yase

Yase: yet another self-editor

Self-editor, inspired by mutator

Installation

Install Nim compiler first.

git clone https://github.com/levovix0/yase
cd yase
nimble -d:release build

Usage

./yase

type h for help

Differences between yase and mutator

• nodes (tetrons) in yase declared as

  type Node = ref object
  kind: Node
  childs: seq[Node]
  params: Table[Node, Node]
  data: string
  module {.cursor.}: Module
  

  when in mutator tetrons declared as hierarchy of types, based on (roughly)

  type
  Flags = uint64
  Tetron = ref object of RootObj
    links: Table[Tetron, Flags]
  

  (types based on Tetron may have additional data fields)

• for now, yase is console program

• basic yase interpretator writed in Nim, instead of C++

Inspirations

• mutator, the idea of self-editor
• Nim, yase interpretator is written in Nim, also it's just cool language
• lisp, "abstract syntax tree is all that needed"

Principles

• Be practical - Simple but not ideal solution that works now is better that complex but ideal solution that will work later. Also, there is no ideal solutions.
• Be strange - Only weird things helps us invent something new.
• Write code that writes code - Automate coding by doing more coding!