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Claude Code session: Add HTML entity support to mdriver
▐▛███▜▌ Claude Code v2.1.7
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▘▘ ▝▝ ~/code/mdriver/html-entities
❯ let's add HTML entity support to mdriver. One I've seen in some markdown
files is `&nbsp`, but let's add support for some sensible subset of HTML
entities that can reasonably be displayed on the terminal. Before adding
them, please present me with a table of the ones you've chosen to
support, and what their replacements will be
⏺ I'll propose a sensible subset of HTML entities for terminal display. Here's my recommended set:
Proposed HTML Entities
┌─────────────────┬─────────────┬────────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ Entity │ Alternative │ Character │ Description │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Essential (XML) │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ & │ │ & │ Ampersand │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &lt; │ │ < │ Less than │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &gt; │ │ > │ Greater than │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &quot; │ │ " │ Quotation mark │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &apos; │ │ ' │ Apostrophe │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Whitespace │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &nbsp; │ │ (U+00A0) │ Non-breaking space │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Typographic │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &ndash; │ │ – │ En dash │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &mdash; │ │ — │ Em dash │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &hellip; │ │ … │ Horizontal ellipsis │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &lsquo; │ │ ' │ Left single quote │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &rsquo; │ │ ' │ Right single quote │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &ldquo; │ │ " │ Left double quote │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &rdquo; │ │ " │ Right double quote │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &bull; │ │ • │ Bullet │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &middot; │ │ · │ Middle dot │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Symbols │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &copy; │ │ © │ Copyright │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &reg; │ │ ® │ Registered │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &trade; │ │ ™ │ Trademark │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &deg; │ │ ° │ Degree │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &plusmn; │ │ ± │ Plus-minus │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &times; │ │ × │ Multiplication │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &divide; │ │ ÷ │ Division │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Fractions │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &frac14; │ │ ¼ │ One quarter │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &frac12; │ │ ½ │ One half │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &frac34; │ │ ¾ │ Three quarters │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Currency │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &cent; │ │ ¢ │ Cent │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &pound; │ │ £ │ Pound │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &euro; │ │ € │ Euro │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &yen; │ │ ¥ │ Yen │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ Arrows │ │ │ │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &larr; │ │ ← │ Left arrow │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &rarr; │ │ → │ Right arrow │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &uarr; │ │ ↑ │ Up arrow │
├─────────────────┼─────────────┼────────────┼─────────────────────┤
│ &darr; │ │ ↓ │ Down arrow │
└─────────────────┴─────────────┴────────────┴─────────────────────┘
Total: 32 named entities
Additional Support
I'd also recommend supporting:
- Numeric decimal references: &#160; → character at codepoint 160
- Numeric hex references: &#x00A0; → character at codepoint 0x00A0
This allows any Unicode character to be specified, covering edge cases without bloating the named entity list.
Notes
1. All these characters render correctly in modern terminal emulators with UTF-8
2. The 5 XML entities (amp, lt, gt, quot, apos) are required for proper HTML/XML compatibility
3. Typographic entities are commonly used in documentation
4. I've excluded entities that don't display well in monospace fonts (like Greek letters, which need context)
Does this set look good, or would you like me to add/remove any entities?
❯ looks good, make the changes necessary
⏺ I'll start by exploring the codebase to understand the current structure and where to add HTML entity support.
⏺ Explore(Explore mdriver codebase structure)
⎿  Done (19 tool uses · 64.2k tokens · 54s)
⏺ Now I understand the codebase structure. Let me create a todo list and implement the HTML entity support.
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⏺ Now I'll implement the HTML entity decoding. I'll add the entity map and helper functions, then integrate them into format_inline.
⏺ Update(src/lib.rs)
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1 + use std::collections::HashMap;
2 use std::sync::LazyLock;
3
4 use syntect::easy::HighlightLines;
...
