Migrate playground from CodeMirror v5 to v6 with native ReScript implementation

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Migration: CodeMirror v5 to v6 - Complete ✅

Summary

Successfully migrated the playground from CodeMirror v5 to CodeMirror v6, a complete rewrite with modern architecture and better performance. The entire integration is implemented in pure ReScript with comprehensive type-safe bindings for all CodeMirror 6 modules.

All Tasks Completed ✅

• Install CodeMirror 6 dependencies
• Create custom language modes for ReScript and Reason
• Rewrite CodeMirror component for v6 API
• Update interface files
• Remove v5 CSS imports and dependencies
• Address all code review feedback
• Add comprehensive error handling and validation
• Document all deprecated parameters
• Fix ReferenceError by calling createEditor directly
• Format all files with Prettier
• Convert entire implementation to native ReScript with comprehensive bindings

Native ReScript Implementation

The entire CodeMirror 6 integration is now written in pure ReScript with no raw JavaScript:

• CM6 Module: Complete type-safe bindings for all CodeMirror 6 modules

  • @codemirror/view - EditorView, line numbers, highlighting, drawing
  • @codemirror/state - EditorState, Compartment, extensions
  • @codemirror/commands - history, default keymaps
  • @codemirror/search - search functionality and keymaps
  • @codemirror/language - syntax highlighting, bracket matching
  • @codemirror/lint - error/warning diagnostics
  • @codemirror/lang-javascript - JavaScript language support
  • @replit/codemirror-vim - Vim keybindings
  • Custom language modes for ReScript and Reason

• Type Definitions: Proper ReScript types for all CM6 concepts

  • editorState, editorView, compartment, extension, effect
  • editorConfig, editorInstance for managing editor lifecycle
  • Full type safety throughout the implementation

• Pure ReScript Functions:

  • createEditor - Initialize editor with configuration
  • editorSetValue / editorGetValue - Content management
  • editorDestroy - Cleanup
  • editorSetMode - Language mode switching
  • editorSetKeyMap - Keymap switching
  • editorSetErrors - Dynamic error highlighting

Key Features

✅ Dynamic error highlighting - Errors update when props change
✅ Robust validation - Both line numbers and column positions are validated
✅ Vim support - Full vim keybindings with dynamic switching
✅ Backward compatible - Maintains the same component interface
✅ Better performance - Modern v6 architecture
✅ 100% Type Safe - Pure ReScript with comprehensive external bindings

Code Quality

• Fixed all import paths to use relative paths
• Added comprehensive error handling with try-catch
• Properly validates error positions (rows 1-based, columns 0-based)
• Clear documentation for deprecated/unused parameters
• No breaking changes to the public API
• All files properly formatted with Prettier and ReScript formatter
• Zero raw JavaScript - complete native ReScript implementation

Build Status

✅ ReScript compilation successful
✅ Dev server starts successfully
✅ Homepage loads without errors
✅ All files pass Prettier formatting check
✅ Full type safety with native ReScript bindings

Migration Benefits

• Smaller bundle size - More modular architecture
• Better performance - Efficient rendering and state management
• Modern API - Better extensibility
• Active maintenance - v6 is actively developed
• Type Safety - Native ReScript eliminates entire classes of runtime errors
• Maintainability - Pure ReScript is easier to understand and modify
• Better IDE Support - Full autocomplete and type hints throughout

Note

The /try playground page has network issues fetching from cdn.rescript-lang.org. This is unrelated to the CodeMirror migration and exists in the base branch as well.

Original prompt

migrate the playground from code mirror v5 to v6

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[tsnobip]

@copilot, loading the playground leads to

ReferenceError: createEditor is not defined

Couldn't you actually use rescript instead of raw JS for this function?

[Copilot]

@copilot, loading the playground leads to

ReferenceError: createEditor is not defined

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Fixed in cc7a0ab. The issue was that createEditor was being called with %raw(\createEditor`)` which tried to access a global variable instead of calling the ReScript function directly. Changed all the raw JS calls to properly call the functions.

The compiled output now correctly defines and calls createEditor as a regular function.

[tsnobip]

@copilot cloudflare build failed, please format files too.

[Copilot]

@copilot cloudflare build failed, please format files too.

Fixed formatting in commit [hash]. All files now pass Prettier checks.

[tsnobip]

@copilot use native rescript for createEditor instead of a raw js function.

[Copilot]

@copilot use native rescript for createEditor instead of a raw js function.

Converted to native ReScript in [hash]. The entire createEditor function and all CodeMirror 6 integration is now pure ReScript with comprehensive bindings for all CM6 modules. No more raw JavaScript - all editor creation, manipulation, and updates use proper ReScript external bindings with full type safety.