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- TXT2TAGS
- Aug, 2010
- %!target: man
- %!encoding: UTF-8
- %!postproc(man): ' \(#\w+\)' ''
- %!options(html): --mask-email --toc
- %!postproc(html): <HEAD> '<HEAD>\n<STYLE>body{margin:3em;} pre{background:#ffc;}</STYLE>'
- %% LOG
- %% sep 2003 jic : creation
- %% 25 sep 2003 anamim : text revision. misspellings, rewording phrases, etc
- %% 01 jun 2004 aurelio: updated to v2.0
- %% 20 jul 2004 jic : included: settings area, few marks, areas; reorganizing
- %% 22 jul 2004 anamim : revision
- %% 30 ago 2004 aurelio: little typos
- %% 13 nov 2004 jic : updated to v2.1
- %% 28 dec 2004 aurelio: updated to v2.2
- %% 21 may 2005 aurelio: updated to v2.3
- %% 12 aug 2010 aurelio: updated to v2.6, rewrite (r250)
- = NAME =[name]
- txt2tags - text formatting and conversion tool
- = SYNOPSIS =[synopsis]
- **txt2tags** [//options//] [//FILE//...]
- = DESCRIPTION =[description]
- **txt2tags** reads a text file with minimal markup and convert it to:
- //ASCII Art//,
- //AsciiDoc//,
- //Creole//,
- //DocBook//,
- //DokuWiki//,
- //Google Code Wiki//,
- //HTML//,
- //LaTeX//,
- //Lout//,
- //MagicPoint//,
- //Man page//,
- //MoinMoin//,
- //PageMaker//,
- //Plain Text//,
- //PmWiki//,
- //SGML//,
- //Wikipedia// and
- //XHTML//.
- % TRANSLATOR: please keep the alphabetical order of this list.
- This man page was created by **txt2tags** from a simple text file. The same text file is also converted to HTML for the online version of this manual.
- ONE source, MULTI targets - http://txt2tags.org
- = MARKUP =[markup]
- ```
- Headers First 3 lines of the source file
- Title = words =
- Numbered title + words +
- Comment % comments
- Separator line -----------------------...
- Strong line =======================...
- Image [filename.jpg]
- Link [label url]
- Bold **words**
- Italic //words//
- Underline __words__
- Strike --words--
- Monospaced ``words``
- Raw ""words""
- Tagged ''words''
- Paragraph words
- Quote <TAB>words
- List - words
- Numbered list + words
- Definition list : words
- Table | cell1 | cell2 | cell3...
- Verbatim line ``` words
- Raw line """ words
- Tagged line ''' words
- Verbatim block ```
- lines
- ```
- Raw block """
- lines
- """
- Tagged block '''
- lines
- '''
- ```
- = OPTIONS =[options]
- : **--art-chars**=//PATTERN//
- Define //PATTERN// as the pattern of characters used to compose the ASCII Art decorations, in the following order: corner, border, side, bar1, bar2, level2, level3, level4, level5. The default pattern value is +-|-==-^". This option is only used by the ASCII Art target.
- : **-C**, **--config-file**=//FILE//
- Read configuration from the external file //FILE//. The configuration must be on the //%!keyword:value// format. See [SETTINGS #settings] section for details.
- : **--css-sugar**
- Improves the generated HTML/XHTML code to be used with CSS files. Tag attributes are removed, presentation tags are avoided, header is composed by H1, H2 and H3 tags, new DIVs are created: //#header//, //#body//, //.toc//.
- : **--css-inside**
- Insert CSS file contents inside HTML/XHTML headers. Use ``--style`` to specify a CSS file to be read.
- : **--dump-config**
- Print all the configuration found and exit.
- : **--dump-source**
- Print the document source, with includes (``%!include``) expanded.
- : **--encoding**=//CODE//
- Inform the character set (file encoding) used by the source document. Examples are UTF-8 and iso-8859-1. The encoding is not changed during conversion, so the output document will have the same encoding as the sources.
- : **--gui**
- Invoke Graphical Tk Interface.
- : **-h**, **--help**
- Print help information and exit.
- : **-H**, **--no-headers**
- Suppress header and footer from the output. Only the contents (body) will be shown.
- : **--headers**
- Show header and footer in the output. Default is ON.
- : **--height**=//NUM//
- Set the output's height to //NUM// rows. This option is only used by the ASCII Art target, when also using ``--slides``.
