hsx 0.0.2

hsx - Hypertext, templating with XML-like evaluation inspired by JSX

hsx

Version: 0.0.2

hsx is a small macro-style preprocessor for static content.

It replaces XML-like tags in a source file with the contents of fragment files stored in a directory.

Fragments are plain text files (for example markdown, HTML, CSS) and are included by tag name composited using JSX like instructions. (hence the name)

Code Maturity

This code is experimental, and version 0.0.1 See SEMVER.md for how I use semantic versioning

Author

Michael Sparks ([e-mail] / https://github.com/sparkslabs )

What it does

Replaces <Tag /> with the contents of Tag.<extension> from a fragment directory.

• Supports attributes: <Tag key="value" /> with {args.key} substitution.

• Supports block tags: <Tag> ... </Tag> with {args.__text__} substitution.

• Supports nested tags.

• Evaluates fragments recursively with a bounded recursion depth.

Deliberately fails on structural mismatches (eg misordered closing tags). It does not implement loops, conditionals, or a templating language.

Usage

Assuming copied onto your path somewhere

hsx.py

hsx.py [OPTIONS]

Where options are:

• --dir <directory> Fragment directory
• --extension <ext> Fragment file extension
• --destfile <filename> Write output to file instead of stdout
• --file <filename> Filename to process

Defaults:

• Fragment directory: frags

• Fragment extension: .hsx

• Source file: markdown.hsx

Bonus mkAutoSite.py

mkAutoSite is intended to use hsx - in particular it's designed to statically compile a collection of templates, HSX files, and markdown files to a static website.

This is put here for the moment as an expediency to eradicate having 10 copies across my filesystem.

Plan for Autosite

Extend current template processing to build templates from HSX files

License

Apache License 2.0 (as usual)