8 // Static theme set using two-face's extended themes
9 static THEME_SET: LazyLock<EmbeddedLazyThemeSet> =
LazyLock::new(two_face::theme::extra);
10
11 + // HTML entity lookup table
12 + static HTML_ENTITIES: LazyLock<HashMap<&'static str, char>> =
+ LazyLock::new(|| {
13 + let mut m = HashMap::new();
14 + // Essential (XML) entities
15 + m.insert("amp", '&');
16 + m.insert("lt", '<');
17 + m.insert("gt", '>');
18 + m.insert("quot", '"');
19 + m.insert("apos", '\'');
20 + // Whitespace
21 + m.insert("nbsp", '\u{00A0}');
22 + // Typographic
23 + m.insert("ndash", '–');
24 + m.insert("mdash", '—');
25 + m.insert("hellip", '…');
26 + m.insert("lsquo", ''');
27 + m.insert("rsquo", ''');
28 + m.insert("ldquo", '"');
29 + m.insert("rdquo", '"');
30 + m.insert("bull", '•');
31 + m.insert("middot", '·');
32 + // Symbols
33 + m.insert("copy", '©');
34 + m.insert("reg", '®');
35 + m.insert("trade", '™');
36 + m.insert("deg", '°');
37 + m.insert("plusmn", '±');
38 + m.insert("times", '×');
39 + m.insert("divide", '÷');
40 + // Fractions
41 + m.insert("frac14", '¼');
42 + m.insert("frac12", '½');
43 + m.insert("frac34", '¾');
44 + // Currency
45 + m.insert("cent", '¢');
46 + m.insert("pound", '£');
47 + m.insert("euro", '€');
48 + m.insert("yen", '¥');
49 + // Arrows
50 + m.insert("larr", '←');
51 + m.insert("rarr", '→');
52 + m.insert("uarr", '↑');
53 + m.insert("darr", '↓');
54 + m
55 + });
56 +
57 /// Column alignment in tables
58 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
59 enum Alignment {
⏺ Now let me add the helper function to decode HTML entities. I'll add it just before the Default implementation.
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1945 Self::new()
1946 }
1947 }
1948 +
1949 + /// Try to decode an HTML entity starting at the given
+position.
1950 + /// Returns Some((decoded_char, chars_consumed)) if an
+entity is found, None otherwise.
1951 + /// Supports named entities (&amp;), decimal numeric
+(&#123;), and hex numeric (&#x7B;).
1952 + fn decode_html_entity(chars: &[char], start: usize) ->
+Option<(char, usize)> {
1953 + // Must start with '&'
1954 + if start >= chars.len() || chars[start] != '&' {
1955 + return None;
1956 + }
1957 +
1958 + // Find the semicolon (entity terminator)
1959 + let mut end = start + 1;
1960 + while end < chars.len() && end - start < 12 {
1961 + // Max reasonable entity length
1962 + if chars[end] == ';' {
1963 + break;
1964 + }
1965 + // Stop if we hit a character that can't be part of
+ an entity
1966 + if chars[end].is_whitespace() || chars[end] == '&'
+{
1967 + return None;
1968 + }
1969 + end += 1;
1970 + }
1971 +
1972 + // Check if we found a semicolon, but also allow
+entities without semicolon
1973 + let has_semicolon = end < chars.len() && chars[end] ==
+';';
1974 +
1975 + // Extract the entity content (without & and optional
+;)
1976 + let entity_end = if has_semicolon { end } else { end };
1977 + if entity_end <= start + 1 {
1978 + return None;
1979 + }
1980 +
1981 + let entity_content: String = chars[start +
+1..entity_end].iter().collect();
1982 +
1983 + // Try numeric entity (decimal or hex)
1984 + if entity_content.starts_with('#') {
1985 + let num_str = &entity_content[1..];
1986 + let codepoint = if let Some(hex) =
+num_str.strip_prefix('x').or_else(||
+num_str.strip_prefix('X'))
1987 + {
1988 + u32::from_str_radix(hex, 16).ok()?
1989 + } else {
1990 + num_str.parse::<u32>().ok()?
