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Is ANTLR suitable for markup-to-markup compilation? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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I want to compile a docx file into a Typst file, I believe deep down docx is XML, and Typst is close to markdown with interesting functionalities, is that feasible? Note that Typst does have syntax to define functions and call them and I want to create special functions during the code gen step, is ANTLR the right tool for the job? Are there better tools? I want to have as few bugs as possible

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Antlr sounds excessive for either of those. Use an ordinary xml library for docx (if there's not already one for docx) and something simple for typst.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I want to compile the docx INTO a typst file, not a separate parser for each

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, ok, antlr would be inappropriate then. I'd check whether pandoc already does that conversion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I just checked, it does convert to Typst but I do want to write custom stuff alongside what pandoc will output, that seems like the right tool and saves me a lot of efforts, thanks