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# Ebox
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Ebox is a standalone Text/Box layout engine for Emacs. It owns text
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measurement, box geometry, row/column/flex/Grid layout, retained rendering,
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and incremental buffer publication. Use the sibling ETAF package when an
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application also needs Components, reactive state, behaviors, or lifecycle.
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## Install
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Ebox requires Emacs 29.1 or newer, ECSS, and TP. A package manager should
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install the declared dependencies. For sibling source checkouts, add the three
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directories to `load-path`, then load Ebox:
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```elisp
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/ecss")
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/tp")
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(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/ebox")
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(require 'ebox)
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```
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Loading Ebox does not create a buffer or build native code.
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## First render
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The ordinary author model has seven entries: a string, `text`, `box`, `row`,
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`column`, `flex`, and `grid`. Children are nested directly; there is no second
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field-based child syntax.
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```elisp
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(require 'ebox)
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(ebox-render-to-buffer
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"*Ebox Example*"
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(ebox-build
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'(column :padding (1 2)
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:border (1 solid "#8A93A6")
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(text :color "#263244" "Hello Ebox")
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(row :item-gap 1
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(box "Left")
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(box "Right")))))
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```
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Use `ebox-build` for the public author DSL. Framework integrations may instead
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assemble typed nodes with one `ebox-source-builder`, then seal the forest and
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its source generation as one `CanonicalEboxInput`; that evaluated API is not a
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second author grammar.
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## Layout choices
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- `box` creates a normal visual box.
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- `row` and `column` provide simple one-axis composition.
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- `flex` distributes space and supports wrapping.
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- `grid` provides two-dimensional tracks and placement.
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- A bare string is the short form of `(text "...")`.
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Flex and Grid participation properties belong directly to a child `box`. They
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do not require a wrapper node.
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## Render and update
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- `ebox-render` returns propertized text without publishing a live buffer.
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- `ebox-render-to-buffer` mounts a retained surface.
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- `ebox-commit` atomically publishes a newly built canonical input.
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- `ebox-buffer-update-report` returns the last successful update report.
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- `ebox-rerender-buffer-with-context` applies an explicit viewport change.
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Ebox copies canonical input before assigning runtime identity, so one built
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value may be mounted in multiple buffers without sharing live ownership.
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## Optional native module
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The Rust module accelerates eligible reflow work. It is optional and has an
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exact Elisp fallback. Ebox never builds it while loading.
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```elisp
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(ebox-native-status)
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(ebox-native-build)
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```
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## Verification
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```sh
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make load EMACS=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
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make compile EMACS=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
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make docs-contract-tests EMACS=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
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make check EMACS=/Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
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make native-rust-tests
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```
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See the [user guide](docs/user/ebox-user-guide.en.md), the [public API
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reference](docs/user/ebox-api-reference.en.md), and the sibling
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[ebox-playground](../ebox-playground/README.md) examples.
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