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Metadoc
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Metadoc
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Metadoc is a translation program that converts plain text documents with certain metadata tags into HTML.
The <a href="source">source code</a> is available in several different languages.
The C version requires the <i>rstring</i> library, which is available <a href="http://theowin.com/rstring/source/c/">here</a>.
The C++ version requires the <i>rstrcpp</i> library, which is available <a href="http://theowin.com/rstring/source/cpp/">here</a>.
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Metadoc recognizes the following tags and attributes:
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Tag	code
Meaning
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&#45;--body
begin body section
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&#45;--br
line break
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&#45;--c
comment
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&#45;--css
inline CSS
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&#45;--h1
first-level header
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&#45;--h2
second-level header
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&#45;--head
begin head section
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&#45;--l
hyperlink
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&#45;--pnum
show paragraph numbers
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&#45;--q
quotation
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&#45;--r
raw HTML
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&#45;--t
new line of text
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&#45;--td
table data
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&#45;--th
table header
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&#45;--ul
unordered list
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&#45;--
end current section
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Attribute	code
Meaning
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<tab>c<i>n</i>
generate <i>n</i> columns
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<tab>r<i>n</i>
generate <i>n</i> rows
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<tab>code
use monospace font
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<tab>nocode
override monospace font
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<tab>gray
insert gray table cell
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<tab>mark
highlight table cell
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Usage:
&nbsp; ./metadoc INPUT_FILE > OUTPUT_FILE
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Example 1
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This document was generated from <a href="readme.txt">this input file</a>.
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Example 2
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<a href="lexemes-c.html">This table</a> was generated from <a href="lexemes-c.txt">this input file</a>.
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