Summary of Simple Marked Text (MTX) Format
Version 1.3 - 2/15/96 by Richard Rathe

General Considerations

  Source file names have an .mtx extension.
  HTML file names have an .html extension.
  Files contain only ASCII characters
    (return, linefeed, tab, space to ~).
  Paragraphs are delimited by blank lines. Extra blank
    lines will be eliminated. Adjacent lines will be
    combined into a single paragraph.
  Lines indented with spaces or tabs will become an item
    in a list.
  Items marked by a "N" use Netscape HTML extensions. For
    maximum compatibility, avoid these tags.
  The %HOME, %PARENT, %PREV, %NEXT and table tags have
    changed since version 1.2. You may need to update
    older MTX files to be compatible.

Special Tags

  %TITLE title text      - title for HTML page
 N%TITLE $title text     - title with centered heading 
  %HEADING none          - supress heading
  %HEADING heading text  - heading different from title
 N%HEADING $heading text - centered heading
  %FILE file name        - name for HTML file
  %IMAGES path name      - path for image files
  %LOGO file name        - title inline graphic (.gif)
 N%LOGO $file name       - centered title graphic (.gif)
  %ICON file name        - heading inline graphic (.gif)
 N%WATERMARK file name   - watermark graphic (.gif)
 N%COLORS color list     - background and text colors
  %HOME label text       - label for home document
  %HOMEURL home url      - URL for home document
  %HOMEURL none          - no URL for home document
  %PARENT label text     - label for parent document
  %PARENTURL parent url  - URL for parent document
  %PARENTURL none        - no URL for parent document
  %INDEX label text      - label for index document
  %INDEXURL next url     - URL for index document
  %INDEXURL none         - no URL for index document
  %PREV label text       - label for previous document
  %PREVURL prev url      - URL for previous document
  %PREVURL none          - no URL for previous document
  %NEXT label text       - label for next document
  %NEXTURL next url      - URL for next document
  %NEXTURL none          - no URL for next document
  %BASE url path         - path for relative URLs
  %PATH url path         - path for document only
  %AUTHOR author text    - author or copyright info
  %AUTHURL author url    - URL for author or copyright
  %VERSION version text  - document version info
  %VERSURL version url   - document version info
  %OUTLINE none          - no outline
  %OUTLINE long          - long outline
  %LAYOUT cover          - suppress administrative info
  %LAYOUT print          - suppress navigation info
  %LAYOUT keyword        - file contains a keyword list
  %LAYOUT noindex        - suppress indexing of this file
 N%LAYOUT slide          - presentation slide format
 N%REFRESH seconds       - client pull refresh
 N%REFRESH seconds url   - client pull refresh with link
  %COUNTER date url      - counter date and cgi url
  %MTX version number    - MTX format version
  %any other text        - comment line (ignored)

  NOTE: Each document will have a short outline at the top
    unless otherwise specified. Links to email addresses
    will be prefixed with "mailto:" automatically. Default
    "Home," "Parent," "Previous," and "Next" labels will
    be used if not otherwise specified.

Heading Tags (must occur at the beginning of line)

  #heading text      - primary outline heading
  ##heading text     - secondary outline heading
  ###...             - up to ##### (5) levels deep
 N#$heading text     - centered heading
  #text#url name     - heading link to url outside document
  #text#=anchor name - use heading as named anchor

  NOTE: Any text that precedes the first #heading will
    appear just after the title and before the outline.

Embedded Tags (can occur anywhere)

  {BR}  - line break
  {P}   - paragraph break
  {SP}  - non-breaking space
  {*the text*}  - strong (bold) text
  {!the text!}  - emphasized (italics) text
  {@the text@}  - fixed font text
  {=file name=} - inline graphic (.gif)
  {+file name+} - inline (.gif) with linked (.jpg) graphic
  {-file name-} - inline (.gif) with linked (.gif) graphic
  {#file name#} - inline (.gif) with linked (.html) file
  {#url name##} - link to quoted url
  {#the text#url name#}     - link to url
  {#the text#anchor name#}  - link to named anchor
  {#the text#=anchor name#} - create named anchor
 N{=file name alignment=}   - floating graphic (.gif)
 N{+file name alignment+}   - floating graphic (.gif+.jpg)
 N{CLEAR} - clear floating graphic alignment

  NOTE: File extensions (.gif, .jpg and .html) are
    automatically added to file names. Linked .gif files
    have an "L" added to the name (pictureL.gif). Anchor
    names are case sensitive (#name <> #NAME). Links to
    email addresses will be prefixed with "mailto:"
    automatically. Graphic alignment may be either "left"
    or "right." Floating graphic alignment must be cleared
    using {CLEAR}.

List Tags (must occur after leading white space)

   text   - bulleted list item
  #text   - numbered list item (1, 2, 3...)
 N@text   - lettered list item (a, b, c...)
 N!text   - roman numbered list item (I, II, III...)
  +text   - glossary list title item (bold)
  -text   - glossary list definition

  NOTE: Lists may be nested by using variable amounts
    of leading white space.

Format Tags (must occur at the beginning of line)

  'text   - block quote
 N''text  - pull quote
  =text   - preformatted text
 N$text   - centered text
  -----   - horizontal rule (one or more dashes)

Question Tags (must occur at the beginning of line)

  ?x           - begin question (simple feedback)
  ?xyz         - begin question (multiple correct answers)
  ?x?          - begin question (extended feedback)
  ?x?text      - begin question (custom extended feedback)
  question text   - question text
  @answer text    - answer text
    feedback text - indented at least one space

  NOTE: Questions may have up to 26 (A-Z) answer choices.
    Inline graphics may be used as part of any question,
    answer, or feedback element.

Tables (each line must begin with "|") (N)

The first line must be one of the following:
  |caption text         - caption text
  |none                 - no caption
  |caption|noborder     - caption for table with no border
  |caption|nowide       - caption for minimal width table
  |caption|nowideborder - caption with both of the above
  |caption|noblanks     - caption for table with no blanks
Subsequent lines can be variations of the following:
  |text 1|text 2|text 3 - row with three cells
  |text 1||text 3       - use empty cells where needed
  |text 1|two   |text 3 - cells may be padded with spaces
  |text 1|*     |text 3 - non-blank empty cell use "*"
  |*col 1|*col 2|*col 3 - column headings begin with "*"
  |*row 1|text 1|text 2 - row headings begin with "*"

  NOTE: Each line becomes one row in the table. Cells may
  contain graphics or hypertext links. Use {BR} to force
  word wrap within a cell. By default, tables will have
  borders, blanks for empty cells, and resize to cover 95%
  of the window side to side.