Looking for good element parser

Looking for good element parser

[Paul Rankin]

Hello,

I maintain a package that exports the Fountain screenplay markup to
HTML. Currently it uses text-properties set with font-lock to figure out
what elements are what, but I think this is perhaps not the best
approach.

I've been looking at org-element.el but it's a little overwhelming for
my Jedi skills. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good text
element parser that's maybe a little simpler than org-element.el?

Or, failing that, should I just use `while' through the buffer doing a
`cond' on every element? Seems like overkill...

Thanks :)

-- 
Paul W. Rankin
http://www.paulwrankin.com

Re: Looking for good element parser

[Eric Abrahamsen]

Paul Rankin <paul@tilk.co> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I maintain a package that exports the Fountain screenplay markup to
> HTML. Currently it uses text-properties set with font-lock to figure out
> what elements are what, but I think this is perhaps not the best
> approach.
>
> I've been looking at org-element.el but it's a little overwhelming for
> my Jedi skills. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good text
> element parser that's maybe a little simpler than org-element.el?
>
> Or, failing that, should I just use `while' through the buffer doing a
> `cond' on every element? Seems like overkill...

The Org export routine is only suited to exporting from an Org file to
something else, ie you'd be more likely to write your screenplay in Org
format, and then export it to Fountain markup. So that's probably not
what you're looking for.

If you give a little sample of what Fountain markup looks like, you'll
probably get better responses...

Yours,
Eric

Re: Looking for good element parser

[Paul Rankin]

Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> If you give a little sample of what Fountain markup looks like, you'll
> probably get better responses...

Ah, sorry. Fountain is about as rudimentary as it gets:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---

INT. DR. MOROSE'S LAIR - DAY

DR. MOROSE
Welcome to my lair.

CUT TO:

INT. SPACESHIP

A facehugger chases the cat around. Benny Hill song plays.

EXT. SURFACE OF THE SUN

DR. MOROSE
Arrrrghhh!

--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

More info at http://fountain.io

n.b. I'm not looking to reuse an existing element parser, just looking
for something to study to rewrite the existing fountain-mode one more
effectively.

--
Paul W. Rankin
http://www.paulwrankin.com