Neil Van Dyke <[email protected]> writes: > I think anyone using XML or HTML seriously with Racket should probably at > least > be told of the SXML family of tools. And warned about the compatibility > problems. > > Though not tell them *everywhere* XML&HTML in the docs. For example, I > figure a > tutorial for Racket Web Server shouldn't distract readers with that. > > As you know, :) there are some useful tools using SXML, and Oleg's SSAX parser > has some different properties than core Racket's XML parser. > > Complication: The incompatibility between SXML and core Racket's > representations > of XML&HTML is an unfortunate accident of parallel invention, and I think will > tend to be confusing to new people. I once tried to address the confusion in > the `sxml-intro` documentation package, > "https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/sxml-intro/";, and I'm unhappy with the > result. The details in my document say more than perhaps anyone will ever > want > to know, and, "optics"-wise, make the situation look worse than it actually is > in practice. I think you could do a more graceful job of this. > > (Someday, someone might undertake the large task of SXML-ifying all the many > non-SXML bits of Racket, and incidentally reunite Racket with the rest of the > Scheme community in that regard. I started, with one piece, but got > interrupted. "https://www.neilvandyke.org/racket/rws-html-template/" :)
Thanks for this! Tbh, I never knew of this. -- Bonface M. K. (https://www.bonfacemunyoki.com) One Divine Emacs To Rule Them All GPG key = D4F09EB110177E03C28E2FE1F5BBAE1E0392253F -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/86sgeeqik0.fsf%40gmail.com.
