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hsc

(Version 0.9.7, 15-May-1996)

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<* I'm not sure yet if that splatter-pic should be included.. Hehe *> <* HTML sucks completely

About

What's this all about?
System- & knownledge-requirements
The distribution

Features

Special tags to make life a bit easier
Check existence of local URIs to avoid dead links
Absolut URIs to avoid paths like "../../../image/back.gif"
Macros to create your own shortcuts and templates.
Expressions as arguments for attributes
Conditional conversion to make your macros more flexible.
Replace special characters with its entities
Get size of images and set attributes WIDTH and HEIGHT
Strip specific elements (comments, redundant linefeeds and white-spaces, unneeded tags, tags with external references)
Structure and syntax check to avoid surprises with different browsers

Usage

Installation
Options and swiches - invoking
Example usage
Description of messages
Questions (and maybe some answers)

Stuff

How to reach the Author and where to get updates
Copyright and disclaimer
About the sources
Known bugs & limitations
Program history: what has happened so far.
Future Improvements
Related tools and further information

Thomas Aglassinger (agi@giga.or.at), <$insert TIME FORMAT="%d-%b-%Y">