Ixl Language Prototype

Ixl is a general-purpose scripting language that works especially well in a REPL. It will be the scripting language of a new editor called IX.

Example Programs

# Indent the paragraph under the cursor by two spaces
select -paragraph | indent 2

Installation

1. Install haskell and cabal Mac: $ brew install haskell-platform Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get install haskell-platform
2. $ make && make test && make install
3. $ ixl to run the repl

Ixl installs to $HOME/.local by default. To install to a different location, run PREFIX=/path/to/install/location make install.

Ixl currently only parses programs. When you type a program it will output a representation of the parse tree. The interpreter is yet to be built.

Why a new language?

Lisp programs are (built (on (the left))) which can be annoying to manipulate in a REPL. Ixl works like the shell does, by chaining modular pieces through pipes. It will also work well in source files, and serve as a configuration language for an upcoming editor called IX. Ixl is VimL done right.