TXT2TAGS
Aug, 2010
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%% 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)
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= 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//.
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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//
Set the character set (file encoding) used by the source document to //CODE//. Examples are UTF-8 and iso-8859-1.
: **--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.
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= MACROS =[macros]
Macros are handy shortcuts to insert dynamic contents in your document. They must be placed at the source document's Body. Except ``%%toc``, all 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.
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= 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.
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= FILES =[files]
: ~/.txt2tagsrc
Default user configuration file.
:
= ENVIRONMENT =[environment]
: T2TCONFIG
If non-null, sets the full pathname for the default user configuration file.
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= AUTHOR =[author]
Aurelio Jargas <verde@aurelio.net>
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= BUGS =[bugs]
http://bugs.txt2tags.org
= COPYRIGHT =[copyright]
Copyright (C) 2001-%%date(%Y) Aurelio Jargas, GNU GPL v2
