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KIST Markup - Quick Reference

^KIST Markup{index.html} by ^author{Richard Rathe}, v^version{0.20}, ^date{March 2025}

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

	File names should end in ".txt" or ".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.

"^alt{image.jpg" 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-quickref.txt} in the same directory.

Link to a ^Local File{kist-quickref.txt} in the same directory.

#Images

	*Inline* images take up the full width of the text.
	*Floating* images will appear smaller, embedded within a paragraph.
	*Text* should be a short description of the image.

=^Yellow Flower{kist_images/picture2.jpg}

^Yellow Flower{kist_images/picture2.jpg}

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.

Consult the full documentation for additional features...
^https://richard.mdpaths.com/projects/kist/{https://richard.mdpaths.com/projects/kist/}