This is based on a selective reverse engineer of Mosaic2.1 and an amalgamation of the HTML help documents, No guarantees about accuracy of information is given as I havent figured everything out yet.
Examples are not always provided. In case of confusion please look at the source of this document.
This version is posted with the colour gifs stripped out as I didnt want to uuencode and post them.
Ive done a few non-standard things to get images in headings, and I know it's not a particularly elegant method.
There is still a lot to do, if there are any errors please let me know as soon as possible.
sets the title of the document
Sets a tag in your document which can be href'd back to. Click here to go to the end of the document
makes a hypertext link to the named item.
link to a text file
link to the top of this file
link to www newsgroup link to all newsgroups
link to novell wais
link to ftp at Novell Germany
link to novell gopher
starts here
seems to just set italic text, but is meant to show the author of the document
mydocument / me / me@me.com
<ul> start of list <li> list element 1 <ul> start of list 2 </ul> end of list 2 <li> list element 2 <li> list element 3 <li> list element 4 </ul> end of listwhich looks like
<ol> start of list <li> item <ol> start of list 2 </ol> end of list 2 <li> item <li> item <li> item </ol> end of listwhich looks like
This is a list of smaller paragraphs.
<menu [compact]>
<li>item <li>item <li>item </menu>
a text style used for definitions: eg: "definitions".
This should display the items going accross the page.
<dir>
<li>item<li>item <li>item </dir>
<DL> <DT> description 1 <DD> blah blah .... <DT> description 2 <DD> waffle waffle .... </DL>is formatted to
Description list item title as used above
Description list item details as used above
preformatted text, retains spaces and line feedsan optional parameter width=n can be given.
displays an . By default the bottom of the image is aligned
with the bottom of the text, This can be changed using the
parameter align
<IMG SRC="image.gif" align=top>
displays the with the top aligned.
<IMG SRC="image.gif" align=middle>
displays the with the middle aligned.
if the image doesnt exist this picture: will appear
<IMG SRC="image.gif" alt="text">
will display the text in a text environment.
this sets the font to be fixed width
, otherwise everything is the
same
a sequence of literal characters eg: &%$*&&&(^_+_)(.
formats it as in manuals when users are asked to type things in. eg: help
cites the text in a predefined font. This font may be set up as being italic.
this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote, this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote, this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote, this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote,See what I mean? it should leave white space before and after it.
Inserts a comment into the document. Must not contain any tags nested within it. Comments do not affect the flow of text.
breaks the line
and
carries on to the next line.
Creates an input field in a form.
TYPE can be one of
allows the user to search some file.
This is really a pre-defined form with a predefined Text Field. It would have
been ice to be able to set the text to whatever you wanted though.
is used within <SELECT>.
This creates a pull-down menu containing Options in a form.
It strikes out the selected text
This allows us to put a panel of text in a form
á .... á â .... â æ .... æ à .... à & .... & å .... å ã .... ã ä .... ä ç .... ç é .... é ê .... ê è .... è ð .... ð ë .... ë > .... > í .... í î .... î ì .... ì ï .... ï < .... < ñ .... ñ ó .... ó ô .... ô ò .... ò ø .... ø õ .... õ ö .... ö " .... " ß .... ß þ .... þ ú .... ú û .... û ù .... ù ü .... ü ý .... ý ÿ .... ÿ
internal-gopher-binary internal-gopher-index internal-gopher-image internal-gopher-menu internal-gopher-movie internal-gopher-sound internal-gopher-text internal-gopher-telnet internal-gopher-unknown
A
about the author text areasB
block quotes inserting a line-breakC
special character codes inserting commentsD
displaying imagesF
Forms - input fields - text areas - pull down menus - processing text formatting styles - address field - bold face - cited text - source code - definitions field - emphasised text - fixed width - italic face - user input style - strong face - struck out - variable nameH
header levels horizontal linesI
image alignment displaying images searching indices other sources of information input - default fields - text panel - submit buttons - reset buttons - radio buttons internal images image mapsL
header levels horizontal lines inserting a line-break links - named tag in document - local file - file on a http server - ftp server - news server/group - gopher server - wais server lists - accross the page - of descriptions - title - elements - list elements - numbered - not numbered - of paragraphs literal character stringsM
image maps pull down menuO
obsolete features - XMP tag - PLAINTEXT tag - LISTING tagP
form processing paragraphs preformatted text pull down menu - elements of Purpose of documentS
searching indices other sources of information special character codes text formatting styles - address field - bold face - cited text - source code - definitions field - emphasised text - fixed width - italic face - user input style - strong face - struck out - variable nameT
text areas Document titleU
other sources of informationW
connecting to wais servers?
contributors welcome on the following - BASE tag - processing FORMS
click here to go back to the backhere tag.