Re: Request to add tomelr package to GNU ELPA

[Kaushal Modi]

On Wed, May 4, 2022 at 6:47 PM Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> wrote:
> I wonder: would it be useful to convert in the other direction,
> TOML config data to Lisp data?

I haven't found a use for parsing TOML (yet). Once I do, it will be a
challenging task to develop that library (I have zero experience
writing parsers).

The TOML generation on the other hand was easier as Emacs did all the
Lisp data processing for me :)

> Would it make sense to handle other somewhat similar formats
> of configuration data?  For instance, the data in .ssh/config?
> The data in /etc/network/interfaces?

It should be possible to generate that but the tomelr.el won't be the
place for that. I started with a strict definition for this package:
https://scripter.co/defining-tomelr/

This package only converts Lisp data to TOML and follows the TOML v1.0.0 spec.