Drool – A Lightweight Markup Language (opens in new tab)

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20 pointsdou4cc9y ago31 comments

31 comments

This is what it looks like:

    * This demo is also a guide when you view the source of this page at the same time.

  to insert a picture	drool code	@@ ./demo.jpeg
  	result	@@./demo.jpeg
  to insert an audio and a video	drool code	@@ ./demo.mp3
  		@@ https://videos.cdn.mozilla.net/uploads/mozillaorg/Mozilla_2014_i_am.webm
  	result	@@./demo.mp3
  		@@https://videos.cdn.mozilla.net/uploads/mozillaorg/Mozilla_2014_i_am.webm
  to insert a link	drool code	There is @@ a link to @@ ./demo.webp https://www.google.com/ncr.
  	result	There is @@a link to @@./demo.webp https://www.google.com/ncr.
  to align right	drool code	--- hello
  		—— 你好
  	result	---hello
  		——你好
  “smart” retract	#include <iostream>
  	
  	int main(){
  		std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
  		return 0;
  }

I'll pass.

edit oops I messed up the tabs.

intAligned9y ago

This would be the output if my version of Chrome (latest) was able to run it:

https://github.com/dou4cc/drool/blob/gh-pages/screenshot.en....

dou4ccOP9y ago

This file is a mess because there is a table in the file. When making table in a drool file, I recommand you set tab-size to 25ch.

dou4ccOP9y ago

It is 31ch.....

phonon9y ago

Name is too similar to Drools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drools

dou4ccOP9y ago

Name is not important.

phonon9y ago

Yes it is.

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html

dou4ccOP9y ago

I do not even give drool a version which suggests you can fork it and change anything including its name.

placeybordeaux9y ago

> For details, please visit a demo which requires your browser supporting Element.prototype.append, async functions, WebP, WebM, fetch API, CSS Variables, CSS sticky position, and full of ECMAScript 6. I recommend you use Chromium or Chrome Canary with two flags, chrome://flags/#enable-javascript-harmony and chrome://flags/#enable-experimental-web-platform-features, enabled.

Yikes.

jonathanyc9y ago

Back to "Works Best in IE"? All of these things can be done without using experimental APIs. It may be a few dozen lines longer, but its not worth having to tell people to use Chrome Canary to test your project. As a Firefox user, this is a complete no-go.

dou4ccOP9y ago

At most 1 year later, firefox will support drool. Firefox does not support drool because it does not support async generator function.

jonathanyc9y ago

There is no such thing as an "async generator function" in the JavaScript language :) Do you mean generator functions, which Edge and Firefox both support? Or async/await?

I think people are upset because normally when someone shows a project on HN, you expect to be able to run it. It's cool that this is something you have made to test new features, but if you haven't put in the marginal effort to make it usable for most people, it is not really worth posting and the "show HN" could wait until you have time to work on your project.

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SamBam9y ago

> Compared with markdown, drool is minimal without signals like [ or !. drool will not make a literary article look like programming codes.

looks at demo screenshot

> There is @@a link to @@./demo.webp https://www.google.com/ncr

dou4ccOP9y ago

The link content is "a link to @@./demo.webp". "@@./demo.webp" is a picture. Is drool not minimal enough?

SamBam9y ago

The content is exactly as I posted it above. There is an @@ before "a link".

I was just saying that this seemed exactly as arbitrary as "[", which is what drool said it was avoiding.

znpy9y ago

I think the org-mode syntax is way superior to markdown and should be more-widely supported.

codemac9y ago

I do too - however, I've found unless you have editor support it's kind of a bear to edit by hand.

Markdown however isn't too hard with any crappy notepad.

Things like drawers, tables, #+TBLFMT: etc are pretty rough.

nepthar9y ago

Hey there, dou4cc! I think it's pretty cool that you took the time to share your project here. Is this a Show HN type post? If so, you may want to add a bit more information about your motivations for making this and wanting to share this with others.

rspeer9y ago

It's enshrined in the Drool format that every file has to start with a UTF-8 BOM and contain \r\n line breaks?

This sounds like favoring one text editor at the expense of all others, and not a good one. Is this format designed to be edited with Notepad?

michaelmior9y ago

It was at this point where I decided this was a joke. It's entirely possible I'm just missing the use case though.

dou4ccOP9y ago

No. Adding a utf8 bom is just my hobby.

maxpert9y ago

None of the demos are working :S is it just me?

falsedan9y ago

Not just you.

brudgers9y ago

If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good "Show HN".

Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

A better title might be Drool: A Kind of Lightweight Markup Language.

Good luck.

dou4ccOP9y ago

Thank you.

PaulHoule9y ago

Who needs yet another markup language?

sebbean9y ago

already exists http://yaml.org/

henryscala9y ago

:-)

Idontagree9y ago

I'd pass entirely on the name.

dou4ccOP9y ago

I do not even give drool a version which suggests you can fork it and change anything including its name.

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falsedan9y ago

This is what it looks like:

    * This demo is also a guide when you view the source of this page at the same time.

  to insert a picture	drool code	@@ ./demo.jpeg
  	result	@@./demo.jpeg
  to insert an audio and a video	drool code	@@ ./demo.mp3
  		@@ https://videos.cdn.mozilla.net/uploads/mozillaorg/Mozilla_2014_i_am.webm
  	result	@@./demo.mp3
  		@@https://videos.cdn.mozilla.net/uploads/mozillaorg/Mozilla_2014_i_am.webm
  to insert a link	drool code	There is @@ a link to @@ ./demo.webp https://www.google.com/ncr.
  	result	There is @@a link to @@./demo.webp https://www.google.com/ncr.
  to align right	drool code	--- hello
  		—— 你好
  	result	---hello
  		——你好
  “smart” retract	#include <iostream>
  	
  	int main(){
  		std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl;
  		return 0;
  }

I'll pass.

edit oops I messed up the tabs.

intAligned9y ago

This would be the output if my version of Chrome (latest) was able to run it:

https://github.com/dou4cc/drool/blob/gh-pages/screenshot.en....

dou4ccOP9y ago

This file is a mess because there is a table in the file. When making table in a drool file, I recommand you set tab-size to 25ch.

dou4ccOP9y ago

It is 31ch.....

phonon9y ago

Name is too similar to Drools.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drools

dou4ccOP9y ago

Name is not important.

phonon9y ago

Yes it is.

http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html

dou4ccOP9y ago

I do not even give drool a version which suggests you can fork it and change anything including its name.

placeybordeaux9y ago

Yikes.

jonathanyc9y ago

dou4ccOP9y ago

At most 1 year later, firefox will support drool. Firefox does not support drool because it does not support async generator function.

jonathanyc9y ago

There is no such thing as an "async generator function" in the JavaScript language :) Do you mean generator functions, which Edge and Firefox both support? Or async/await?

1 more reply

SamBam9y ago

> Compared with markdown, drool is minimal without signals like [ or !. drool will not make a literary article look like programming codes.

looks at demo screenshot

> There is @@a link to @@./demo.webp https://www.google.com/ncr

dou4ccOP9y ago

The link content is "a link to @@./demo.webp". "@@./demo.webp" is a picture. Is drool not minimal enough?

SamBam9y ago

The content is exactly as I posted it above. There is an @@ before "a link".

I was just saying that this seemed exactly as arbitrary as "[", which is what drool said it was avoiding.

znpy9y ago

I think the org-mode syntax is way superior to markdown and should be more-widely supported.

codemac9y ago

I do too - however, I've found unless you have editor support it's kind of a bear to edit by hand.

Markdown however isn't too hard with any crappy notepad.

Things like drawers, tables, #+TBLFMT: etc are pretty rough.

nepthar9y ago

rspeer9y ago

It's enshrined in the Drool format that every file has to start with a UTF-8 BOM and contain \r\n line breaks?

This sounds like favoring one text editor at the expense of all others, and not a good one. Is this format designed to be edited with Notepad?

michaelmior9y ago

It was at this point where I decided this was a joke. It's entirely possible I'm just missing the use case though.

dou4ccOP9y ago

No. Adding a utf8 bom is just my hobby.

maxpert9y ago

None of the demos are working :S is it just me?

falsedan9y ago

Not just you.

brudgers9y ago

If it meets the guidelines, this might make a good "Show HN".

Show HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

A better title might be Drool: A Kind of Lightweight Markup Language.

Good luck.

dou4ccOP9y ago

Thank you.

PaulHoule9y ago

Who needs yet another markup language?

sebbean9y ago

already exists http://yaml.org/

henryscala9y ago

:-)

Idontagree9y ago

I'd pass entirely on the name.

dou4ccOP9y ago

I do not even give drool a version which suggests you can fork it and change anything including its name.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse