Miqueas/GML

[WIP] CSS-like language for GTK templates

DEPRECATED!!!!!!!!11111

I never made ANYTHING with this repo and now there's this another project: jwestman/blueprint-compiler. Is basically the same idea, but that one actually works, it just need more contributions and i'll try to contribute to that project instead.

GML [WIP]

GTK Mockup Metalanguage (GML for simplicity) is an attempt to replace the XML used in GTK templates.

Note: GML is a WIP, some things can drastically change.

"Why?"

Honestly, I think it's a pain in the *ss to create GTK templates with XML. Also, the current syntax for templates has poor readability, so it's easy to get lost if you create the templates by hand.

"How does it work?

You write your templates in GML and then compile them into the usual XML used by GTK.

Example

This simple template:

GtkWindow {
  id: "Window";
  default-width: 400;
  default-height: 400;

  children {
    GtkLabel {
      visible: true;
      // Function _() makes text translatable
      label: _("Hello, world!");
    }
  }
}

Compiles to something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<interface>

<object class="GtkWindow" id="Window">
  <property name="default-width">400</property>
  <property name="default-height">400</property>
  <child>
    <object class="GtkLabel">
      <property name="visible">True</property>
      <property name="label">Hello, world!</property>
    </object>
  </child>
</object>

</interface>

Templates for subclasses can look like this:

MyWindow : GtkWindow {
  default-width: 400;
  default-height: 400;

  children {
    GtkLabel {
      visible: true;
      // Function _() makes text translatable
      label: _("Hello, world!");
    }
  }
}

And compiles to this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<interface>

<template class="MyWindow" parent="GtkWindow">
  <property name="default-width">400</property>
  <property name="default-height">400</property>
  <child>
    <object class="GtkLabel">
      <property name="visible">True</property>
      <property name="label">Hello, world!</property>
    </object>
  </child>
</template>

</interface>