call it 'CAML' is not a wise choice as it's always the name of a programming language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCaml On 7 Feb., 00:35, "askegg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First; right now I am an ideas man. I do not have the require ruby > foo ninja skills to implement what I think might be a good idea, so I > may as well post them here so that others can actually do the work. > > Second; I love HAML. It is still taking me a while to really > understand how to use it, but I think its a great idea. > > Third; While HAML solves the (x)HTML problem, there doe snot seem to > be much around to solve the CSS problem. After a (very) brief search > I found I was not the only one seeking markup nirvana (eg http:// > groups.google.com/group/haml/browse_thread/thread/52852e4ad34ca3ec/ > cf8b9bc1da4d7afd?lnk=gst&q=css&rnum=1#cf8b9bc1da4d7afd). > > There is DCSS (http://myles.id.au/2006/11/20/introducing-dcss), which > helps alleviate some of the pain, but I don't like the implementation > much (ie. the code is not as readable as HAML). > > So I had this idea - why not create a markup library to handle CSS in > the same way as HAML. > We could call it CAML :) > > Something like this (after the example on DCSS) > > in /public/stylesheets/main.caml > > body > .home-page > #archives, #favourites > h3 :text-align => "center", :font-family =>"Georgia, serif" > li :list-style => "square" > a :color => "green" > a:hover :color => "orange" > > Compiles to: > > body.home-page #archives h3, body.home-page #favourites h3 { text- > align: center; font-family: Georgia, serif; } > body.home-page #archives li, body.home-page #favourites li { list- > style: square; } > body.home-page #archives li a, body.home-page #favourites li a > { color: green; } > body.home-page #archives li a:hover, body.home-page #favourites li > a:hover { color: orange; } --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Haml" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/haml?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
