Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-11-14 Thread Leandro Facchinetti
Hi WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju, I’m happy to know that other people are working on the same space. It seems like we’re taking different approaches and I’d like to see your project when you release it. Best. -- Leandro Facchinetti https://www.leafac.com GPG: 0x5925D0683DF3D583 --

Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-11-13 Thread WarGrey Gyoudmon Ju
I have been writing my CSS engine. [sorry this reply might be a little off-topic here] Long period before, someone in this mailing list asked if their are user editable configuration file formats that can be used in real world applications. `info.rkt` might be a choice but it is not designed for

Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-10-29 Thread lfacchi2
> I'd be interested in trying a working prototype. It's hard to evaluate the > wisdom of the technical choices without enjoying the benefits of the new > interface. Thank you for your interest. The implementation needs some fixes that I expect to finish by the end of the week that starts

Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-10-29 Thread Matthew Butterick
On Oct 28, 2016, at 8:58 AM, lfacc...@jhu.edu wrote: > Regarding the syntax of the DSL, I was intentionally vague about it in the > original post because I wanted to focus on the technical choices I made. I'd be interested in trying a working prototype. It's hard to evaluate the wisdom of the

Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-10-28 Thread lfacchi2
> I just meant: it's an approach that has worked before. "Better"? That's for > you to decide. Alright :) Regarding the syntax of the DSL, I was intentionally vague about it in the original post because I wanted to focus on the technical choices I made. But let me expand on it a bit the means of

Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-10-28 Thread Matthew Butterick
>> 1) Perhaps have a look at the approach used by the `xml` and `html` and >> `json` >> libraries, which is 1) parse data from string, 2) store data in nested >> structs, 3) generate new string from nested-struct thingy. > > I understand this approach, but I do not understand how it is better

Re: [racket-users] Request for comments: An embedded DSL for CSS in Racket

2016-10-27 Thread Matthew Butterick
None of the below is meant to deter your voyage of discovery! Have fun and hack around! On Oct 27, 2016, at 12:17 PM, lfacc...@jhu.edu wrote: > I cannot name a single other example of embedded DSL in Racket that > operates with syntax objects directly. Can you think of something better? 1)