applescript.js

module.exports = function(hljs) {
  var STRING = hljs.inherit(hljs.QUOTE_STRING_MODE, {illegal: ''});
  var TITLE = {
    className: 'title', begin: hljs.UNDERSCORE_IDENT_RE
  };
  var PARAMS = {
    className: 'params',
    begin: '\\(', end: '\\)',
    contains: ['self', hljs.C_NUMBER_MODE, STRING]
  };
  var COMMENTS = [
    {
      className: 'comment',
      begin: '--', end: '$',
    },
    {
      className: 'comment',
      begin: '\\(\\*', end: '\\*\\)',
      contains: ['self', {begin: '--', end: '$'}] //allow nesting
    },
    hljs.HASH_COMMENT_MODE
  ];

  return {
    keywords: {
      keyword:
        'about above after against and around as at back before beginning ' +
        'behind below beneath beside between but by considering ' +
        'contain contains continue copy div does eighth else end equal ' +
        'equals error every exit fifth first for fourth from front ' +
        'get given global if ignoring in into is it its last local me ' +
        'middle mod my ninth not of on onto or over prop property put ref ' +
        'reference repeat returning script second set seventh since ' +
        'sixth some tell tenth that the then third through thru ' +
        'timeout times to transaction try until where while whose with ' +
        'without',
      constant:
        'AppleScript false linefeed return pi quote result space tab true',
      type:
        'alias application boolean class constant date file integer list ' +
        'number real record string text',
      command:
        'activate beep count delay launch log offset read round ' +
        'run say summarize write',
      property:
        'character characters contents day frontmost id item length ' +
        'month name paragraph paragraphs rest reverse running time version ' +
        'weekday word words year'
    },
    contains: [
      STRING,
      hljs.C_NUMBER_MODE,
      {
        className: 'type',
        begin: '\\bPOSIX file\\b'
      },
      {
        className: 'command',
        begin:
          '\\b(clipboard info|the clipboard|info for|list (disks|folder)|' +
          'mount volume|path to|(close|open for) access|(get|set) eof|' +
          'current date|do shell script|get volume settings|random number|' +
          'set volume|system attribute|system info|time to GMT|' +
          '(load|run|store) script|scripting components|' +
          'ASCII (character|number)|localized string|' +
          'choose (application|color|file|file name|' +
          'folder|from list|remote application|URL)|' +
          'display (alert|dialog))\\b|^\\s*return\\b'
      },
      {
        className: 'constant',
        begin:
          '\\b(text item delimiters|current application|missing value)\\b'
      },
      {
        className: 'keyword',
        begin:
          '\\b(apart from|aside from|instead of|out of|greater than|' +
          "isn't|(doesn't|does not) (equal|come before|come after|contain)|" +
          '(greater|less) than( or equal)?|(starts?|ends|begins?) with|' +
          'contained by|comes (before|after)|a (ref|reference))\\b'
      },
      {
        className: 'property',
        begin:
          '\\b(POSIX path|(date|time) string|quoted form)\\b'
      },
      {
        className: 'function_start',
        beginWithKeyword: true,
        keywords: 'on',
        illegal: '[${=;\\n]',
        contains: [TITLE, PARAMS]
      }
    ].concat(COMMENTS),
    illegal: '//'
  };
};