KIST Markup Quick Reference

^Keep It Simple Text(https://mdpaths.com/kist/) by Richard Rathe

'^author(Richard Rathe), v^version(0.14), ^date(December 2023)

KIST Combines the best elements of various plain text markup languages...

	File names should end in ".txt" or ".text" (plain text).
	*Blank Lines* separate elements from each other.
	Tab characters have special meaning:
		*Leading tabs* indicate list items.
		*Embedded tabs* indicate tabular data.
	Headings, lists, and tables must be well structured (hierarchal).

#Line Level Elements

Adjoining lines of text will be become a single paragraph.

"#" first on a line indicates a heading, "##" a subheading, etc.

"=" first indicates pre-formatted text.

">" first indicates a block quotation.

"---" first indicates a horizontal line.

"^" first indicates an inline image.

##Lists

"<tab>" first indicates a list, "<tab><tab>" a sublist, etc.

"<tab>" first followed by "#" indicates a numbered list.

	List
		Sublist
			#Numbered List
			#Second Item
	End of List

##Tables

	Direct use of tab-delimited data (".tab" or ".tsv" files).
	A leading '^' char on the first line indicates column headings.

^a	b	c
1	2	3
4	5	6

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#Text Elements (Cannot Span Lines!)

##Hypertext

=^Text(Link) format

= Link to ^Weather Report(https://forecast.weather.gov/).

Valid local file extensions are: html htm txt text pdf

= Link to ^Local File(kist-ref.txt) in the same directory.

Link to a ^Local File(kist-ref.txt) in the same directory.

##Images

	*Inline* images take up the full width of the text.
	*Embedded* images have links to full-sized originals.
	"Alt Text" should be a short description of the image.

=^Alt Text(Image) format

=^Flowers(picture.jpg) indicates a full sized image.

=Image ^Flowers(picture.jpg) with link to original.

Image ^Flowers(picture.jpg) with link to original.

Valid image file extensions are: jpg jpeg gif png

##Miscellaneous

=Star characters *add emphasis*.

Star characters *add emphasis*.

=Double quotes indicate "quotation". (duh!)

Double quotes indicate "quotation". (duh!)

=Curly Brackets will {highlight} a passage.

Curly Brackets will {highlight} a passage.

=Hyphens will -strikethrough- a passage.

Hyphens will -strikethrough- a passage.

Consult the full documentation for additional features...
^mdpaths.com/kist/(https://mdpaths.com/kist/)