Simkin - Open Source XML UI and Scripting Language

Hi,

  Simon Whiteside (CEO Lateral Arts Ltd.) has created
Simkin - a high-level lightweight embeddable scripting
language which works with Java or C++ and XML to use
the offical blurb.

  Believe it or not development of Simkin started in
1995 and continues to this day.

  Here's a more technical blurb from Simon's resume:

Simkin: Flexible open source embedded scripting
language used in Sibelius and Animals of Farthing
Wood; written in C++ and Java for Windows/Mac/Linux
using Sun JAXP, Xerces and Expat XML parsers, Lexx,
Yacc and JavaCC; ported to J2ME

Here's an example what Simkin looks like:

<mydialog>
<dialog width="300" height="120" title="Simkin Demo">
<controls>
 <control type="static">
  <text>This window and its behaviour are defined in
Dialog.xml</text>
 </control>	
 <control type="panel">
  <controls>
   <control type="static" text="Prompt:"/>
   <control type="edit" name="edit"/>
  </controls>
 </control>
 <control type="panel">
  <controls>
   <control type="button" method="okPressed"
text="OK"/>
   <control type="button" method="cancelPressed"
text="Cancel"/>
  </controls>
 </control>
</controls>
</dialog>
<function name="init">
 setFocus("edit"); 
</function>
<function name="okPressed">
 msgBox("You typed " # getText("edit")); 
 close(); 
</function>
<function name="cancelPressed">
 msgBox("You cancelled the dialog!");
 close(); 
</function>
</mydialog>


It's not XUL, but it's close. Let's welcome Simon to
the club.

Full story @ http://www.simkin.co.uk

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