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scss

Description

An implementation of the s-expression based CSS notation SCSS. It slightly modifies and extends the original implementation of the WebIt! (site seems defunct) framework.

Author

Moritz Heidkamp

Documentation

Only the emitter side is implemented at the moment.

Syntax

stylesheet ::= (css <import-clause>* <rule>+)

import-clause ::= (import <string>)

rule ::= (<complex-selector> <declaration>+)

complex-selector ::= <single-selector> |
                     <grouping-selector>

simple-selector ::= <symbol> |
                    (= class <symbol>) |
                    (= class <simple-selector> <symbol>) |
                    (= pclass <symbol>) |
                    (= pclass <simple-selector> <symbol>) |
                    (= id <symbol>) |
                    (= id <simple-selector> <symbol>)

path-selector ::= (<combinator> <single-selector>+)

combinator ::= // | + | >

single-selector ::= <simple-selector> |
                    <path-selector>

grouping-selector ::= (<single-selector>+)

declaration ::= (<symbol> <scheme-expression>) |
                (! (<symbol> <scheme-expression>))

Alternatively the following extended syntax dubbed SCSS Plus is available:

stylesheet ::= (css+ <import-clause>* <rule>+)

import-clause ::= (import <string>)

rule ::= (<complex-selector> [<declaration> | <nested-rule>]+)

nested-rule ::= (<path-selector> [<declaration> | <nested-rule>]+)

complex-selector ::= <single-selector> |
                     <grouping-selector>

simple-selector ::= <symbol> |
                    (= class <symbol>) |
                    (= class <simple-selector> <symbol>) |
                    (= pclass <symbol>) |
                    (= pclass <simple-selector> <symbol>) |
                    (= id <symbol>) |
                    (= id <simple-selector> <symbol>)

path-selector ::= (<combinator> <single-selector>+)

combinator ::= // | + | > | &

single-selector ::= <simple-selector> |
                    <path-selector>

grouping-selector ::= (<single-selector>+)

declaration ::= (<symbol> <scheme-expression>) |
                (! (<symbol> <scheme-expression>))

The two differences are that you can nest rules which results in much more compact stylesheets as well as use the & combinator which will concatenate nested selectors.

Emitter

[procedure] (scss->css scss [port])

Write the CSS translation of scss (which is a list following the syntax described under Syntax) to port.

Examples

Basic

(scss->css '(css (p (text-align center))))

=>

p { text-align: center } 

More Complex

(scss->css '(css (((= class p note) (+ p p))
                  (font-style italic)
                  (background-color "#ccc"))
                 (|#content| 
                  (width 100em))))

=>

p.note, p + p { font-style: italic; background-color: #ccc }
#content { width: 100em }

SCSS Plus

(scss->css '(css+ ((= id main)
                   (display block)
                   ((// p)
                    (font-size 1em)
                    ((& .error)
                     (! (color red)))))))

=>

#main { display: block }
#main p { font-size: 1em }
#main p.error { color: red !important }

License

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