Support jsdoc link types and settings

helpers/ddata.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const objectGet = require('object-get')
 const where = require('test-value').where
 const flatten = require('reduce-flatten')
 const state = require('../lib/state')
+const urlRe = require('regex-repo').urlRe
 
 /**
  * ddata is a collection of handlebars helpers for working with the documentation data output by [jsdoc-parse](https://github.com/75lb/jsdoc-parse).
@@ -610,32 +611,36 @@ function methodSig () {
 /**
  * extracts url and caption data from @link tags
  * @param {string} - a string containing one or more {@link} tags
- * @returns {Array.<{original: string, caption: string, url: string}>}
+ * @param {object} - `dmdOptions`; link formatting is influenced by the `clever-links` and `monospace-links` values
+ * @returns {Array.<{original: string, caption: string, url: string, format: 'code'|'plain'}>}
  * @static
  */
-function parseLink (text) {
+function parseLink (text, dmdOptions) {
+  dmdOptions = dmdOptions || {}
   if (!text) return ''
   const results = []
   let matches = null
-  const link1 = /{@link\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s*}/g // {@link someSymbol}
-  const link2 = /\[([^\]]+?)\]{@link\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s*}/g // [caption here]{@link someSymbol}
-  const link3 = /{@link\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s*\|([^}]+?)}/g // {@link someSymbol|caption here}
-  const link4 = /{@link\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s+([^}|]+?)}/g // {@link someSymbol Caption Here}
+  const link1 = /{@link(code|plain)?\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s*}/g // {@link someSymbol}
+  const link2 = /\[([^\]]+?)\]{@link(code|plain)?\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s*}/g // [caption here]{@link someSymbol}
+  const link3 = /{@link(code|plain)?\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s*\|([^}]+?)}/g // {@link someSymbol|caption here}
+  const link4 = /{@link(code|plain)?\s+([^\s}|]+?)\s+([^}|]+?)}/g // {@link someSymbol Caption Here}
 
   while ((matches = link4.exec(text)) !== null) {
     results.push({
       original: matches[0],
-      caption: matches[2],
-      url: matches[1]
+      caption: matches[3],
+      url: matches[2],
+      format: matches[1]
     })
     text = text.replace(matches[0], ' '.repeat(matches[0].length))
   }
 
   while ((matches = link3.exec(text)) !== null) {
     results.push({
       original: matches[0],
-      caption: matches[2],
-      url: matches[1]
+      caption: matches[3],
+      url: matches[2],
+      format: matches[1] 
     })
     text = text.replace(matches[0], ' '.repeat(matches[0].length))
   }
@@ -644,19 +649,35 @@ function parseLink (text) {
     results.push({
       original: matches[0],
       caption: matches[1],
-      url: matches[2]
+      url: matches[3],
+      format: matches[2]
     })
     text = text.replace(matches[0], ' '.repeat(matches[0].length))
   }
 
   while ((matches = link1.exec(text)) !== null) {
     results.push({
       original: matches[0],
-      caption: matches[1],
-      url: matches[1]
+      caption: matches[2],
+      url: matches[2],
+      format: matches[1]
     })
     text = text.replace(matches[0], ' '.repeat(matches[0].length))
   }
+
+  results.forEach((result) => {
+    const format = result.format
+    if (format === undefined) {
+      result.format = format // if tag is @linkplain or @linkcode, then that determines the format
+        // else, if 'clever-links' is true, then if the link is a URL, it's plain, otherwise code format
+        || (dmdOptions['clever-links'] && (urlRe.test(result.url) ? 'plain' : 'code'))
+        // else, if 'monospace-links' is true, then all links are code format
+        || (dmdOptions['monospace-links'] && 'code')
+        // else, it's a plain
+        || 'plain'
+    }
+  })
+
   return results
 }
 

helpers/helpers.js

@@ -40,16 +40,18 @@ function escape (input) {
 }
 
 /**
-replaces {@link} tags with markdown links in the suppied input text
+replaces {@link}, {@linkplain}, and {@linkcode} tags with markdown links in the supplied input text
 */
 function inlineLinks (text, options) {
   if (text) {
-    const links = ddata.parseLink(text)
+    const dmdOptions = options.data.root.options
+    const links = ddata.parseLink(text, dmdOptions)
     links.forEach(function (link) {
+      const captionFmt = link.format === 'code' ? '`' : ''
       const linked = ddata._link(link.url, options)
       if (link.caption === link.url) link.caption = linked.name
       if (linked.url) link.url = linked.url
-      text = text.replace(link.original, '[' + link.caption + '](' + link.url + ')')
+      text = text.replace(link.original, '[' + captionFmt + link.caption + captionFmt + '](' + link.url + ')')
     })
   }
   return text

lib/dmd-options.js

@@ -80,6 +80,20 @@ function DmdOptions (options) {
    */
   this['member-index-format'] = 'grouped'
 
+  /**
+   * If true, \{@link XXX} tags are rendered in normal text if XXX is a URL and monospace (code) format otherwise.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   * @dafult
+   */
+  this['clever-links'] = false
+
+  /**
+   * If true, all \{@link} tags are rendered in monospace (code) format. This setting is ignored in `clever-links` is true.
+   * @type {boolean}
+   * @default
+   */
+  this['monospace-links'] = false
+
   /**
    * Show identifiers marked `@private` in the output.
    * @type {boolean}

package.json

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "reduce-flatten": "^3.0.1",
     "reduce-unique": "^2.0.1",
     "reduce-without": "^1.0.1",
+    "regex-repo": "^5.0.0",
     "test-value": "^3.0.0",
     "walk-back": "^5.1.0"
   },