# `dhall-text 1.0.5`
This `dhall-text` package provides a `dhall-to-text` executable which you can
use to template text using the Dhall configuration language.
For example, suppose you save the following files to your current directory:
```haskell
$ cat Person
-- Dhall is a typed programming language
-- This file is the type of an anonymous record
{ name : Text, upvotes : Integer }
```
```haskell
$ cat people
-- Dhall natively supports lists and anonymous records
[ { name = "Maria" , upvotes = 14 }
, { name = "Jordan", upvotes = 2 }
, { name = "Pranav", upvotes = 1 }
]
-- This file has type:
--
-- ./people : List { name : Text, upvotes : Integer }
--
-- ... or just:
--
-- ./people : List ./Person
```
```haskell
$ cat make-item
-- You can define anonymous functions in Dhall using a backslash (i.e. `\`)
\(person : ./Person) -- You can import any type or expression by its path
-- Dhall supports multiline strings that strip leading whitespace and Dhall
-- supports string interpolation, too, using `${...}` syntax
-> ''
${Integer/show person.upvotes}
${person.name}
''
-- This file has type:
--
-- ./make-item : ./Person -> Text
```
```haskell
$ cat make-items
-- You can also import any type or expression by its URL
let List/map = https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmbh2ifwcpX9a384vJMehySbV7rdvYhzVbL5ySs84k8BgY/Prelude/List/map
in let Text/concat = https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmbh2ifwcpX9a384vJMehySbV7rdvYhzVbL5ySs84k8BgY/Prelude/Text/concat
in \(people : List ./Person)
-> Text/concat (List/map ./Person Text ./make-item people)
-- This file has type:
--
-- ./make-items : List ./Person -> Text
```
Templating HTML is just ordinary function application:
```bash
$ dhall-to-text <<< './make-items ./people'
14
Maria
2
Jordan
1
Pranav
```
To learn more about the Dhall configuration language,
[read the tutorial](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/dhall/docs/Dhall-Tutorial.html)
## Quick start
If you have Nix then you can install this package using:
```bash
$ nix-env --install --attr dhall-text --file release.nix
```
## Development status
[](https://travis-ci.org/Gabriel439/Haskell-Dhall-JSON-Library)
I don't expect this library to change unless:
* ... the Dhall language changes, which is possible but not very likely
* ... there are bugs, which is unlikely given how simple the implementation is
## License (BSD 3-clause)
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