Desktop: Modify the codemirror linter plugin to fix katex

ElectronClient/gui/NoteEditor/NoteBody/CodeMirror/utils/useJoplinMode.ts

@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@ import 'codemirror/mode/stex/stex';
 // Joplin markdown is a the same as markdown mode, but it has configured defaults
 // and support for katex math blocks
 export default function useJoplinMode(CodeMirror: any) {
-	CodeMirror.defineMode('joplin-markdown', (config: any) => {
-		const stex = CodeMirror.getMode(config, { name: 'stex', inMathMode: true });
-		const blocks = [{ open: '$$', close: '$$', mode: stex, delimStyle: 'katex-marker' },
-			{ open: '$', close: '$', mode: stex, delimStyle: 'katex-marker' }];
 
-		const markdownOptions = {
+	CodeMirror.defineMode('joplin-markdown', (config: any) => {
+		const markdownConfig = {
 			name: 'markdown',
 			taskLists: true,
 			strikethrough: true,
@@ -19,7 +16,105 @@ export default function useJoplinMode(CodeMirror: any) {
 			},
 		};
 
-		return CodeMirror.multiplexingMode(CodeMirror.getMode(config, markdownOptions), ...blocks);
+		const markdownMode = CodeMirror.getMode(config, markdownConfig);
+		const stex = CodeMirror.getMode(config, { name: 'stex', inMathMode: true });
+
+		const inlineKatexOpenRE = /(?<!\S)\$(?=[^\s$].*?[^\\\s$]\$(?!\S))/;
+		const inlineKatexCloseRE = /(?<![\\\s$])\$(?!\S)/;
+		const blockKatexRE = /(?<!\\)\$\$/;
+
+		// Find token will search for a valid katex start or end token
+		// If found then it will return the index, otherwise -1
+		function findToken(stream: any, token: RegExp) {
+			const match = token.exec(stream.string.slice(stream.pos));
+
+			return match ? match.index + stream.pos : -1;
+		}
+
+		return {
+			startState: function(): {outer: any, openCharacter: string, inner: any} {
+				return {
+					outer: CodeMirror.startState(markdownMode),
+					openCharacter: '',
+					inner: CodeMirror.startState(stex),
+				};
+			},
+
+			copyState: function(state: any) {
+				return {
+					outer: CodeMirror.copyState(markdownMode, state.outer),
+					openCharacter: state.openCharacter,
+					inner: CodeMirror.copyState(stex, state.inner),
+				};
+			},
+
+			token: function(stream: any, state: any) {
+				let currentMode = markdownMode;
+				let currentState = state.outer;
+				let tokenLabel = 'katex-marker-open';
+				let nextTokenPos = stream.string.length;
+				let closing = false;
+
+				const blockPos = findToken(stream, blockKatexRE);
+
+				if (state.openCharacter) {
+					currentMode = stex;
+					currentState = state.inner;
+					tokenLabel = 'katex-marker-close';
+					closing = true;
+
+					const inlinePos = findToken(stream, inlineKatexCloseRE);
+
+					if (state.openCharacter === '$$' && blockPos !== -1) nextTokenPos = blockPos;
+					if (state.openCharacter === '$' && inlinePos !== -1) nextTokenPos = inlinePos;
+				} else {
+					const inlinePos = findToken(stream, inlineKatexOpenRE);
+
+					if (blockPos !== -1) nextTokenPos = blockPos;
+					if (inlinePos !== -1 && inlinePos < nextTokenPos) nextTokenPos = inlinePos;
 
+					if (blockPos === stream.pos) state.openCharacter = '$$';
+					if (inlinePos === stream.pos) state.openCharacter = '$';
+				}
+
+				if (nextTokenPos === stream.pos) {
+					stream.match(state.openCharacter);
+
+					if (closing) state.openCharacter = '';
+
+					return tokenLabel;
+				}
+
+				// If we found a token in this stream but haven;t reached it yet, then we will
+				// pass all the characters leading up to our token to markdown mode
+				const oldString = stream.string;
+
+				stream.string = oldString.slice(0, nextTokenPos);
+				const token = currentMode.token(stream, currentState);
+				stream.string = oldString;
+
+				return token;
+			},
+
+			indent: function(state: any, textAfter: string, line: any) {
+				const mode = state.openCharacter ? stex : markdownMode;
+				if (!mode.indent) return CodeMirror.Pass;
+				return mode.indent(state.openCharacter ? state.inner : state.outer, textAfter, line);
+			},
+
+			blankLine: function(state: any) {
+				const mode = state.openCharacter ? stex : markdownMode;
+				if (mode.blankLine) {
+					mode.blankLine(state.openCharacter ? state.inner : state.outer);
+				}
+			},
+
+			electricChars: markdownMode.electricChars,
+
+			innerMode: function(state: any) {
+				return state.openCharacter ? { state: state.inner, mode: stex } : { state: state.outer, mode: markdownMode };
+			},
+
+		};
 	});
 }

ElectronClient/package.json

@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     "base64-stream": "^1.0.0",
     "chokidar": "^3.0.0",
     "clean-html": "^1.5.0",
-    "codemirror": "^5.54.0",
+    "codemirror": "^5.56.0",
     "color": "^3.1.2",
     "compare-versions": "^3.2.1",
     "countable": "^3.0.1",