Proletext Example
Proletext Example
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Here is an example of a document formatted with Proletext as it would be
seen in an ordinary text viewer. This document has some rough formatting
with leading spaces and tabs which will generally be ignored in most cases
by special viewers, just as with HTML. The list of points is a test list,
with 2 different "numbering" formats. As you will see, they are all just
mapped to list elements.
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A big title
With more for H1
Point One
This is the definition for Point One
Point Two
This is an even bigger definition for point two
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou will
confer with President Clinton at the White House on April 22, the
White House announced Friday.
Here is a list.
o Things that Bill Clinton Hates
o Things that Hilary loves
1) More things he loves
99) How many things can a President love?
Clinton invited Papandreou to Washington last fall and the dates
have now been #<www.clari.net/foo#> *arranged* #:, said White House Press
Secretary Dee Dee Myers.
news:clari.news.briefs
The newsgroup clari.news.briefs
She said the two leaders will discuss the situation in the
Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.
``For generations our two peoples have shared a common
commitment to democracy, justice and liberty,'' Myers said. ``This
visit will serve to advance cooperation in support of regional
stability, democracy and economic development.''
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Here is the same document with the end of each line marked with a $ and
all trailing tabs marked as [TAB] so that you can see the invisible
formatting codes.
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[TAB] [TAB][TAB][TAB][TAB] $
A big title [TAB]$
With more for H1 $
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Point One $
This is the definition for Point One $
Point Two $
This is an even bigger definition for point two $
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou will $
confer with President Clinton at the White House on April 22, the $
White House announced Friday. $
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Here is a list. $
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o Things that Bill Clinton Hates $
o Things that Hilary loves $
1) More things he loves $
99) How many things can a President love? $
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Clinton invited Papandreou to Washington last fall and the dates $
have now been #<www.clari.net/foo#> *arranged* #:, said White House Press $
Secretary Dee Dee Myers. $
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news:clari.news.briefs $
The newsgroup clari.news.briefs $
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She said the two leaders will discuss the situation in the $
Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean. $
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``For generations our two peoples have shared a common $
commitment to democracy, justice and liberty,'' Myers said. ``This $
visit will serve to advance cooperation in support of regional $
stability, democracy and economic development.'' $
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Here is the document translated to HTML, with the HTML tags made visible
to you.
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<HTML><TITLE> A big title</TITLE>
<H1> A big title
With more for H1</H1>
<DL>
<DT> Point One
<DD> This is the definition for Point One
<DT> Point Two
<DD> This is an even bigger definition for point two
</DL>
<P> WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou will
confer with President Clinton at the White House on April 22, the
White House announced Friday.</P>
<P>
<P> Here is a list.</P>
<OL>
<LI>Things that Bill Clinton Hates
<LI>Things that Hilary loves
<LI> More things he loves
<LI> How many things can a President love?
</OL>
<P> Clinton invited Papandreou to Washington last fall and the dates
have now been <A href="http://www.clari.net/foo"> <STRONG>arranged</STRONG> </A>, said White House Press
Secretary Dee Dee Myers.</P>
<P>
<P><A href="news:clari.news.briefs">
The newsgroup clari.news.briefs</A></P>
<P>
<P> She said the two leaders will discuss the situation in the
Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.</P>
<A name=a0></A><P> ``For generations our two peoples have shared a common
commitment to democracy, justice and liberty,'' Myers said. ``This
visit will serve to advance cooperation in support of regional
stability, democracy and economic development.''</P>
<P><ADDRESS><A href="http://proletext.clari.net/prole/help.html">Help on invisible formatting</A></P></ADDRESS>
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And finally, here is the document with the HTML tags embedded so your
browser shows it to you properly formatted. However, we have removed
the <TITLE> directive so that it doesn't change the title of this
document
A big title
A big title
With more for H1
- Point One
- This is the definition for Point One
- Point Two
- This is an even bigger definition for point two
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou will
confer with President Clinton at the White House on April 22, the
White House announced Friday.
Here is a list.
- Things that Bill Clinton Hates
- Things that Hilary loves
- More things he loves
- How many things can a President love?
Clinton invited Papandreou to Washington last fall and the dates
have now been arranged , said White House Press
Secretary Dee Dee Myers.
The newsgroup clari.news.briefs
She said the two leaders will discuss the situation in the
Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean.
``For generations our two peoples have shared a common
commitment to democracy, justice and liberty,'' Myers said. ``This
visit will serve to advance cooperation in support of regional
stability, democracy and economic development.''
Help on invisible formatting