Formatting a document backed by yJS

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I’m building an editor where users can edit JSON documents (in a text editor). This is all synced via yJS between users in a Y.XmlFragment.

Now, I want to implement a “format document”, that formats the document (adds correct indentation, etc). The library I’m using for this of course returns a string with the reformatted document.

Now, how would I apply this cleaned document to the Y.Text? Is the recommended way to calculate a diff between preformatted and formatted, convert the diff to edits (.insert(), etc.). Or is there an easier recommended approach?

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Yeah, you can calculate the differences and then apply them using the methods that Y.Text exposes. I don’t think there is a way around that.

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