Sparkup
Sparkup lets you write HTML code faster. Don't believe us?
See it in action!
Fixed by Zhao:
This is a fork of original version. This version support both python 2 and 3.
You can write HTML in a CSS-like syntax, and have Sparkup handle the expansion to full HTML
code. It is meant to help you write long HTML blocks in your text editor by letting you
type less characters than needed.
Sparkup is written in Python, and requires Python 2.5 or newer (2.5 is preinstalled in
Mac OS X Leopard). Sparkup also offers integration into common text editors. Support for VIM
and TextMate are currently included.
A short screencast is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw3jipcenKc
Usage and installation
You may download Sparkup from GitHub. Download the latest version here.
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TextMate: Simply double-click on the
Sparkup.tmbundlepackage in Finder. This
will install it automatically. In TextMate, open an HTML file (or set the document type to
HTML) type in something (e.g.,#header > h1), then pressCtrl+E. PressingTab
will cycle through empty elements. -
VIM: See the
vim/README.txtfile for installation. In VIM,
create or open an HTML file (or set the filetype tohtml), type in something (e.g.
#header > h1), then press<C-E>whilst in insert mode to expand to HTML.
Pressing<C-n>will cycle through empty elements. Variables specified in
vim/README.txtcan be used to customise key mappings, and to add normal mode mappings
as well. -
Others/command line use: You may put
sparkupin your$PATHsomewhere. You may then
invoke it by typingecho "(input here)", sparkup, orsparkup --helpfor a list of commands.
Credits
Sparkup is written by Rico Sta. Cruz and is released under the MIT license.
This project is inspired by Zen Coding of
Vadim Makeev. The Zen HTML syntax is forward-compatible with Sparkup
(anything that Zen HTML can parse, Sparkup can too).
The following people have contributed code to the project:
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Guillermo O. Freschi (Tordek @ GitHub)
Bugfixes to the parsing system -
Eric Van Dewoestine (ervandew @ GitHub)
Improvements to the VIM plugin
Examples
div expands to:
<div></div>
div#header expands to:
<div id="header"></div>
div.align-left#header expands to:
<div id="header" class="align-left"></div>
div#header + div#footer expands to:
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="footer"></div>
#menu > ul expands to:
<div id="menu">
<ul></ul>
</div>
#menu > h3 + ul expands to:
<div id="menu">
<h3></h3>
<ul></ul>
</div>
#header > h1{Welcome to our site} expands to:
<div id="header">
<h1>Welcome to our site</h1>
</div>
a[href=index.html]{Home} expands to:
<a href="index.html">Home</a>
ul > li*3 expands to:
<ul>
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
ul > li.item-$*3 expands to:
<ul>
<li class="item-1"></li>
<li class="item-2"></li>
<li class="item-3"></li>
</ul>
ul > li.item-$*3 > strong expands to:
<ul>
<li class="item-1"><strong></strong></li>
<li class="item-2"><strong></strong></li>
<li class="item-3"><strong></strong></li>
</ul>
table > tr*2 > td.name + td*3 expands to:
<table>
<tr>
<td class="name"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="name"></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
#header > ul > li < p{Footer} expands to:
<!-- The < symbol goes back up the parent; i.e., the opposite of >. -->
<div id="header">
<ul>
<li></li>
</ul>
<p>Footer</p>
</div>