1991 + };
1992 + let decoded = char::from_u32(codepoint)?;
1993 + let consumed = if has_semicolon {
1994 + end - start + 1
1995 + } else {
1996 + end - start
1997 + };
1998 + return Some((decoded, consumed));
1999 + }
2000 +
2001 + // Try named entity (with semicolon required for
+lookup, or without)
2002 + if let Some(&decoded) =
+HTML_ENTITIES.get(entity_content.as_str()) {
2003 + let consumed = if has_semicolon {
2004 + end - start + 1
2005 + } else {
2006 + end - start
2007 + };
2008 + return Some((decoded, consumed));
2009 + }
2010 +
2011 + None
2012 + }
⏺ Now let me integrate the entity decoding into format_inline. I'll add a check for & before the default fallback.
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1544 }
1545 }
1546
1547 + // Check for HTML entities (&amp;, &#123;,
+&#x7B;)
1548 + if chars[i] == '&' {
1549 + if let Some((decoded, consumed)) =
+decode_html_entity(&chars, i) {
1550 + result.push(decoded);
1551 + i += consumed;
1552 + continue;
1553 + }
1554 + }
1555 +
1556 result.push(chars[i]);
1557 i += 1;
1558 }
⏺ Let me run cargo fmt and check for any issues.
⏺ Bash(cargo fmt)
⎿  Error: Exit code 1
error: character constant must be escaped: `'`
--> /Users/llimllib/code/mdriver/html-entities/src/lib.rs:27:24
|
27 | m.insert("lsquo", ''');
| ^
|
help: escape the character
|
27 | m.insert("lsquo", '\'');
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⏺ I need to fix the character escaping for the curly quotes.
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24 m.insert("ndash", '–');
25 m.insert("mdash", '—');
26 m.insert("hellip", '…');
27 - m.insert("lsquo", ''');
28 - m.insert("rsquo", ''');
29 - m.insert("ldquo", '"');
30 - m.insert("rdquo", '"');
27 + m.insert("lsquo", '\u{2018}'); // '
28 + m.insert("rsquo", '\u{2019}'); // '
29 + m.insert("ldquo", '\u{201C}'); // "
30 + m.insert("rdquo", '\u{201D}'); // "
31 m.insert("bull", '•');
32 m.insert("middot", '·');
33 // Symbols
⏺ Bash(cargo fmt)
⎿  (No content)
⏺ Bash(cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 101
Updating crates.io index
Locking 202 packages to latest compatible versions
Adding toml v0.8.23 (available: v0.9.11+spec-1.1.0)
Adding ureq v2.12.1 (available: v3.1.4)
Compiling proc-macro2 v1.0.105
Compiling quote v1.0.43
Compiling unicode-ident v1.0.22
Checking stable_deref_trait v1.2.1
Checking cfg-if v1.0.4
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⏺ I need to fix the clippy warnings. Let me clean up the redundant code.
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1982 let has_semicolon = end < chars.len() && chars[end] ==
';';
1983
1984 // Extract the entity content (without & and optional
;)
1985 - let entity_end = if has_semicolon { end } else { end };
1986 - if entity_end <= start + 1 {
1985 + if end <= start + 1 {
1986 return None;
1987 }
1988
1989 - let entity_content: String = chars[start + 1..entity_end
-].iter().collect();
1989 + let entity_content: String = chars[start + 1..end
+].iter().collect();
1990
1991 // Try numeric entity (decimal or hex)
1992 - if entity_content.starts_with('#') {
1993 - let num_str = &entity_content[1..];
1992 + if let Some(num_str) = entity_content.strip_prefix('#')
+ {
1993 let codepoint = if let Some(hex) = num_str
1994 .strip_prefix('x')
1995 .or_else(|| num_str.strip_prefix('X'))
⏺ Bash(cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings 2>&1)
⎿ Checking mdriver v0.8.0 (/Users/llimllib/code/mdriver/html-entities
)
Finished `dev` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.45s
⏺ Clippy passes. Now let me add tests for HTML entity decoding.
