TXT2TAGS

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The user just need to know the very few and simple txt2tags marks, and write plain text files. The program does all the dirty work, adding the complicated tags and dealing with the target document's gotchas.

The same text file can be converted to all target formats, with no further editing. This is the txt2tags purpose: ONE source, MULTI targets.

Please visit the program site at http://txt2tags.sourceforge.net.

OPTIONS

 -C, --config-file

read config from an external file (works like %!includeconf)

     --css-sugar

insert CSS-friendly tags for HTML and XHTML targets

     --css-inside

insert CSS file contents inside HTML/XHTML headers

     --dump-config

print all the config found and exit

     --dump-source

print the document source, with includes expanded

     --encoding

set target file encoding (utf-8, iso-8859-1, etc)

     --gui

invoke Graphical Tk Interface

 -h, --help

print help information and exit

 -H, --no-headers

suppress header, title and footer information

     --headers

show header, title and footer information (default ON)

 -i, --infile=FILE

set FILE as the input file name ('-' for STDIN)

     --mask-email

hide email from spam robots. x@y.z turns <x (a) y z>

 -n, --enum-title

enumerate all title lines as 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, etc

     --no-dump-config

turn off the dump config action

     --no-dump-source

turn off the dump source action

     --no-encoding

clear the encoding setting

     --no-enum-title

turn off the title auto numbering

     --no-infile

clear all the previous infile declarations

     --no-mask-email

unhide emails, turning off the --mask-email option

     --no-outfile

clear the previous outfile declaration

     --no-quiet

show messages, turning off the --quiet option

     --no-rc

do not read the user config file ~/.txt2tagsrc

     --no-style

clear the style setting

     --no-toc

do not add TOC (Table of Contents) to target document

     --no-toc-only

turn off the --toc-only option

 -o, --outfile=FILE

set FILE as the output file name ('-' for STDOUT)

 -q, --quiet

quiet mode, suppress all output (except errors)

     --rc

read user config file ~/.txt2tagsrc (default ON)

     --style=FILE

use FILE as the document style (like Html CSS)

-t, --target=TYPE

set target document type. currently supported: html, xhtml, sgml, tex, lout, man, mgp, wiki, gwiki, doku, moin, pm6, txt

     --toc

add TOC (Table of Contents) to target document

     --toc-level=N

set maximum TOC level (deepness) to N

     --toc-only

print document TOC and exit

 -v, --verbose

print informative messages during conversion

 -V, --version

print program version and exit

By default, converted output is saved to 'file.<type>'. Use --outfile to force an output file name. If input file is '-', reads from STDIN. If output file is '-', dumps output to STDOUT.

STRUCTURE

Header

The first three lines. They are used for document identification. If you don't need headers, you must left the first line blank or specify the no-header setting.

Settings

Starts at the fourth line. All settings have the %!keyword: value format. Settings can also be made by a configuration file or command line.

Body

Your real document source! Your only request area to have a valid txt2tags file.

SETTINGS

%!target:

defines the main target

%!options(target):

defines the options to each target

%!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 a literal file in the document, as it is

%!style:

to set a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file for XHTML and HTML targets or to load \usepackage modules in TEX target

%!encoding:

to set a character set (like iso-8859-1) for i18n issues

%!includeconf:

used to include configurations from an external file into the current

%!guicolors:

color settings for the GUI interface (Tk)

%!preproc:

your customized filter (macro) which will be processed BEFORE the document parsing

%!postproc:

your customized filter (macro) which will be processed AFTER the document parsing

SETTINGS RULES

*

Settings are valid only inside the Config Area, and are considered plain comments if found on the document Body. Except include, which is a valid Body command.

*

If the same keyword appears more than once on the Config Area, the last found will be the one used. Except: options, preproc and postproc, which are cumulative.

*

A setting line with an invalid keyword will be considered a plain comment line.

*

This settings have precedence over txt2tagsrc file, but not on command line options.

SYNTAX

Basic

  Headers           The first 3 lines of the source file
  Title             = words =
  Numbered title    + words +
  Paragraph         words

Beautifiers

  Bold              **words**
  Italic            //words//
  Underline         __words__
  Strike            --words--
  Monospaced        ``words``

Text Blocks

  Quote             <TAB>words
  List              - words
  Numbered list     + words
  Definition list   : words
  Verbatim line     ``` words
  Verbatim area     ```<LineBreak> lines <LineBreak>```
  Raw line          """ words
  Raw area          """<LineBreak> lines <LineBreak>"""
  Table             | cell1 | cell2 | cell3...

Other

  Separator line    -----------------------...
  Strong line       =======================...
  Links             [label url]
  Image             [filename.jpg]
  Raw Text          ""words""
  Comment           % comments

Please read the Txt2tags User Guide (on the program documentation directory) for a detailed description of each mark.

EXAMPLES

Convert to HTML, saving to file.html

$ txt2tags -t html file.t2t

The same, using redirection

$ txt2tags -t html -o - file.t2t > file.html

Including Table Of Contents

$ txt2tags -t html --toc file.t2t

Including TOC and numbering titles

$ txt2tags -t html --toc --enum-title file.t2t

Contents quick view

$ txt2tags --toc-only file.t2t

Quick one-liner test from STDIN

$ (echo ; echo "**bold**") | txt2tags -t html -H -

MACROS

%%date

Allows to include the current date, in the format YYYYMMDD. Optional formatting can be specified using the %%date(format-string) syntax.

%%infile

Used to get information about the source file. Optional formatting can be specified using the %%infile(format-string) syntax.

Useful for footer link like [See source %%infile], so you can change the filename and its references will be updated.

%%mtime

Gets information about the source file modification time. It uses the same formatters accepted by the %%date macro.

%%outfile

Used to get information about the converted file. Optional formatting can be specified using the %%outfile(format-string) syntax.

Useful for self mentioning like "This is the manpage.man file", so you can change the filename and its references will be updated.

%%toc

The %%toc macro specifies where the TOC of the document will be placed. You can place it wherever needed inside the document, one or more times.

NOTE: %%toc will be expanded only with the --toc option.

AUTHOR

This Manual Page was written by Jose Inacio Coelho <jic@technologist.com> as a text file, then converted to man format by txt2tags!

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.