Gate server-side component expansion with contextvar, fix nth arg order, add GEB essay and manifesto links

- Add _expand_components contextvar so _aser only expands components
  during page slot evaluation (fixes highlight on examples, avoids
  breaking fragment responses)
- Fix nth arg order (nth coll n) in docs.sx, examples.sx (delete-row,
  edit-row, bulk-update)
- Add "Godel, Escher, Bach and SX" essay with Wikipedia links
- Update SX Manifesto: new authors, Wikipedia links throughout,
  remove Marx/Engels link

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

shared/sx/async_eval.py

@@ -41,10 +41,18 @@ Usage::
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import contextvars
 import inspect
 from typing import Any
 
 from .types import Component, Keyword, Lambda, Macro, NIL, StyleValue, Symbol
+
+# When True, _aser expands known components server-side instead of serializing
+# them for client rendering. Set during page slot evaluation so Python-only
+# helpers (e.g. highlight) in component bodies execute on the server.
+_expand_components: contextvars.ContextVar[bool] = contextvars.ContextVar(
+    "_expand_components", default=False
+)
 from .evaluator import _expand_macro, EvalError
 from .primitives import _PRIMITIVES
 from .primitives_io import IO_PRIMITIVES, RequestContext, execute_io
@@ -1058,6 +1066,24 @@ async def async_eval_slot_to_sx(
     """
     if ctx is None:
         ctx = RequestContext()
+
+    # Enable server-side component expansion for this slot evaluation.
+    # This lets _aser expand known components (so Python-only helpers
+    # like highlight execute server-side) instead of serializing them
+    # for client rendering.
+    token = _expand_components.set(True)
+    try:
+        return await _eval_slot_inner(expr, env, ctx)
+    finally:
+        _expand_components.reset(token)
+
+
+async def _eval_slot_inner(
+    expr: Any,
+    env: dict[str, Any],
+    ctx: RequestContext,
+) -> str:
+    """Inner implementation — runs with _expand_components=True."""
     # If expr is a component call, expand it through _aser
     if isinstance(expr, list) and expr:
         head = expr[0]
@@ -1159,13 +1185,14 @@ async def _aser(expr: Any, env: dict[str, Any], ctx: RequestContext) -> Any:
         if name.startswith("html:"):
             return await _aser_call(name[5:], expr[1:], env, ctx)
 
-        # Component call — expand macros, expand known components, serialize unknown
+        # Component call — expand macros, expand known components (in slot
+        # eval context only), serialize unknown
         if name.startswith("~"):
             val = env.get(name)
             if isinstance(val, Macro):
                 expanded = _expand_macro(val, expr[1:], env)
                 return await _aser(expanded, env, ctx)
-            if isinstance(val, Component):
+            if isinstance(val, Component) and _expand_components.get():
                 return await _aser_component(val, expr[1:], env, ctx)
             return await _aser_call(name, expr[1:], env, ctx)
 

sx/sx/nav-data.sx

@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@
   (dict :label "SX Native" :href "/essays/sx-native")
   (dict :label "The SX Manifesto" :href "/essays/sx-manifesto")
   (dict :label "Tail-Call Optimization" :href "/essays/tail-call-optimization")
-  (dict :label "Continuations" :href "/essays/continuations")))
+  (dict :label "Continuations" :href "/essays/continuations")
+  (dict :label "Godel, Escher, Bach" :href "/essays/godel-escher-bach")))
 
 ;; Find the current nav label for a slug by matching href suffix.
 ;; Returns the label string or nil if no match.

sx/sxc/docs.sx

@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@
 (defcomp ~doc-nav (&key items current)
   (nav :class "flex flex-wrap gap-2 mb-8"
     (map (fn (item)
-      (a :href (nth 1 item)
+      (a :href (nth item 1)
-         :sx-get (nth 1 item)
+         :sx-get (nth item 1)
          :sx-target "#main-panel"
          :sx-select "#main-panel"
          :sx-swap "outerHTML"
          :sx-push-url "true"
          :class (str "px-3 py-1.5 rounded text-sm font-medium no-underline "
-                     (if (= (nth 0 item) current)
+                     (if (= (nth item 0) current)
                        "bg-violet-100 text-violet-800"
                        "bg-stone-100 text-stone-600 hover:bg-stone-200"))
-        (nth 0 item)))
+        (nth item 0)))
       items)))

sx/sxc/examples.sx

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
           (th :class "px-3 py-2 font-medium text-stone-600 w-20" "")))
       (tbody :id "delete-rows"
         (map (fn (item)
-          (~delete-row :id (nth 0 item) :name (nth 1 item)))
+          (~delete-row :id (nth item 0) :name (nth item 1)))
           items)))))
 
 (defcomp ~delete-row (&key id name)
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
           (th :class "px-3 py-2 font-medium text-stone-600 w-24" "")))
       (tbody :id "edit-rows"
         (map (fn (row)
-          (~edit-row-view :id (nth 0 row) :name (nth 1 row) :price (nth 2 row) :stock (nth 3 row)))
+          (~edit-row-view :id (nth row 0) :name (nth row 1) :price (nth row 2) :stock (nth row 3)))
           rows)))))
 
 (defcomp ~edit-row-view (&key id name price stock)
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@
             (th :class "px-3 py-2 font-medium text-stone-600" "Status")))
         (tbody :id "bulk-table"
           (map (fn (u)
-            (~bulk-row :id (nth 0 u) :name (nth 1 u) :email (nth 2 u) :status (nth 3 u)))
+            (~bulk-row :id (nth u 0) :name (nth u 1) :email (nth u 2) :status (nth u 3)))
             users))))))
 
 (defcomp ~bulk-row (&key id name email status)

sx/sxc/pages/docs.sx

@@ -239,4 +239,5 @@
     "sx-manifesto" (~essay-sx-manifesto)
     "tail-call-optimization" (~essay-tail-call-optimization)
     "continuations" (~essay-continuations)
+    "godel-escher-bach" (~essay-godel-escher-bach)
     :else (~essay-sx-sucks)))