diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7c7cc97..6baee54 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,27 +1,28 @@ -mp_suggest is a simple little organizational tool for MP3 +mp\_suggest is a simple little organizational tool for MP3 collections. I wrote it a few years ago to help me organize my own collection, and when the Hy Programming Language came out, I decided it -was time for a minor exercise. Rewriting mp\_suggest in Hy was a -perfect opportunity. +was time for a minor exercise. Rewriting mp\_suggest in Hy +was a perfect opportunity. mp\_suggest does *not* alter your MP3 files; instead, it -prints to stdout a simple Bash script that invokes the command-line -program id3v2; you can capture that script and run it by hand, or pipe -the output of mp\_suggest through sed to make -changes on the fly, or just run the output straight into Bash with a -unix pipe. +prints to stdout a simple bash script that invokes the +command-line program id3v2; you can capture that script and run it by +hand, or pipe the output of mp\_suggest through +sed to make changes on the fly, or just run the output +straight into bash with a unix pipe. -Writing mp_suggest was an interesting exercise in returning to Lisp -after all these years. I find that I really enjoyed it (although, -honestly, Hy's debugging facilities leave a lot to be desired). The -style used inside mp_suggest is most definitely not Lispy; looking -through it, with its persistent use of cheap anonymous functions and -closures and its function-level metaprogramming, I guess the best -language I could compare it to is Coffeescript. I like Coffeescript a -lot, but I don't get many opportunities to use it professionally, but -the sensibilities of Coffeescript (especially Reginald Braithwaite's -Ristrettology and his other books on functional programming) heavily -influenced the design decisions I made in mp_suggest. +Writing mp\_suggest was an interesting exercise in +returning to Lisp after all these years. I find that I really enjoyed +it (although, honestly, Hy's debugging facilities leave a lot to be +desired). The style used inside mp\_suggest is most +definitely not Lispy; looking through it, with its persistent use of +cheap anonymous functions and closures and its function-level +metaprogramming, I guess the best language I could compare it to is +Coffeescript. I like Coffeescript a lot, but I don't get many +opportunities to use it professionally, but the sensibilities of +Coffeescript (especially Reginald Braithwaite's Ristrettology and his +other books on functional programming) heavily influenced the design +decisions I made in mp_suggest. * Licensing