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406 }
407 }
408 }
409 +
410 + mod html_entities {
411 + use super::*;
412 +
413 + // Essential XML entities
414 + #[test]
415 + fn test_amp_entity() {
416 + let p = parser();
417 + let result = p.format_inline("Tom &amp; Jerry");
418 + assert_eq!(result, "Tom & Jerry");
419 + }
420 +
421 + #[test]
422 + fn test_lt_entity() {
423 + let p = parser();
424 + let result = p.format_inline("5 &lt; 10");
425 + assert_eq!(result, "5 < 10");
426 + }
427 +
428 + #[test]
429 + fn test_gt_entity() {
430 + let p = parser();
431 + let result = p.format_inline("10 &gt; 5");
432 + assert_eq!(result, "10 > 5");
433 + }
434 +
435 + #[test]
436 + fn test_quot_entity() {
437 + let p = parser();
438 + let result = p.format_inline("He said
+&quot;hello&quot;");
439 + assert_eq!(result, "He said \"hello\"");
440 + }
441 +
442 + #[test]
443 + fn test_apos_entity() {
444 + let p = parser();
445 + let result = p.format_inline("It&apos;s great");
446 + assert_eq!(result, "It's great");
447 + }
448 +
449 + // Whitespace
450 + #[test]
451 + fn test_nbsp_entity() {
452 + let p = parser();
453 + let result = p.format_inline("Hello&nbsp;World");
454 + assert_eq!(result, "Hello\u{00A0}World");
455 + }
456 +
457 + // Typographic entities
458 + #[test]
459 + fn test_ndash_entity() {
460 + let p = parser();
461 + let result = p.format_inline("pages 10&ndash;20");
462 + assert_eq!(result, "pages 10–20");
463 + }
464 +
465 + #[test]
466 + fn test_mdash_entity() {
467 + let p = parser();
468 + let result = p.format_inline("Wait&mdash;what?");
469 + assert_eq!(result, "Wait—what?");
470 + }
471 +
472 + #[test]
473 + fn test_hellip_entity() {
474 + let p = parser();
475 + let result = p.format_inline("To be
+continued&hellip;");
476 + assert_eq!(result, "To be continued…");
477 + }
478 +
479 + #[test]
480 + fn test_curly_quotes() {
481 + let p = parser();
482 + let result = p.format_inline("&ldquo;Hello&rdquo;
+and &lsquo;hi&rsquo;");
483 + assert_eq!(result, "\u{201C}Hello\u{201D} and
+\u{2018}hi\u{2019}");
484 + }
485 +
486 + #[test]
487 + fn test_bull_entity() {
488 + let p = parser();
489 + let result = p.format_inline("Item &bull; Item");
490 + assert_eq!(result, "Item • Item");
491 + }
492 +
493 + // Symbols
494 + #[test]
495 + fn test_copy_entity() {
496 + let p = parser();
497 + let result = p.format_inline("&copy; 2024");
498 + assert_eq!(result, "© 2024");
499 + }
500 +
501 + #[test]
502 + fn test_reg_entity() {
503 + let p = parser();
504 + let result = p.format_inline("Brand&reg;");
505 + assert_eq!(result, "Brand®");
506 + }
507 +
508 + #[test]
509 + fn test_trade_entity() {
510 + let p = parser();
511 + let result = p.format_inline("Product&trade;");
512 + assert_eq!(result, "Product™");
513 + }
514 +
515 + #[test]
516 + fn test_deg_entity() {
517 + let p = parser();
518 + let result = p.format_inline("90&deg;");
519 + assert_eq!(result, "90°");
520 + }
521 +
522 + #[test]
523 + fn test_math_entities() {
524 + let p = parser();
525 + let result = p.format_inline("5 &plusmn; 2, 3
+&times; 4, 10 &divide; 2");
526 + assert_eq!(result, "5 ± 2, 3 × 4, 10 ÷ 2");
527 + }
528 +
529 + // Fractions
530 + #[test]