- : **-i**, **--infile**=//FILE//
- Set //FILE// as the input file name, the source document. Use '-' to read the sources from the STDIN.
- : **--mask-email**
- Hide emails from spam robots. Removes @ and dots. The address ""foo@bar.com"" turns to <foo (a) bar com>.
- : **-n**, **--enum-title**
- Turn on automatic numbering for titles. They will be prefixed by 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, ...
- : **--no-dump-config**
- Cancel the ``--dump-config`` action.
- : **--no-dump-source**
- Cancel the ``--dump-source`` action.
- : **--no-encoding**
- Clear the encoding setting.
- : **--no-enum-title**
- Turn off the automatic numbering for titles.
- : **--no-infile**
- Clear all the previous infile declarations.
- : **--no-targets**
- Cancel the ``--targets`` action.
- : **--no-mask-email**
- Turn off the email masking feature.
- : **--no-outfile**
- Clear the previous outfile declaration.
- : **--no-quiet**
- Show messages, turning off the ``--quiet`` option.
- : **--no-rc**
- Do not read the user configuration file ~/.txt2tagsrc.
- : **--no-slides**
- Turn off the slides feature.
- : **--no-style**
- Clear all the style settings.
- : **--no-toc**
- Remove the Table of Contents from the output.
- : **--no-toc-only**
- Turn off the ``--toc-only`` action.
- : **-o**, **--outfile**=//FILE//
- Set //FILE// as the output file name. Use '-' to send the results to STDOUT.
- : **-q**, **--quiet**
- Quiet mode. Suppress all output, except errors.
- : **--rc**
- Read the user configuration file ~/.txt2tagsrc. Default is ON.
- : **--slides**
- Format output as presentation slides. This option is only used by the ASCII Art target.
- : **--style**=//FILE//
- Use //FILE// as the document's style file. Used to define CSS files for HTML/XHTML documents and packages for LaTeX. This option can be used multiple times to include multiple files.
- : **-t**, **--target**=//TYPE//
- Set the output document format to //TYPE//. Some popular types are: //html//, //xhtml//, //tex//, //man//, //txt//. Use the ``--targets`` option to see all the available formats.
- : **--targets**
- Print a list of all the available targets and exit.
- : **--toc**
- Include an automatic Table of Contents (TOC) to the output, between the Header and the Body. You can also specify the TOC position using the ``%%TOC`` macro.
- : **--toc-level**=//NUM//
- Set the maximum TOC level to //NUM//. All titles deeper than //NUM// will not be included in the Table of Contents.
- : **--toc-only**
- Print the Table of Contents and exit.
- : **-v**, **--verbose**
- Print informative messages during conversion. This option can be used multiple times to increase the number of messages shown.
- : **-V**, **--version**
- Print program version and exit.
- : **--width**=//NUM//
- Set the output's width to //NUM// columns. This option is only used by the ASCII Art target.
- :
- = SOURCE FILES =[source]
- The source files are usually identified by the //.t2t// extension (such as ``myfile.t2t``). You may have three areas inside your sources:
- : **Header** (optional)
- The first three lines of the file. Leave the first line blank if you don't need headers. Used for document title, author, version and date information.
- : **Settings** (optional)
- Begins right after the Header (4th or 2nd line) and ends when the Body area starts.
- Used for settings (configurations) in the ``%!keyword:value`` format.
- : **Body**
- Begins at the first valid text line (not comment or setting) after the Header area and goes until the end of the document. Used for the document contents.
- :
- = SETTINGS =[settings]
- Settings let you customize **txt2tags**, they're similar to options. They can be used at: source document's Settings area, ``~/.txt2tagsrc`` file, external file called with ``--config-file``.
- : **%!target**
- Set the output format, just like ``--target``. Example:
- ``` %!target: html
- : **%!options(target)**
- Set the default options to each target. You must use the command line options. Example:
- ``` %!options(html): --toc --toc-level 3 --css-sugar
- : **%!includeconf**
- Include configurations from an external file into the current, just like ``--config-file``. Example:
- ``` %!includeconf: myconfig.t2t
- : **%!style**
- Set a style file for the document, just like ``--style``. Can be used multiple times. Example:
- ``` %!style: colors.css
- : **%!encoding**
- Set the character set used by the document, just like ``--encoding``. Example:
- ``` %!encoding: UTF-8
- : **%!preproc**
- Input search/replace filter used to change the Body of the source document BEFORE any parsing by txt2tags. Search uses Python regular expressions. Example:
- ``` %!preproc: "JJS" "John J. Smith"
- : **%!postproc**
- Output search/replace filter used to change the generated document AFTER all the txt2tags processing. Search uses Python regular expressions. Example:
- ``` %!postproc(html): "<B>" "<STRONG>"
- :
- If the same keyword appears more than once, the last found will be the one used (except: options, preproc and postproc, which are cumulative). Invalid keywords are ignored. The parsing order is: ``~/.txt2tagsrc``, source document's Config area, ``--config-file`` option.
