asciidoctype 0.1.0a1

= AsciiDoctype
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:description: A standalone, pure-Python HTML5 and XHTML rendering library for AsciiDoctrine ASG dictionaries.

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AsciiDoctype is a **headless, pure-Python rendering library** that lowers the
Resolved Abstract Semantic Graph (ASG) produced by
https://github.com/asciidoctor/asciidoctrine[AsciiDoctrine] into valid,
well-formed HTML5 or strict XHTML markup.

It is the designated rendering layer in the **AsciiDoctrine ecosystem** — sitting
between the semantic parser and any downstream orchestrator (Golem SSG, EPUB
compilers, custom toolchains).

....
+--------------------+      +------------------+      +---------------------+
|   AsciiDoctrine    | ───> |   AsciiDoctype   | ───> |   Golem / EPUB /    |
| (Pure Semantic ASG)|      | (Chameleon ZPT)  |      |   Custom Tool       |
+--------------------+      +------------------+      +---------------------+
....

== Why AsciiDoctype?

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|Principle |Explanation

|*Headless*
|Ships zero CSS, zero JavaScript, zero styling opinions. Markup is clean,
un-styled semantic HTML ready for any design system downstream.

|*Themeable*
|Custom themes supply their own Chameleon (ZPT) templates. AsciiDoctype
resolves user templates first and falls back to its bundled core templates
automatically.

|*Dual-pipeline*
|Identical ASG dictionaries render cleanly to either HTML5 (browser-native)
or XHTML 1.0 Strict (EPUB/Kindle-safe) with a single constructor flag.

|*Bytecode speed*
|Powered by https://chameleon.readthedocs.io/[Chameleon], which pre-compiles
templates to native Python bytecode. Recursive tree rendering is fast even on
deeply nested documents.

|*Clean boundaries*
|AsciiDoctype never touches the filesystem beyond template lookup. No file I/O,
no CSS injection, no link validation — each concern lives in the correct layer.

|*Native MathML*
|Converts LaTeX math (latexmath) to native MathML markup at render time via latex2mathml. No downstream JavaScript dependencies like MathJax or KaTeX needed.
|===

== Quick Start

=== Installation

[source,bash]
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pip install asciidoctype
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Or in development mode:

[source,bash]
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git clone https://github.com/webmaven/asciidoctype.git
cd asciidoctype
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .[test]
----

=== Minimal Usage

[source,python]
----
from asciidoctype import AsciiDoctypeRenderer

renderer = AsciiDoctypeRenderer(target_format="html5")

# An ASG node dictionary as produced by AsciiDoctrine's to_dict()
node = {
    "name": "paragraph",
    "type": "block",
    "attributes": {},
    "inlines": [
        {"name": "text", "type": "string", "value": "Hello, "},
        {
            "name": "span",
            "type": "inline",
            "variant": "strong",
            "inlines": [{"name": "text", "type": "string", "value": "world"}],
        },
        {"name": "text", "type": "string", "value": "!"},
    ],
}

html = renderer.render(node)
# → '<p>Hello, <strong>world</strong>!</p>'
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=== Rendering a Complete Document

[source,python]
----
from asciidoctype import AsciiDoctypeRenderer

renderer = AsciiDoctypeRenderer(target_format="html5")

document_node = {
    "name": "document",
    "type": "block",
    "header": {"title": "My Document"},
    "blocks": [
        {
            "name": "section",
            "type": "block",
            "level": 1,
            "attributes": {"id": "intro"},
            "title": [{"name": "text", "type": "string", "value": "Introduction"}],
            "blocks": [
                {
                    "name": "paragraph",
                    "type": "block",
                    "attributes": {},
                    "inlines": [
                        {"name": "text", "type": "string", "value": "Welcome."}
                    ],
                }
            ],
        }
    ],
}

html = renderer.render(document_node)
----

=== Using a Custom Theme

Supply an ordered list of `Path` objects. AsciiDoctype resolves templates in
order, falling back to its bundled templates for any file not found in the
custom directories.

[source,python]
----
from pathlib import Path
from asciidoctype import AsciiDoctypeRenderer

renderer = AsciiDoctypeRenderer(
    target_format="html5",
    search_paths=[
        Path("./my_site/overrides"),   # highest priority
        Path("./themes/my_theme"),     # secondary theme
    ],
)
----

If `my_site/overrides/paragraph.html` exists it is used; otherwise
`themes/my_theme/paragraph.html` is tried; otherwise the bundled
`core_templates/html5/paragraph.html` is used.

== XHTML (EPUB) Mode

[source,python]
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renderer = AsciiDoctypeRenderer(target_format="xhtml")
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XHTML mode produces:

* `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>` declaration
* `<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" ...>` DOCTYPE
* `<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">` namespace binding
* Explicit `<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />`
* All void elements closed: `<br />`, `<img />`, `<meta />`

== API Reference

=== `AsciiDoctypeRenderer`

[source,python]
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class AsciiDoctypeRenderer:
    def __init__(
        self,
        target_format: str = "html5",
        search_paths: Optional[List[Path]] = None,
    ) -> None: ...

    def render(
        self,
        node: Dict[str, Any],
        context: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None,
    ) -> str: ...
----

`target_format`::
  `"html5"` (default) or `"xhtml"`. Raises `ValueError` for any other value.

`search_paths`::
  Ordered list of `Path` objects for template override directories. The bundled
  core templates are always appended last as the final fallback.

`render(node, context=None)`::
  Recursively renders an ASG node dictionary and returns a markup string.
  Raises `TypeError` if `node` is not a dict with a `"name"` key.
  Raises `AsciiDoctypeRenderingError` if template execution fails.

=== `AsciiDoctypeRenderingError`

Raised when a Chameleon template fails during rendering. The message includes
the node name, target pipeline, and the underlying error for quick diagnosis.

[source,python]
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from asciidoctype import AsciiDoctypeRenderingError

try:
    html = renderer.render(bad_node)
except AsciiDoctypeRenderingError as e:
    print(e)
    # Critical rendering failure processing structural node entity: 'listing'
    # Target Specification Pipeline: [html5]. Base Error: ...
----

== Project Links

* PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/asciidoctype/
* Source: https://github.com/webmaven/asciidoctype
* Issues: https://github.com/webmaven/asciidoctype/issues
* License: link:LICENSE.adoc[Apache 2.0]
* Changelog: link:CHANGELOG.adoc[CHANGELOG.adoc]
* Architecture: link:ARCHITECTURE.adoc[ARCHITECTURE.adoc] — design, internals, ASG schemas
* Developer Guide: link:AGENTS.adoc[AGENTS.adoc] — development setup, standards, and workflows
* Contributing: link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[CONTRIBUTING.adoc] — how to submit changes