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It would seem possible to write a Lisp library that does exactly what you described; albeit indirectly. The library would interpret Lisp data structures and ret

It would seem possible to write a Lisp library that does exactly what you described; albeit indirectly. The library would interpret Lisp data structures and return well-formed XHTML. Think Haml, only Lisp. If someone were interested in doing this, they should definitely have a look at Haml though. There are some interesting methods for telling the Haml interpreter how you want the content handled. Built-in support for escaping characters, expansion/non-expansion, etc is really nice. I know very little about Lisp, so this type of thing might already exist.

dmm 16y ago
There are probably dozens lisp libraries that do exactly this. Pretty much every lisp developer writes one. A bunch can be found here: http://www.cliki.net/Lisp%20Markup%20Languages http://www.cliki.net/Lisp%20Markup%20Languages Examples: http://www.cliki.net/HTML-TEMPLATE http://www.cliki.net/HTML-TEMPLATE http://www.nicklevine.org/play/xhtml.lisp http://www.nicklevine.org/play/xhtml.lisp http://www.cliki.net/yaclml http://www.cliki.net/yaclml http://www.cliki.net/CL-WHO http://www.cliki.net/CL-WHO
spooneybarger 16y ago
There are already lisp/scheme libraries out there that do that. The smalltalk framework's Seaside and Illiad both contain the same as well. as a basic example from seaside: renderContentOn: html html heading level: 1; with: 'Hello World!'. creates <h1>Hello World</h1> More on how Seaside generates html can be found at: http://seaside.st/documentation/generating-html http://seaside.st/documentation/generating-html Here is an example from racket ( aka plt scheme ): (define (build-request-page label next-url hidden) `(html (head (title "Enter a Number to Add")) (body ([bgcolor "white"]) (form ([action ,next-url] [method "get"]) ,label (input ([type "text"] [name "number"] [value ""])) (input ([type "hidden"] [name "hidden"] [value ,hidden])) (input ([type "submit"] [name "enter"] [value "Enter"])))))) More ( and the proper formatting of the above ) can be seen at: http://docs.racket-lang.org/more/#(part.__.Hello_.World__.Server) http://docs.racket-lang.org/more/#(part.__.Hello_.World__.Se...
- draegtun 16y ago
  And there are also libraries in other languages as well. For eg: * There's Builders in Groovy (http://groovy.codehaus.org/Builders http://groovy.codehaus.org/Builders) * Markaby in Ruby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markaby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markaby) * and Markapl and Template::Declare in Perl (http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Markapl http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Markapl & http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Template%3A%3ADeclare http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Template%3A%3ADeclare). Here is the snippet in blogpost using Markapl: div('.red') { p { "hello world" } } Also see related HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=705698 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=705698
  - spooneybarger 16y ago
    My only problem with markaby is that all the do ... end for blocks sort of defeats the purpose for me. not completely but partially. that said, i often use it.
kroger 16y ago
Yes, they do exist. Check, for instance: http://weitz.de/cl-who/ http://weitz.de/cl-who/ and http://weitz.de/cl-who/ http://weitz.de/cl-who/

dmm 16y ago

There are probably dozens lisp libraries that do exactly this. Pretty much every lisp developer writes one. A bunch can be found here: http://www.cliki.net/Lisp%20Markup%20Languages http://www.cliki.net/Lisp%20Markup%20Languages Examples: http://www.cliki.net/HTML-TEMPLATE http://www.cliki.net/HTML-TEMPLATE http://www.nicklevine.org/play/xhtml.lisp http://www.nicklevine.org/play/xhtml.lisp http://www.cliki.net/yaclml http://www.cliki.net/yaclml http://www.cliki.net/CL-WHO http://www.cliki.net/CL-WHO

spooneybarger 16y ago

There are already lisp/scheme libraries out there that do that. The smalltalk framework's Seaside and Illiad both contain the same as well. as a basic example from seaside: renderContentOn: html html heading level: 1; with: 'Hello World!'. creates <h1>Hello World</h1> More on how Seaside generates html can be found at: http://seaside.st/documentation/generating-html http://seaside.st/documentation/generating-html Here is an example from racket ( aka plt scheme ): (define (build-request-page label next-url hidden) `(html (head (title "Enter a Number to Add")) (body ([bgcolor "white"]) (form ([action ,next-url] [method "get"]) ,label (input ([type "text"] [name "number"] [value ""])) (input ([type "hidden"] [name "hidden"] [value ,hidden])) (input ([type "submit"] [name "enter"] [value "Enter"])))))) More ( and the proper formatting of the above ) can be seen at: http://docs.racket-lang.org/more/#(part.__.Hello_.World__.Server) http://docs.racket-lang.org/more/#(part.__.Hello_.World__.Se...

draegtun 16y ago
And there are also libraries in other languages as well. For eg: * There's Builders in Groovy (http://groovy.codehaus.org/Builders http://groovy.codehaus.org/Builders) * Markaby in Ruby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markaby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markaby) * and Markapl and Template::Declare in Perl (http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Markapl http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Markapl & http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Template%3A%3ADeclare http://search.cpan.org/perldoc/Template%3A%3ADeclare). Here is the snippet in blogpost using Markapl: div('.red') { p { "hello world" } } Also see related HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=705698 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=705698
- spooneybarger 16y ago
  My only problem with markaby is that all the do ... end for blocks sort of defeats the purpose for me. not completely but partially. that said, i often use it.

kroger 16y ago

Yes, they do exist. Check, for instance: http://weitz.de/cl-who/ http://weitz.de/cl-who/ and http://weitz.de/cl-who/ http://weitz.de/cl-who/