Summary of Simple Marked Text (MTX) Format
Version 1.3.2 - 4/27/96 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       - title for HTML page
 N%TITLE $title      - title with centered heading 
  %HEADING none      - supress heading
  %HEADING heading   - heading different from title
 N%HEADING $heading  - centered heading
  %FILE name         - name for HTML file
  %IMAGES path       - path for image files
  %LOGO name         - title inline graphic (.gif)
 N%LOGO $name        - centered title graphic (.gif)
  %ICON name         - heading inline graphic (.gif)
 N%WATERMARK name    - watermark graphic (.gif)
 N%COLORS colors     - background and text colors
  %HOME text         - label for home document
  %HOMEURL url       - URL for home document
  %HOMEURL none      - no URL for home document
  %PARENT text       - label for parent document
  %PARENTURL url     - URL for parent document
  %PARENTURL none    - no URL for parent document
  %INDEX text        - label for index document
  %INDEXURL url      - URL for index document
  %INDEXURL none     - no URL for index document
  %PREV text         - label for previous document
  %PREVURL url       - URL for previous document
  %PREVURL none      - no URL for previous document
  %NEXT text         - label for next document
  %NEXTURL url       - URL for next document
  %NEXTURL none      - no URL for next document
  %BASE path         - path for relative URLs
  %PATH path         - path for document only
  %AUTHOR text       - author or copyright info
  %AUTHURL url       - URL for author or copyright
  %VERSION text      - document version info
  %VERSURL url       - URL for document version
  %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
  %LAYOUT feedback   - override feedback suppression
  %LAYOUT nofeedback - suppress feedback for all questions
 N%LAYOUT slide      - presentation slide format
 N%REFRESH seconds   - client pull refresh
 N%REFRESH secs url  - client pull refresh with link
  %COUNTER date url  - counter date and cgi url
  %MTX version       - 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)

  {B}            - line break
  {P}            - paragraph break
  {S}            - non-breaking space
  {*text*}       - strong (bold) text
  {!text!}       - emphasized (italics) text
  {@text@}       - fixed font text
  {=name=}       - inline graphic (.gif)
  {=name text=}  - inline graphic with alternate text
  {+name+}       - inline (.gif) with linked (.jpg) graphic
  {+name text+}  - inline graphic with alternate text
  {-name-}       - inline (.gif) with linked (.gif) graphic
  {-name text-}  - inline graphic with alternate text
  {#name#}       - inline (.gif) with linked (.html) file
  {#name text#}  - inline graphic with alternate text
  {#url##}         - link to quoted url
  {#text#url#}     - link to url
  {#text#anchor#}  - link to named anchor
  {#text#=anchor#} - create named anchor
 N{=name alignment=}   - floating graphic (.gif)
 N{+name alignment+}   - floating graphic (.gif+.jpg)
 N{-name alignment-}   - floating graphic (.gif+.gif)
 N{C}            - 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}. Alignment must be before alternate text.

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?none      - begin question (suppress 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:
  |                     - no caption
  |none                 - no caption
  |caption text         - caption text
  |caption|noborder     - caption for table with no border
  |caption|nowide       - caption for minimal width table
  |caption|noblanks     - caption for table with no blanks
  |caption|nowide|noborder|noblanks  - combination of above
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.