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==============================
 rJSmin - Javascript Minifier
==============================

|**rJSmin**| is a javascript minifier written in python.

The minifier is based on the semantics of `jsmin.c by Douglas Crockford`_\.

The module is a re-implementation aiming for :doc:`speed <benchmark>`, so it
can be used at runtime (rather than during a preprocessing step). Usually it
produces the same results as the original ``jsmin.c``. It differs in the
following ways:

- there is no error detection: unterminated string, regex and comment
  literals are treated as regular javascript code and minified as such.
- Control characters inside string and regex literals are left untouched; they
  are not converted to spaces (nor to \\n)
- Newline characters are not allowed inside string and regex literals, except
  for line continuations in string literals (ECMA-5).
- "``return /regex/``" is recognized correctly.
- "``+ +``" and "``- -``" sequences are not collapsed to '``++``' or
  '``--``'
- Newlines before ``!`` operators are removed more sensibly
- |rJSmin| does not handle streams, but only complete strings. (However, the
  module provides a "streamy" interface).

Since most parts of the logic are handled by the regex engine it's way
faster than the original python port of ``jsmin.c`` by Baruch Even. The speed
factor varies between about 6 and 55 depending on input and python version
(it gets faster the more compressed the input already is). Compared to the
speed-refactored python port by Dave St.Germain the performance gain is less
dramatic but still between 1.2 and 7.

|rjsmin| comes with an optional C-reimplementation of the python/regex
implementation, which speeds up the minifying process even more.

|rjsmin| works with both python 2 (starting with python 2.4) and python 3.

.. _jsmin.c by Douglas Crockford: http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.c


Documentation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A :rjsmin:`generated API documentation </>` is available. But you can
just look into the module. It provides a simple function, called
``jsmin`` which takes the script as a string and returns the minified
script as a string.

The module additionally provides a "streamy" interface similar to the
one jsmin.c provides:

.. sourcecode:: console

    $ python -mrjsmin <script >minified


Development Status
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|rjsmin| is stable.


License
~~~~~~~

|rjsmin| is available under the terms and conditions of the "Apache License,
Version 2.0." You'll find the detailed licensing terms in the root
directory of the source distribution package or online at
`http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
<http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>`_.


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Author Information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|rjsmin| was written and is maintained by André Malo.


Acknowledgements
----------------

- `Douglas Crockford <http://www.crockford.com/>`_
- `Jeffrey Friedl <http://regex.info/>`_


Trivia / Fun
~~~~~~~~~~~~

|rJSmin| is a single pass substitution using a simple regular expression,
which looks like this:

.. sourcecode:: text

    pattern = (
        r'([^\047"/\000-\040]+)|((?:(?:\047[^\047\\\r\n]*(?:\\(?:[^\r\n]|\r?'
        r'\n|\r)[^\047\\\r\n]*)*\047)|(?:"[^"\\\r\n]*(?:\\(?:[^\r\n]|\r?\n|'
        r'\r)[^"\\\r\n]*)*"))[^\047"/\000-\040]*)|(?<=[(,=:\[!&|?{};\r\n])(?'
        r':[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/))*'
        r'(?:(?:(?://[^\r\n]*)?[\r\n])(?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*'
        r'[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/))*)*((?:/(?![\r\n/*])[^/\\\[\r\n]*(?:('
        r'?:\\[^\r\n]|(?:\[[^\\\]\r\n]*(?:\\[^\r\n][^\\\]\r\n]*)*\]))[^/\\\['
        r'\r\n]*)*/)[^\047"/\000-\040]*)|(?<=[\000-#%-,./:-@\[-^`{-~-]return'
        r')(?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/'
        r'))*(?:(?:(?://[^\r\n]*)?[\r\n])(?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:'
        r'/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/)))*((?:/(?![\r\n/*])[^/\\\[\r\n]*(?'
        r':(?:\\[^\r\n]|(?:\[[^\\\]\r\n]*(?:\\[^\r\n][^\\\]\r\n]*)*\]))[^/'
        r'\\\[\r\n]*)*/)[^\047"/\000-\040]*)|(?<=[^\000-!#%&(*,./:-@\[\\^`{|'
        r'~])(?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)'
        r'*/))*(?:((?:(?://[^\r\n]*)?[\r\n]))(?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]'
        r'|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/))*)+(?=[^\000-\040"#%-\047)*,./'
        r':-@\\-^`|-~])|(?<=[^\000-#%-,./:-@\[-^`{-~-])((?:[\000-\011\013\01'
        r'4\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/)))+(?=[^\000-#%-,./:'
        r'-@\[-^`{-~-])|(?<=\+)((?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*'
        r'\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/)))+(?=\+)|(?<=-)((?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-'
        r'\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/)))+(?=-)|(?:[\000-\011\013'
        r'\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^/*][^*]*\*+)*/))+|(?:(?:(?://[^'
        r'\r\n]*)?[\r\n])(?:[\000-\011\013\014\016-\040]|(?:/\*[^*]*\*+(?:[^'
        r'/*][^*]*\*+)*/))*)+'
    )


Related
~~~~~~~

- `CSS Minifier rCSSmin <http://opensource.perlig.de/rcssmin/>`_


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