531 + fn test_fraction_entities() {
532 + let p = parser();
533 + let result = p.format_inline("&frac14; + &frac12; =
+&frac34;");
534 + assert_eq!(result, "¼ + ½ = ¾");
535 + }
536 +
537 + // Currency
538 + #[test]
539 + fn test_currency_entities() {
540 + let p = parser();
541 + let result = p.format_inline("&cent; &pound; &euro;
+&yen;");
542 + assert_eq!(result, "¢ £ € ¥");
543 + }
544 +
545 + // Arrows
546 + #[test]
547 + fn test_arrow_entities() {
548 + let p = parser();
549 + let result = p.format_inline("&larr; &rarr; &uarr;
+&darr;");
550 + assert_eq!(result, "← → ↑ ↓");
551 + }
552 +
553 + // Numeric entities (decimal)
554 + #[test]
555 + fn test_numeric_decimal_entity() {
556 + let p = parser();
557 + let result = p.format_inline("&#169; &#8212;");
558 + assert_eq!(result, "© —");
559 + }
560 +
561 + // Numeric entities (hex)
562 + #[test]
563 + fn test_numeric_hex_entity() {
564 + let p = parser();
565 + let result = p.format_inline("&#x00A9; &#x2014;");
566 + assert_eq!(result, "© —");
567 + }
568 +
569 + #[test]
570 + fn test_numeric_hex_uppercase() {
571 + let p = parser();
572 + let result = p.format_inline("&#X00A9;");
573 + assert_eq!(result, "©");
574 + }
575 +
576 + // Entity without semicolon (common in wild markdown)
577 + #[test]
578 + fn test_entity_without_semicolon() {
579 + let p = parser();
580 + let result = p.format_inline("Hello&nbsp world");
581 + assert_eq!(result, "Hello\u{00A0}world");
582 + }
583 +
584 + // Unknown entity should be preserved
585 + #[test]
586 + fn test_unknown_entity_preserved() {
587 + let p = parser();
588 + let result = p.format_inline("Hello &unknown;
+world");
589 + assert_eq!(result, "Hello &unknown; world");
590 + }
591 +
592 + // Entity mixed with markdown formatting
593 + #[test]
594 + fn test_entity_with_bold() {
595 + let p = parser();
596 + let result = p.format_inline("**Tom &amp; Jerry**");
597 + assert!(result.contains("\x1b[1m")); // bold
598 + assert_eq!(strip_ansi(&result), "Tom & Jerry");
599 + }
600 +
601 + // Multiple entities in sequence
602 + #[test]
603 + fn test_multiple_entities() {
604 + let p = parser();
605 + let result = p.format_inline("&lt;&lt; &amp;&amp;
+&gt;&gt;");
606 + assert_eq!(result, "<< && >>");
607 + }
608 +
609 + // Edge case: ampersand alone
610 + #[test]
611 + fn test_ampersand_alone() {
612 + let p = parser();
613 + let result = p.format_inline("Tom & Jerry");
614 + assert_eq!(result, "Tom & Jerry");
615 + }
616 +
617 + // Edge case: ampersand at end of string
618 + #[test]
619 + fn test_ampersand_at_end() {
620 + let p = parser();
621 + let result = p.format_inline("Test &");
622 + assert_eq!(result, "Test &");
623 + }
624 + }
⏺ Bash(cargo fmt && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
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⎿ Checking mdriver v0.8.0 (/Users/llimllib/code/mdriver/html-entities
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⏺ Bash(cargo test 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 101
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⏺ I see the issue. When we hit whitespace, we're returning None instead of trying to decode the accumulated entity. Let me fix the logic.
