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blogc-source(7) -- blogc's source file format
=============================================
## DESCRIPTION
Source files are used as input data to the blogc(1) compiler. They provide
variables and content, that are used by the compiler to fill the gaps available
in the templates (see blogc-template(7)).
The syntax of the source files is designed to be as simple as possible. The
variables are defined in the top of the file as key-value lines, and the
content is defined right after the variables.
Content is written in a markup language that is similar to John Gruber's
Markdown, but that is NOT Markdown. This language is very simple, while
powerful enough to write big posts.
## SOURCE VARIABLES
Variables are key-value lines. The variable name must be upper-case, starting
with a letter and following with one or more letters and/or underscores. The
value is separated from the variable name with a ':' and finishes in the end
of the line. Multi-line values are not supported.
VARIABLE1: Value of variable one
VARIABLE2: Value of variable two
--------------------------------
All the variables defined in the source files are local and will override
global variables provided to blogc(1) in the command-line, but just inside
blocks that handle local variables. See blogc-template(7) for details.
The ``DATE`` variable is special, and represents the publishing date of the
post. It may be formatted with the ``DATE_FORMAT`` variable, if provided,
otherwise will be kept as is. See blogc(1).
## SOURCE CONTENT - BLOCK ELEMENTS
### Paragraphs
Paragraphs are simple blocks of text.
This is a paragraph.
This is another paragraph.
### Headers
Headers are defined starting with '#' characters, then number of characters is
the level of the header.
# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4
### Blockquotes
Blockquotes are defined with lines starting with '>' characters. Content defined
inside a blockquote is parsed again, so all the block elements are allowed inside
blockquotes. The indentation after the '>' character must be preserved in the
begin of each blockquote line.
> Hello,
>
> This is the blockquote example!
### Unordered Lists
Unordered lists are defined with lines starting with '*', '+' or '-'. The same
starting character must be used for all the list items, and the indentation after
the starting character must be preserved in the begin of each line.
* First item
* Second item
* Third item
### Ordered Lists
Ordered lists are defined with lines starting with a number and a '.' character.
The indentation after the starting character must be preserved in the begin of
each line, meaning that the content of the items must be aligned. The order and
value of the numbers is ignored.
1. First item
2. Second item
10. Tenth item
To use numbers with '.' character in a non-list string, you must escape the '.'.
1234\. This is not a list
### Code Blocks
Code blocs are defined by indenting the lines with one or more whitespace characters.
This is a paragraph.
This is a code block.
Some more code.
This is another paragraph.
### Horizontal Rules
Horizontal rules are defined as a paragraph with a sequence of 2 or more '*', '+'
or '-' characters.
This is a paragraph before horizontal rule
***
This is a paragraph after horizontal rule
The horizontal rule must not be on its own paragraph, otherwise it will be parsed
as a continuation of the previous paragraph.
### HTML Blocks
HTML blocks are paragraphs started with '<' character. Everything is kept untouched
in HTML blocks, until the next paragraph.
<p>This is raw HTML</p>
This is an usual paragraph
<p>This is more raw HTML</p>
### Excerpt Separator
The excerpt is separated from the full content of a page/post using a paragraph with
a sequence of 2 or more '.' characters.
After parsing, the excerpt will be part of the full content as well.
## SOURCE CONTENT - INLINE ELEMENTS
TODO
## BUGS
The source content is handled by handwritten parsers, that even being well
tested, may be subject of parsing bugs. Please report any issues to:
<https://github.com/rafaelmartins/blogc>
At least one bug is known at this point: ``\r\n`` character sequences are
handled like 2 line breaks. The parsers won't work properly with files edited
on Windows editors like Notepad.
## AUTHOR
Rafael G. Martins <<rafael@rafaelmartins.eng.br>>
## SEE ALSO
blogc(1), blogc-template(7), strptime(3)
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