiteSpace) {
    can_open = false;
  } else if (isNextPunctChar) {
    if (!(isLastWhiteSpace || isLastPunctChar)) {
      can_open = false;
    }
  }

  if (isLastWhiteSpace) {
    can_close = false;
  } else if (isLastPunctChar) {
    if (!(isNextWhiteSpace || isNextPunctChar)) {
      can_close = false;
    }
  }

  if (marker === 0x5F /* _ */) {
    if (can_open && can_close) {
      // "_" inside a word can neither open nor close an emphasis
      can_open = false;
      can_close = isNextPunctChar;
    }
  }

  return {
    can_open: can_open,
    can_close: can_close,
    delims: count
  };
}

module.exports = function emphasis(state, silent) {
  var startCount,
      count,
      found,
      oldCount,
      newCount,
      stack,
      res,
      token,
      max = state.posMax,
      start = state.pos,
      marker = state.src.charCodeAt(start);

  if (marker !== 0x5F/* _ */ && marker !== 0x2A /* * */) { return false; }
  if (silent) { return false; } // don't run any pairs in validation mode

  res = scanDelims(state, start);
  startCount = res.delims;
  if (!res.can_open) {
    state.pos += startCount;
    // Earlier we checked !silent, but this implementation does not need it
    state.pending += state.src.slice(start, state.pos);
    return true;
  }

  state.pos = start + startCount;
  stack = [ startCount ];

  while (state.pos < max) {
    if (state.src.charCodeAt(state.pos) === marker) {
      res = scanDelims(state, state.pos);
      count = res.delims;
      if (res.can_close) {
        oldCount = stack.pop();
        newCount = count;

        while (oldCount !== newCount) {
          if (newCount < oldCount) {
            stack.push(oldCount - newCount);
            break;
          }

          // assert(newCount > oldCount)
          newCount -= oldCount;

          if (stack.length === 0) { break; }
          state.pos += oldCount;
          oldCount = stack.pop();
        }

        if (stack.length === 0) {
          startCount = oldCount;
          found = true;
          break;
        }
        state.pos += count;
        continue;
      }

      if (res.can_open) { stack.push(count); }
      state.pos += count;
      continue;
    }

    state.md.inline.skipToken(state);
  }

  if (!found) {
    // parser failed to find ending tag, so it's not valid emphasis
    state.pos = start;
    return false;
  }

  // found!
  state.posMax = state.pos;
  state.pos = start + startCount;

  // Earlier we checked !silent, but this implementation does not need it

  // we have `startCount` starting and ending markers,
  // now trying to serialize them into tokens
  for (count = startCount; count > 1; count -= 2) {
    token        = state.push('strong_open', 'strong', 1);
    token.markup = String.fromCharCode(marker) + String.fromCharCode(marker);
  }
  if (count % 2) {
    token        = state.push('em_open', 'em', 1);
    token.markup = String.fromCharCode(marker);
  }

  state.md.inline.tokenize(state);

  if (count % 2) {
    token        = state.push('em_close', 'em', -1);
    token.markup = String.fromCharCode(marker);
  }
  for (count = startCount; count > 1; count -= 2) {
    token        = state.push('strong_close', 'strong', -1);
    token.markup = String.fromCharCode(marker) + String.fromCharCode(marker);
  }

  state.pos = state.posMax + startCount;
  state.posMax = max;
  return true;
};