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+Tree-sitter Highlighting
+=========================
+
+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/tree-sitter/tree-sitter.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/tree-sitter/tree-sitter)
+[![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/vtmbd6i92e97l55w/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/maxbrunsfeld/tree-sitter/branch/master)
+[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/tree-sitter-highlight.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/tree-sitter-highlight)
+
+### Usage
+
+Compile some languages into your app, and declare them:
+
+```rust
+extern "C" tree_sitter_html();
+extern "C" tree_sitter_javascript();
+```
+
+Load some *property sheets*:
+
+```rust
+use tree_sitter_highlight::load_property_sheet;
+
+let javascript_property_sheet = load_property_sheet(
+  fs::read_to_string("./tree-sitter-javascript/src/highlights.json").unwrap()
+).unwrap();
+
+let html_property_sheet = load_property_sheet(
+  fs::read_to_string("./tree-sitter-html/src/highlights.json").unwrap()
+).unwrap();
+```
+
+Highlight some code:
+
+```rust
+use tree_sitter_highlight::{highlight, HighlightEvent};
+
+let highlights = highlight(
+    b"const x = new Y();",
+    unsafe { tree_sitter_javascript() },
+    &javascript_property_sheet,
+    &|_| None
+).unwrap();
+
+for event in highlights {
+    match event {
+        HighlightEvent::Source(s) {
+            eprintln!("source: {:?}", s);
+        },
+        HighlightEvent::ScopeStart(s) {
+            eprintln!("scope started: {:?}", s);
+        },
+        HighlightEvent::ScopeEnd(s) {
+            eprintln!("scope ended: {:?}", s);
+        },
+    }
+}
+```
+
+The last parameter to `highlight` is a *language injection* callback. This allows other languages to be retrieved when Tree-sitter detects an embedded document (for example, a piece of JavaScript code inside of a `script` tag within HTML).