Here is some "pod" style encoding, with SDF extensions. The translator is written in python (this is test01 for that package). It handles tables, nested lists, table-of-contents and indexes, and links. Output is to HTML, Latex, and Docbook. Would this be of interest? ========================================= =include default_cfg.pdx =cfg title = test01 desc=hello, world author = Harry George author_email = hgg9140@seanet.com owner = @author@ toc_p=0 =end cfg =include article_style.pdx =def greeting = hello =def expand_p = 0 Hello: @greeting@, world =def expand_p = 1 Hello: @greeting@, world Hello. B<hello>, C<hello>, I<hello>, U<hello>. =for html <FONT COLOR="RED"> This should be red. =for html <FONT COLOR="BLACK"> and this is back to black. Here are some escaped chars: E<lt>, E<gt>, E<amp>, E<quot>, E<lb>. =center This is will be centered. As will this (using a skipped line). =end center But not this.  =center This is will be centered.<BR>As will this (using a break). =end center But not this. ======================================

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1. Re: Monty: A structured text syntax idea (Greg Ward) ` ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Subject: Re: [Doc-SIG] Monty: A structured text syntax idea Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 09:21:01 -0500 From: Greg Ward <gward@cnri.reston.va.us> To: doc-sig@python.org References: <3.0.6.32.20000129102716.009cd5c0@gpo.iol.ie>

On 29 January 2000, Sean Mc Grath said:

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""" idea: para: I was editing some text in Python emacs mode the other day. para: I got to thinking how Python mandatory indentation emph: removes much of the need for delimiters

Auughh!!! Shades of troff here. (That's not a good thing.) Newlines are a fine delimiter in a programming language, where the semantic chunks tend to be on the order of 20-60 characters, and we need all the help we can get to guide our eyes. Natural language can have much smaller semantic chunks -- eg. emphasized words -- so artificially splitting lines so often is a waste of vertical real-estate.

I think I'll wait for whatever Moshe proposes... (I just hope it uses something B<sensible> to emphasise text... >grin<)

Greg

-- Harry George hgg9140@seanet.com