We need the possibility of strict separation of content and presentation and a powerful layout system. Something that removes all the clutter and mind juggling

We need the possibility of strict separation of content and presentation and a powerful layout system. Something that removes all the clutter and mind juggling from the current process of developing websites and something that allows for robust wysiwyg editors (like Adobe InDesign). All we want is putting text, shapes and pictures at certain dynamic positions on a screen. That is why I would propose a layout system that is based on positioning guides (straight or curved guide lines or shapes) rather than a box model. It would work like this: Given a set of initial guides which describe the screen shape one can define new guides which depend on the position of other guides. To define a vertical line at the center of the screen one would write: (defgd my-guide (between screen.left screen.right) (h-pos 50%)). Then one could place an object at a position along that line: (defobj my-object (anchor center) (guide my-guide) (pos (/ (- screen.bottom screen.top) 2)) (content "Hello" (class bold "World!")) (class headline1) (wrap-at screen.left screen.right) (padding 10px)). Instead of spelling out a content string one could, of course, refer to a variable which is stored in a separate resource. Furthermore, it would be helpful to have something like guide generators which can produce grids or arbitrary other shapes based on a given function (e.g. for tables and positions of other repetitive or self similar page elements).