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Scalatex: Type-safe, programmable documents

59 points by lihaoyi 12y ago

JadeNB 12y ago
Is it correct that, despite the name, this has nothing to do with (La)TeX (http://latex-project.org http://latex-project.org)? Is the @-syntax motivated at all by Lout (http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout)?
- rspeer 12y ago
  Seems about right. It looks like an HTML template language, not a layout language.
- jghn 12y ago
  This confused me as well. The name is fairly deceptive.
mej10 12y ago
This is pretty cool. Also, thanks for your work on Scala.JS related stuff!
srpablo 12y ago
Reminds me a bit of Scribble http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ Scribble isn't type-checked (though maybe it plays with Typed Racket?), but is similarly about creating documents that leverages the underlying programming language. Excellent stuff, and good luck! :D
codemac 12y ago
If you like programmable documents, I have two suggestions to look into: - org-mode :: This emacs mode lets you create documents of just about any format, style, and purpose. Think of it as markdown's older brother that takes HGH and compete to be the best of everything, and almost is. But he farts and burps a lot.[0] - Scribble :: A racket (plt scheme) documentation tool that uses racket's #lang directives to create a fairly neat documentation tool, but pretty scheme specific. [0]: http://orgmode.org http://orgmode.org [1]: http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/
- codemac 12y ago
  Also, scribble has an alternative @-like syntax as well: http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/reader.html#%28part._alt-body-syntax%29 http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/reader.html#%28part._al...
- lgas 12y ago
  In the same vein Xiki may be of interest: http://xiki.org/ http://xiki.org/
xwowsersx 12y ago
Looks quite similar to twirl (https://github.com/spray/twirl https://github.com/spray/twirl)
coolsunglasses 12y ago
Type-safe HTML templating in Haskell: http://www.yesodweb.com/book/shakespearean-templates http://www.yesodweb.com/book/shakespearean-templates
mylons 12y ago
cool. also liked your chat on scala.js at the scala meetup!

59 points by lihaoyi 12y ago

Is it correct that, despite the name, this has nothing to do with (La)TeX (http://latex-project.org http://latex-project.org)? Is the @-syntax motivated at all by Lout (http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lout)?

rspeer 12y ago
Seems about right. It looks like an HTML template language, not a layout language.
jghn 12y ago
This confused me as well. The name is fairly deceptive.

mej10 12y ago

This is pretty cool. Also, thanks for your work on Scala.JS related stuff!

srpablo 12y ago

Reminds me a bit of Scribble http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ Scribble isn't type-checked (though maybe it plays with Typed Racket?), but is similarly about creating documents that leverages the underlying programming language. Excellent stuff, and good luck! :D

codemac 12y ago

If you like programmable documents, I have two suggestions to look into: - org-mode :: This emacs mode lets you create documents of just about any format, style, and purpose. Think of it as markdown's older brother that takes HGH and compete to be the best of everything, and almost is. But he farts and burps a lot.[0] - Scribble :: A racket (plt scheme) documentation tool that uses racket's #lang directives to create a fairly neat documentation tool, but pretty scheme specific. [0]: http://orgmode.org http://orgmode.org [1]: http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/ http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/

codemac 12y ago
Also, scribble has an alternative @-like syntax as well: http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/reader.html#%28part._alt-body-syntax%29 http://docs.racket-lang.org/scribble/reader.html#%28part._al...
lgas 12y ago
In the same vein Xiki may be of interest: http://xiki.org/ http://xiki.org/

xwowsersx 12y ago

Looks quite similar to twirl (https://github.com/spray/twirl https://github.com/spray/twirl)

coolsunglasses 12y ago

Type-safe HTML templating in Haskell: http://www.yesodweb.com/book/shakespearean-templates http://www.yesodweb.com/book/shakespearean-templates

mylons 12y ago

cool. also liked your chat on scala.js at the scala meetup!