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1964 return None;
1965 }
1966
1967 - // Find the semicolon (entity terminator)
1967 + // Find the semicolon (entity terminator)
+ or end of entity name
1968 let mut end = start + 1;
1969 while end < chars.len() && end - start < 12 {
1970 // Max reasonable entity length
1971 if chars[end] == ';' {
1972 break;
1973 }
1974 - // Stop if we hit a character that can't be part of
-an entity
1974 + // Stop if we hit a character that can't be part of
+an entity name
1975 if chars[end].is_whitespace() || chars[end] == '&'
{
1976 - return None;
1976 + break;
1977 }
1978 + // Entity names are alphanumeric (and # for numeric
+ entities)
1979 + if !chars[end].is_ascii_alphanumeric() &&
+chars[end] != '#' {
1980 + break;
1981 + }
1982 end += 1;
1983 }
1984
⏺ Bash(cargo test html_entities 2>&1)
⎿  Error: Exit code 101
Compiling mdriver v0.8.0 (/Users/llimllib/code/mdriver/html-entities)
Finished `test` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.81s
Running unittests src/lib.rs
(target/debug/deps/mdriver-88c5f32734416994)
running 0 tests
test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 0 measured; 0 filtered out;
finished in 0.00s
Running unittests src/main.rs
(target/debug/deps/mdriver-3a7c079353b478b1)
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⏺ The entity is now being decoded, but the test expectation is incorrect. The space after &nbsp should be preserved since it's not part of the entity. Let me fix the test.
⏺ Update(tests/unit.rs)
⎿  Added 2 lines, removed 1 line
577 #[test]
578 fn test_entity_without_semicolon() {
579 let p = parser();
580 + // The space after &nbsp should be preserved
581 let result = p.format_inline("Hello&nbsp world");
582 - assert_eq!(result, "Hello\u{00A0}world");
582 + assert_eq!(result, "Hello\u{00A0} world");
583 }
584
585 // Unknown entity should be preserved
⏺ Bash(cargo fmt && cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings &&
cargo test 2>&1)
⎿ Compiling mdriver v0.8.0 (/Users/llimllib/code/mdriver/html-entities
)
Finished `test` profile [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.38
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⏺ All tests pass. Let me update the todo list.
⏺ Done! Here's a summary of the changes:
Changes Made
src/lib.rs:
1. Added a static HTML_ENTITIES HashMap with 32 named entities (lines 12-56)
2. Added decode_html_entity() function (lines 1958-2027) that:
- Decodes named entities (&amp; → &)
- Decodes decimal numeric entities (&#169; → ©)
- Decodes hex numeric entities (&#x00A9; → ©)
- Supports entities with or without trailing semicolons
3. Integrated entity decoding into format_inline() (lines 1547-1554)
tests/unit.rs:
Added 28 new tests in the html_entities module covering:
- All 5 XML entities (amp, lt, gt, quot, apos)
- Whitespace (nbsp)
- Typographic entities (ndash, mdash, hellip, curly quotes, bull)
- Symbols (copy, reg, trade, deg, math operators)
- Fractions (frac14, frac12, frac34)
- Currency (cent, pound, euro, yen)
- Arrows (larr, rarr, uarr, darr)
- Numeric entities (decimal and hex)
- Edge cases (entities without semicolons, unknown entities, ampersands alone)
All 66 unit tests and 5 conformance tests pass.
✻ Cogitated for 5m 33s
❯ add the table of supported entities to the readme, not near the top
though
⏺ Read(README.md)
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⏺ Update(README.md)
⎿  Added 63 lines
187
188 **Note**: Image rendering requires a terminal that supports
the kitty graphics protocol. In terminals without support,
images will display as alt text.
189
190 + ## HTML Entity Support
191 +
192 + mdriver decodes HTML entities in markdown text, supporting
+both named entities and numeric character references.
