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diff --git a/doc/docs/api.rst b/doc/docs/api.rst index 123a4643..dd831bd1 100644 --- a/doc/docs/api.rst +++ b/doc/docs/api.rst @@ -89,6 +89,21 @@ Functions from :mod:`pygments.lexers`: .. versionadded:: 0.6 +.. function:: find_lexer_class_by_name(alias) + + Return the `Lexer` subclass that has `alias` in its aliases list, without + instantiating it. + + Will raise :exc:`pygments.util.ClassNotFound` if no lexer with that alias is + found. + + .. versionadded:: 2.2 + +.. function:: find_lexer_class(name) + + Return the `Lexer` subclass that with the *name* attribute as given by + the *name* argument. + .. module:: pygments.formatters |