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Grammar for my proposal for a DSL for laying out websites written in HTML/CSS. I'm just looking for feedback on the grammar, not on the proposal itself (I'm sure there are lots who think it's a stupid idea) nor the beginnings of the implementation.
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%{ | |
require("Layout"); | |
// just ignore this line, it's related to my plans to implement the language, but I just want feedback on the grammar right now. | |
var layout = new Layout(); | |
%} | |
%lex | |
%% | |
\s+ /* Skip whitespace */ | |
"position" return "position"; | |
"rotation" return "rotation"; | |
"origin" return "origin"; | |
"scew" return "scew"; | |
"scale" return "scale"; | |
"relative to"|"rel" return "relative to"; | |
"absolute"|"relative to $viewport" return "absolute"; | |
"x" return "x"; | |
"y" return "y"; | |
"z" return "z"; | |
"xy" return "xy"; | |
"xyz"|"all" return "all"; | |
"%" return "%"; | |
"px" return "px"; | |
"f" return "f"; | |
"$viewport" return "$viewport"; | |
"$self" return "$self"; | |
"$window" return "$window"; | |
"$page" return "$page"; | |
"$screen" return "$screen"; | |
"$parent"|"$$" return "$parent"; | |
[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ return "number"; | |
[0-9]+ return "integer"; | |
. return "selector"; | |
/lex | |
%start layout | |
%% /* language grammar */ | |
layout | |
: statements EOF | |
{{ layout.compile(); }} | |
; | |
statements | |
: statement | |
| statements statement | |
; | |
statements | |
: "selector" command relationship value | |
; | |
command | |
: "position" | |
| "origin" | |
| "scale" | |
| "rotation" | |
| "scew" | |
; | |
relationship | |
: "relative to" selector | |
| "relative to" special_selector | |
| "absolute" | |
; | |
value | |
: '{' properties '}' | |
; | |
properties | |
: property | |
| properties property | |
; | |
property | |
: "x" ":" rvalue | |
| "y" ":" rvalue | |
| "z" ":" rvalue | |
| "xy" ":" rvalue | |
| "all" ":" rvalue | |
; | |
rvalue | |
: "number" "%" | |
| "integer" "px" | |
| "number" "f" | |
; | |
special_selector | |
: "$viewport" | |
| "$self" | |
| "$window" | |
| "$page" | |
| "$screen" | |
| "$parent" | |
; |
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