193 +
194 + ### Supported Named Entities
195 +
196 + | Entity | Character | Description |
197 + |--------|-----------|-------------|
198 + | **Essential (XML)** |
199 + | `&amp;` | `&` | Ampersand |
200 + | `&lt;` | `<` | Less than |
201 + | `&gt;` | `>` | Greater than |
202 + | `&quot;` | `"` | Quotation mark |
203 + | `&apos;` | `'` | Apostrophe |
204 + | **Whitespace** |
205 + | `&nbsp;` | | Non-breaking space |
206 + | **Typographic** |
207 + | `&ndash;` | `–` | En dash |
208 + | `&mdash;` | `—` | Em dash |
209 + | `&hellip;` | `…` | Horizontal ellipsis |
210 + | `&lsquo;` | `'` | Left single quote |
211 + | `&rsquo;` | `'` | Right single quote |
212 + | `&ldquo;` | `"` | Left double quote |
213 + | `&rdquo;` | `"` | Right double quote |
214 + | `&bull;` | `•` | Bullet |
215 + | `&middot;` | `·` | Middle dot |
216 + | **Symbols** |
217 + | `&copy;` | `©` | Copyright |
218 + | `&reg;` | `®` | Registered |
219 + | `&trade;` | `™` | Trademark |
220 + | `&deg;` | `°` | Degree |
221 + | `&plusmn;` | `±` | Plus-minus |
222 + | `&times;` | `×` | Multiplication |
223 + | `&divide;` | `÷` | Division |
224 + | **Fractions** |
225 + | `&frac14;` | `¼` | One quarter |
226 + | `&frac12;` | `½` | One half |
227 + | `&frac34;` | `¾` | Three quarters |
228 + | **Currency** |
229 + | `&cent;` | `¢` | Cent |
230 + | `&pound;` | `£` | Pound |
231 + | `&euro;` | `€` | Euro |
232 + | `&yen;` | `¥` | Yen |
233 + | **Arrows** |
234 + | `&larr;` | `←` | Left arrow |
235 + | `&rarr;` | `→` | Right arrow |
236 + | `&uarr;` | `↑` | Up arrow |
237 + | `&darr;` | `↓` | Down arrow |
238 +
239 + ### Numeric Character References
240 +
241 + In addition to named entities, mdriver supports numeric
+references for any Unicode character:
242 +
243 + - **Decimal**: `&#169;` → `©`
244 + - **Hexadecimal**: `&#x00A9;` → `©`
245 +
246 + ### Example
247 +
248 + ```bash
249 + $ echo "5 &lt; 10 &mdash; Tom &amp; Jerry &copy; 2024" |
+mdriver
250 + 5 < 10 — Tom & Jerry © 2024
251 + ```
252 +
253 ## Conformance Test Suite
254
255 This project uses a comprehensive conformance test suite to
verify streaming behavior, markdown parsing, and ANSI
formatting.
⏺ Bash(cargo test 2>&1 | tail -20)
⎿  test strip_ansi_tests::test_strip_basic_sgr ... ok
test strip_ansi_tests::test_strip_osc8_hyperlink ... ok
test strip_ansi_tests::test_strip_osc8_with_styling ... ok
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⏺ Done. I added a new "HTML Entity Support" section to the README after the "Image Rendering" section. It includes:
- A table of all 32 supported named entities organized by category
- Documentation of numeric character references (decimal and hex)
- An example showing entity decoding in action
✻ Baked for 38s
❯ commit your work
⏺ Bash(git status)
⎿  On branch html-entities
Changes not staged for commit:
(use "git add <file>..." to update what will be committed)
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⏺ Bash(git diff --stat)
⎿ README.md | 63 +++++++++++++++++
src/lib.rs | 125 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/unit.rs | 217 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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⏺ Bash(git log --oneline -5)
⎿ 656905e feat: add red foreground color to inline code for better visibi
lity (#9)
2fe1844 chore: bump version to 0.8.0
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⏺ Bash(git add README.md src/lib.rs tests/unit.rs && git commit -m "feat: add
HTML entity support…)
⎿  [html-entities 49deb3e] feat: add HTML entity support
3 files changed, 405 insertions(+)
⏺ Bash(git status && git log --oneline -3)
⎿  On branch html-entities
nothing to commit, working tree clean
49deb3e feat: add HTML entity support
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❯ /export
⏺ Committed successfully:
49deb3e feat: add HTML entity support
Changes:
- src/lib.rs - Added entity map and decode_html_entity() function
- tests/unit.rs - Added 28 tests for entity decoding
- README.md - Added HTML Entity Support documentation section
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