glyphs

https://github.com/ahungry/glyphs.git

git clone 'https://github.com/ahungry/glyphs.git'

(ql:quickload :glyphs)

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glyphs

A little experiment in reducing verbosity in Common Lisp, inspired by BODOL (https://github.com/bodil/BODOL - no affiliation).

To try it out in your REPL you can use (ql:quickload :glyphs) if you have added to your ASDF load path in local projects.

Update: Now that it's in quicklisp, simply: lisp (ql:quickload :glyphs)

Examples

Factorial example with glyphs function macro:

glyphs: lisp (ƒ factorial 0 → 1 α → (* α (factorial (1- α)))) vs.: lisp (defun factorial (x) (cond ((equal x 0) 1) (x (* x (factorial (1- x)))))) result: lisp (factorial 8) 40320

Type safety with factorial

(ƒ factorial
  0 → 1
  (and (numberp α) (> α 0)) → (* α (factorial (1- α)))
  α → (error "Non-numbers (or negatives) don't work real well with factorials!"))

vs.: lisp (defun factorial (x) (cond ((equal x 0) 1) ((and (numberp x) (> x 0)) (* x (factorial (1- x)))) (t (error "Non-numbers (or negatives) don't work real well with factorials!"))))

Reverse a list

glyphs: lisp (ƒ reverse* (cdr α) → (append (reverse* (cdr α)) `(,(car α))) α → α)

Map with glyphs lambda macro to compare strings and do a side effect

glyphs:

(mapcar (λ "cat" → (print "Cats rock")
           "dog" → (print "Dogs do too!")) '("cat" "dog" "mouse"))

vs.: lisp (mapcar (lambda (x) (cond ((equal x "cat") (print "Cats rock")) ((equal x "dog") (print "Dogs do too!")) '("cat" "dog" "mouse")))) result: lisp "Cats rock" "Dogs do too!" NIL

Comparison based on passed in conditionals

glyphs: lisp (ƒ double-odds-half-evens (oddp α) → (* x 2) (evenp α) → (/ x 2)) vs.: lisp (defun double-odds-half-evens (x) (cond ((oddp x) (* x 2)) ((evenp x) (/ x 2)))) result: lisp (double-odds-half-evens 4) 2 (double-odds-half-evens 3) 6

Using multiple values by including special variables in the statement

You can use multiple values by prefixing a variable in the statement portion of the code with either a ‘α’ or an '?'.

glyphs: lisp (mapcar (λ α → (+ α αb αc)) '(1 2 3) '(4 5 6) '(7 8 9)) vs.: lisp (mapcar (lambda (a b c) (+ a b c)) '(1 2 3) '(4 5 6) '(7 8 9))

result: lisp (12 15 18)

Fast matching based on regex strings

Make sure to use the readtable that comes with it first: lisp (in-readtable glyphs:syntax) Or these little readtable shortcuts will not work.

glyphs: lisp (ƒ any-cats? ~"cat"~ → (print "yes!")) vs.: lisp (defun any-cats? (x) (when (cl-ppcre:scan "cat" x) (print "yes!"))) result: lisp (any-cats? "I see some cats") "yes!"

Easy regex replaces on matching strings

glyphs: lisp (ƒ no-cats ~"(were|cat)"~ → |"dog"|) vs.: lisp (defun no-cats (x) (let ((regex "(were|cat)")) (when (cl-ppcre:scan regex x) (cl-ppcre:regex-replace-all regex x "dog")))) result: lisp (no-cats "there were dogs and there were cats") "there dog dogs and there dog dogs"

Currently used glyphs and bindings for them (more to come)

Emacs bindings

Add to `.emacs'

;; Keybindings for glyphs
(global-set-key (kbd "M-l") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\u03bb"))) ; λ lambda
(global-set-key (kbd "M-f") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\u0192"))) ; ƒ function
(global-set-key (kbd "M--") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\u2192"))) ; → right arrow
(global-set-key (kbd "M-a") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\u03b1"))) ; α alpha
(global-set-key (kbd "M-y") (lambda () (interactive) (insert "\u03c8"))) ; ψ psi

Vim bindings

Add to `.vimrc'

" Keybindings for glyphs
:inoremap <A-l> <C-v>u3bb<Space>   ; λ lambda
:inoremap <A-f> <C-v>u192<Space>   ; ƒ function
:inoremap <A--> <C-v>u2192<Space>  ; → right arrow
:inoremap <A-a> <C-v>u03b1<Space>  ; α alpha
:inoremap <A-y> <C-v>u03c8<Space>  ; ψ psi

Mac OS X keybindings

Add to `~/Library/KeyBindings/DefaultKeyBinding.dict'

{
"~l" = ("insertText:", "\U03BB"); /* alt + l ~> λ lambda */
"~f" = ("insertText:", "\U0192"); /* alt + f ~> ƒ function */
"~-" = ("insertText:", "\U2192"); /* alt + - ~> → right arrow */
"~a" = ("insertText:", "\U03b1"); /* alt + a ~> α alpha */
"~y" = ("insertText:", "\U03c8"); /* alt + y ~> ψ psi */
}

StumpWM keybindings

(defmacro defkeys-top (&rest keys)
  (let ((ks (mapcar #'(lambda (k) (cons 'defkey-top k)) keys)))
    `(progn ,@ks)))

(defcommand xdo-lambda () ()
    (run-shell-command "xdotool type λ"))
(defcommand xdo-fn () ()
    (run-shell-command "xdotool type ƒ"))
(defcommand xdo-alpha () ()
    (run-shell-command "xdotool type α"))
(defcommand xdo-arrow () ()
    (run-shell-command "xdotool type →"))

(defkeys-top
    ("s-l" "xdo-lambda")
    ("s-f" "xdo-fn")
    ("s--" "xdo-arrow")
    ("s-a" "xdo-alpha"))

If you're absolutely opposed to non-ascii characters, you can use: lisp λ == /. ƒ == f → == ->

License

See LICENSE.md