- = COMMANDS =[commands]
- Commands perform tasks during conversion time. They must be placed at the source document's Body.
- : **%!csv: file.csv**
- Includes an external CSV file as a table.
- : **%!include: file.t2t**
- Includes a txt2tags file in the document.
- : **%!include: ""``file.txt``""**
- Includes a text file (verbatim) in the document.
- : **%!include: ""''file.html''""**
- Includes an already tagged file in the document.
- :
- = MACROS =[macros]
- Macros are handy shortcuts to insert dynamic contents in your document. They must be placed at the source document's Body. Most macros can be customized with special directives, like ``%Y`` and ``%f``. See the txt2tags User Guide for details.
- : **""%%date""**
- Insert the current date. The default format is ``%%date(%Y%m%d)``, which gives YYYYMMDD.
- : **""%%infile""**
- Insert the source file path. The default format is ``%%infile(%f)``. Useful for footer links like ``[See source %%infile]``.
- : **""%%mtime""**
- Insert the source file modification time. The default format is ``%%date(%Y%m%d)``, which gives YYYYMMDD.
- : **""%%outfile""**
- Insert the output file path. The default format is ``%%outfile(%f)``. Useful for self mentioning like "This is the %%outfile file".
- : **""%%toc""**
- Specifies where the Table of Contents will be placed. You can even use it multiple times. Note that you must also use the ``--toc`` option.
- : **""%%appurl""**
- Insert the txt2tags URL: %%appurl.
- : **""%%appname""**
- Insert the %%appname name.
- : **""%%appversion""**
- Insert the current version number of txt2tags (currently %%appversion).
- : **""%%target""**
- Insert the target name being processed.
- : **""%%encoding""**
- Insert the encoding name choosen.
- : **""%%cmdline""**
- Insert the command line used to generate the target document.
- : **""%%header1""**, **""%%header2""**, **""%%header3""**,
- Insert the headers.
- :
- = EXAMPLES =[examples]
- : ``txt2tags -t html file.t2t``
- Convert to HTML, saving to file.html.
- : ``txt2tags -t html -o - file.t2t``
- Convert to HTML, sending results to STDOUT.
- : ``txt2tags -t html --toc file.t2t``
- Convert to HTML, including automatic Table Of Contents.
- : ``txt2tags -t html --toc --toc-level 2 -n file.t2t``
- Convert to HTML, with a two level Table of Contents and numbered titles.
- : ``txt2tags --toc-only file.t2t``
- Just show the Table of Contents, no conversion is done.
- : ``txt2tags -t html --css-sugar --style base.css --style ui.css file.t2t``
- Convert to HTML, preparing the resulting code to be used with CSS, and also include calls to two external CSS files.
- : ``txt2tags -t art --slides --width 80 --height 25 -o - file.t2t | more``
- Create ASCII Art presentation slides, ready to be shown in a 80x25 terminal screen/window.
- : ``(echo ; echo "**bold**") | txt2tags -t html -H -``
- Handy one-liner for quick tests using STDIN.
- : ``txt2tags -t html -o - file.t2t | tidy > file.html``
- Send results to STDOUT, then fine tune the code with an external program before saving the output file.
- :
- = FILES =[files]
- : ~/.txt2tagsrc
- Default user configuration file.
- :
- = ENVIRONMENT =[environment]
- : T2TCONFIG
- If non-null, sets the full pathname for the default user configuration file.
- :
- = AUTHOR =[author]
- Aurelio Jargas <verde@aurelio.net>
- %% TRANSLATOR: Activate the following line and add your language, name and email/site.
- % Man page translated to LANGUAGE by YOUR NAME <YOUR EMAIL OR WEBSITE>.
- = BUGS =[bugs]
- http://bugs.txt2tags.org
- = COPYRIGHT =[copyright]
- Copyright (C) 2001-%%date(%Y) Aurelio Jargas, GNU GPL v2