monaco-editor-esm-webpack-plugin

Change log

It dependency on monaco-editor-webpack-plugin.
If you want copy a monaco editor with localization, you can see primefaces-monaco

The webpack's plugin for monaco editor to compile the worker and handle with localization.

Installing

npm install monaco-editor-esm-webpack-plugin --save-dev

npm install monaco-editor monaco-editor-webpack-plugin monaco-editor-nls

Using

• webpack.config.js

  const MonacoWebpackPlugin = require('monaco-editor-esm-webpack-plugin');
  
  module.exports = {
      entry: './index.js',
      output: {
          path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
          filename: 'app.js'
      },
      module: {
          rules: [
              {
                  test: /\.js/,
                  enforce: 'pre',
                  include: /node_modules[\\\/]monaco-editor[\\\/]esm/,
                  use: MonacoWebpackPlugin.loader
              },
              {
                  test: /\.css$/,
                  use: ['style-loader', 'css-loader']
              }
          ]
      },
      plugins: [
          new MonacoWebpackPlugin()
      ]
  };
  

Localization

• Set the locale data in your code

  // index.js
  import { setLocaleData } from 'monaco-editor-nls';
  import zh_CN from 'monaco-editor-nls/locale/zh-hans';
  
  setLocaleData(zh_CN);
  
  // You must import/require after `setLocaleData`
  // Do not use `import * as monaco from 'XXX'`, but can use `import('xxx').then(XXX)`
  const monaco = require('monaco-editor/esm/vs/editor/editor.api');
  
  monaco.editor.create(document.getElementById('root'), { language: 'javascript' });
  

Options

There only two options for this plugin. But you can set the monaco-editor-webpack-plugin's options in this options. such as: new MonacoWebpackPlugin({ languages: ['typescript'] })

• isMonacoEditorWebapckPlugin - whether monaco-editor-webpack-plugin is used. Default: true

• isReplaceNls - whether replace the nls file. Default: true

Q & A

• Why the project can't start after add the plugin with monaco-editor and monaco-editor-webpack-plugin ?

  The version of monaco-editor should match with monaco-editor-webpack-plugin, you can see: https://github.com/microsoft/monaco-editor-webpack-plugin/#version-matrix