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Provides detailed Chinese technical documentation explaining the CSS selector parsing implementation and a complete Emacs Lisp reimplementation of the parser core.

Documentation (2,327 lines)

  • CSS选择器解析器实现详解.md (943 lines): Deep dive into tokenization and parsing algorithms, escape sequence handling, recursive descent parsing, and complete parsing flow with examples
  • CSS解析器使用指南.md (505 lines): API reference, usage patterns, and 15 practical examples
  • README-CN.md: Quick start guide and feature overview

Emacs Lisp Implementation (1,135 lines)

css-selector-parser.el implements:

  • Full tokenizer with escape sequence support (hex and character escapes)
  • Recursive descent parser generating typed AST nodes
  • 12 node types: tag, class, id, attribute, pseudo, combinator, universal, nesting, comment, string, selector, root
  • Tree walking APIs with type-specific iterators

examples.el demonstrates:

;; Parse and extract classes
(css-selector-parse "div.header > nav.menu")
;; => AST with tag, class, combinator nodes

;; Type-specific traversal
(css-selector-walk-classes ast 
  (lambda (node) 
    (plist-put node :value (concat "prefix-" (plist-get node :value)))))

;; Serialize back to CSS
(css-selector-stringify ast)
;; => "div.prefix-header > nav.prefix-menu"

Supports: basic selectors, combinators (descendant, child, adjacent, sibling), pseudo-classes/elements, attribute selectors (basic operators), nesting, comments.

Implementation Notes

Educational focus prioritizes code clarity over completeness. Limitations documented:

  • Attribute selectors: basic operators only
  • Pseudo-classes: no parameter parsing (:nth-child() etc.)
  • Namespace handling simplified
Original prompt

对CSS选择器解析部分梳理成详细的中文文档帮我理解是如何实现的,并且用 emacs-lisp 代码来重新实现这部分内容。


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Copilot AI and others added 5 commits November 6, 2025 03:31
Co-authored-by: Kinneyzhang <38454496+Kinneyzhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kinneyzhang <38454496+Kinneyzhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kinneyzhang <38454496+Kinneyzhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kinneyzhang <38454496+Kinneyzhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Kinneyzhang <38454496+Kinneyzhang@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Create detailed documentation for CSS selector parsing Add comprehensive Chinese documentation and Emacs Lisp implementation for CSS selector parser Nov 6, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from Kinneyzhang November 6, 2025 03:47
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