Noise is a concise, friendly language for graphic design that translates directly to SVG 1.1. You can learn more about the language at its webpage.
This project is an implementation of Noise written in Haskell. It includes an interpreter and a library of modules that you can use to write your own interpreter.
First, install the Haskell Platform. Then:
cabal install noise
To test the installation, invoke noise:
$ noise --help
Usage: noise [file]
-h --help Print this help text.
noise reads Noise code from standard input and writes SVG to standard output:
echo "shape.circle(10,10,10,fill:color.red)" | noise > circle.svg
It can also read from a file:
echo "shape.rectangle(0,0,10,10,fill:color.blue)" > rectangle.noise
noise rectangle.noise > rectangle.svg
Use convert from the ImageMagick package to write other image formats:
echo "shape.circle(10,10,10,fill:color.green)" | noise | convert -size 20x20 svg:- circle.png
I recommend using cabal-dev to maintain a sandboxed build environment. If you don't have it already:
cabal install cabal-dev
Then do this:
git clone git@github.com:brow/noise.git
cd noise
cabal-dev install --only-dependencies --enable-tests
cabal-dev configure --enable-tests
After performing the above setup once, you can build and test noise like so:
cabal-dev build && cabal-dev test
For a more detailed and colorful test report, try this:
cabal-dev build && ./dist/build/test/test