Simple Formatter Language

I do a lot of my text up in this simple formatter language. I have a program that translates from it to HTML or RTF or other forms. The rules are simple:

Blank line between paragraphs. Commands (which begin with a dot) also delimit paragraphs.

Most substitutions done by brace functions in the form {funcname args}. So for example {bo boldwords} gives you boldwords. You can escape a brace with \{, and get a backslash with \\.

• {bo words} -- bold
• {it words} -- italic
• {large words} -- large
• {small words} -- small
• {link URL}{ltext anchor-of-link} -- Brad's Home Page.

There are dozens more.

Dot-Commands

The dot commands do your block stuff.

1. .chapter <text> -- Header and title.
2. .topic <text> -- Level 2 header
3. .subsect <text> -- Level 3 header
4. .subsectc <text> -- Level 4 header
5. .line -- a line
6. .begin list -- each paragraph is a OL element until ".end list"
7. .begin bullets -- each paragraph is a UL element until ".end bullets"
8. .begin box -- put text in a box (simple table) until ".end box"

There are dozens more of these too.