Moin, Moin,
I invite you to visit
<URL:http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~unk6/closure/>
Closure is a Web browser, I worked on for more than a year now.
Besides the usual stuff, its unique features are:
- It's written in Common Lisp
So nobody can state again that Lisp isn't suited for "real life"
applications ;-)
- The renderer is based upon CSS. Most of HTML is handled by
translating specific attributes of elements into CSS. I pass the
W3C CSS test suite but one minor implementation error.
Most energy was set into this precise feature.
- It actually parses the input document into a parse tree, so later
addition of XML and XSL support won't be that hard.
Okay, there are some drawbacks:
- generally it is still in alpha state
- Currently only runs under ACL-5.0. (I use the Linux Trial Edition --
thanks to Franz).
- UNIX/X11 only for now
- The user interface is lacking. The innards are rather stable though.
Thanks to Sam Steingold, who came up with the name "Closure" and
spotted the most serious quirks. And thanks to Peter Van Eynde, who
challenged to run Closure under CMUCL. Thanks also to whoever wrote
the W3C CSS test suite.
One last note: I am in seek for co-developers. One person could not
cope with the rate the W3C invents new standards. (Though using Lisp
helps a bit).
Gilbert.
--
;;; You know you have hacked Lisp too much, when you m-c-x in a C buffer.
From: Christopher R. Barry
Subject: Re: Ann: Closure - a Web Browser Written in Common Lisp
Date:
Message-ID: <87iubl5cfq.fsf@2xtreme.net>
Gilbert Baumann <ยทยทยทยท@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> writes:
> Moin, Moin,
>
> I invite you to visit
>
> <URL:http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~unk6/closure/>
>
> Closure is a Web browser, I worked on for more than a year now.
> Besides the usual stuff, its unique features are:
>
> - It's written in Common Lisp
I've given it a pretty thorough try and I'm fairly impressed. It looks
like it will be able to deliver far more than Emacs/W3 does.
The `zoom' feature is cool. All in all, nice job.
Christopher