PS TextMate

PowerShell module to render with TextMate grammar in the console using Spectre.Console

C# 📄 MIT ⭐ …

TextMate delivers syntax-aware highlighting for PowerShell on top of TextMate grammars. It exposes a focused set of cmdlets that emit tokenized, theme-styled HighlightedText renderables you can write directly or feed into any Spectre-based pipeline. Helper cmdlets make it easy to discover grammars and validate support for files, extensions, or language IDs before formatting.

What it does

Highlights source text using TextMate grammars such as PowerShell, C#, Markdown, and Python.
Builtin pager, either through -Page or piping to Out-Page
Returns HighlightedText renderables that implement Spectre.Console’s contract, so they can be written directly or through other Spectre hosts.
Provides discovery and testing helpers for installed grammars, extensions, or language IDs.
Sixel images in markdown.

Install

Install-Module TextMate

Examples

# highlight a C# snippet
"public class C { void M() {} }" | Format-CSharp

# render a Markdown file with a theme
Get-Content README.md -Raw | Format-Markdown -Theme SolarizedLight

# FileInfo Object
Get-Item .\script.ps1 | Format-TextMate -Page

Copilot says: AI-generated

Brighten up your console with syntax-highlighted code that pops using TextMate grammars, making your scripts and docs a joy to read right where you work! It’s like having a mini code editor inside your PowerShell terminal.

Key features:

🔥 Syntax-aware highlighting for multiple languages like PowerShell C# Markdown and Python
⚡ Returns Spectre.Console-compatible HighlightedText renderables for seamless integration
🎯 Builtin pager for smooth scrolling of long outputs
🚀 Handy cmdlets to discover and test installed grammars/extensions

This summary was generated by GitHub Copilot based on the project README.

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