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                 | TXT2TAGS SAMPLE for Ascii Art Text |                 
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                           | Aurelio Jargas |                           
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                             | 2010-10-10 |                             
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                         | Table of Contents |                          
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  Introduction
  Fonts and Beautifiers
    Beautifiers
    Pre-Formatted Text
    More Cosmetics
  Lists
    Plain List
    Numbered List
    Definition List
  Tables
  Special Entities
    Images
    Other


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Before the Introduction.

It's fine !


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                            | Introduction |
                            +--------------+

Welcome to the txt2tags sample file.

Here you have examples and a brief explanation of all
marks.

The first 3 lines of the this file are used as headers,
on the following format:

  line1: document title
  line2: author name, email
  line3: date, version

Lines with balanced equal signs = around are titles.


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                       | Fonts and Beautifiers |
                       +-----------------------+

We have two sets of fonts:

The NORMAL type that can be improved with beautifiers.

The TYPEWRITER type that uses monospaced font for
pre-formatted text.

We will now enter on a subtitle...


Beautifiers
===========

The text marks for beautifiers are simple, just as you
type on a plain text email message.

We use double *, /, - and _ to represent *bold*,
/italic/, -strike- and _underline_.

The */bold italic/* style is also supported as a
combination.


Pre-Formatted Text
==================

We can put a code sample or other pre-formatted text:

    here    is     pre-formatted
  //marks// are  **not**  ``interpreted``

And also, it's easy to put a one line pre-formatted
text:

  prompt$ ls /etc

Or use pre-formatted inside sentences.


More Cosmetics
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Special entities like email (duh@somewhere.com) and
URL (http://www.duh.com) are detected automagically,
as long as the horizontal line:

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^ thin or large v

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You can also specify an explicit link[1]
with label.

And remember,

        A TAB in front of the line does a quotation.

                More TABs, more depth (if allowed).


Nice.


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                               | Lists |
                               +-------+

A list of items is natural, just putting a *dash* or
a *plus* at the beginning of the line.


Plain List
==========

The dash is the default list identifier. For sublists,
just add *spaces* at the beginning of the line. More
spaces, more sublists.

- earth
  - america
    - south america
      - brazil
        - how deep can i go?
  - europe
    - lots of countries
- mars
  - who knows?

The list ends with *two* consecutive blank lines.


Numbered List
=============

The same rules as the plain list, just a different
identifier (plus).

1. one
2. two
3. three
  - mixed lists!
  - what a mess
    1. counting again
    2. ...
4. four


Definition List
===============

The definition list identifier is a colon, followed by
the term. The term contents is placed on the next line.

orange
  a yellow fruit
apple
  a green or red fruit
other fruits
  - wee!
  - mixing lists
    1. again!
    2. and again!


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                               | Tables |
                               +--------+

Use pipes to compose table rows and cells.
Double pipe at the line beginning starts a heading row.
Natural spaces specify each cell alignment.

                +-----------+-------------+------------+                
                | heading 1 |  heading 2  |  heading 3 |                
                +===========+=============+============+                
                | cell 1.1  |  cell 1.2   |   cell 1.3 |                
                +-----------+-------------+------------+                
                | cell 2.1  |  cell 2.2   |   cell 2.3 |                
                +-----------+-------------+------------+                

Without the last pipe, no border:

                +-----------+-------------+------------+                
                | heading 1 |  heading 2  |  heading 3 |                
                +-----------+-------------+------------+                
                | cell 1.1  |  cell 1.2   |   cell 1.3 |                
                | cell 2.1  |  cell 2.2   |   cell 2.3 |                
                +-----------+-------------+------------+                


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                          | Special Entities |
                          +------------------+

Because things were too simple.


Images
======

The image mark is as simple as it can be: [filename].

                      [img/photo.jpg]

- The filename must end in PNG, JPG, GIF, or similar.
- No spaces inside the brackets!


Other
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The handy %%date macro expands to the current date.

That's all for now.

[1] http://duh.org