{- | Module : Text.ParserCombinators.Pandoc Copyright : Copyright (C) 2006 John MacFarlane License : GNU GPL, version 2 or above Maintainer : John MacFarlane Stability : provisional Portability : portable Special parser combinators for Pandoc readers. -} module Text.ParserCombinators.Pandoc ( many1Till, followedBy', notFollowedBy', oneOfStrings, spaceChar, skipSpaces, blankline, blanklines, escaped, enclosed, blankBlock, nullBlock, stringAnyCase ) where import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec import Text.Pandoc.Definition import Text.Pandoc.Shared import Char ( toUpper, toLower ) -- | Parses a character and returns 'Null' (so that the parser can move on -- if it gets stuck). nullBlock :: GenParser Char st Block nullBlock = do anyChar return Null -- | Parses one or more blank lines; returns 'Blank'. blankBlock :: GenParser Char st Block blankBlock = do blanklines return Blank -- | Parses a space or tab. spaceChar :: CharParser st Char spaceChar = oneOf " \t" -- | Skips zero or more spaces or tabs. skipSpaces :: GenParser Char st () skipSpaces = skipMany spaceChar -- | Skips zero or more spaces or tabs, then reads a newline. blankline :: GenParser Char st Char blankline = try (do skipSpaces newline) -- | Parses one or more blank lines and returns a string of newlines. blanklines :: GenParser Char st [Char] blanklines = try (do many1 blankline) -- | Parses backslash, then applies character parser. escaped :: GenParser Char st Char -- ^ Parser for character to escape -> GenParser Char st Inline escaped parser = try (do char '\\' result <- parser return (Str [result])) -- | Parses material enclosed between start and end parsers. enclosed :: GenParser Char st t -- ^ start parser -> GenParser Char st end -- ^ end parser -> GenParser Char st a -- ^ content parser (to be used repeatedly) -> GenParser Char st [a] enclosed start end parser = try (do start notFollowedBy space result <- many1Till parser (try end) return result) -- | Like @manyTill@, but reads at least one item. many1Till :: GenParser tok st a -> GenParser tok st end -> GenParser tok st [a] many1Till p end = try (do first <- p rest <- manyTill p end return (first:rest)) -- | A more general form of @notFollowedBy@. This one allows any -- type of parser to be specified, and succeeds only if that parser fails. -- It does not consume any input. notFollowedBy' :: Show b => GenParser a st b -> GenParser a st () notFollowedBy' parser = try (do { c <- try parser; unexpected (show c) } <|> return ()) -- | The inverse of @notFollowedBy'@. Fails if parser will fail, otherwise -- returns @()@ (but does not consume any input). followedBy' :: (Show b) => GenParser a st b -> GenParser a st () followedBy' parser = do isNotFollowed <- option False (do{ notFollowedBy' parser; return True}) if isNotFollowed then fail "not followed by parser" else return () -- | Parses one of a list of strings (tried in order). oneOfStrings :: [String] -> GenParser Char st String oneOfStrings listOfStrings = choice $ map (try . string) listOfStrings -- | Parse string, case insensitive. stringAnyCase :: [Char] -> CharParser st String stringAnyCase [] = string "" stringAnyCase (x:xs) = try (do firstChar <- choice [ char (toUpper x), char (toLower x) ] rest <- stringAnyCase xs return (firstChar:rest))