xfpt 0.00 review

xfpt is a program that reads a file of plain text that contains relatively simple markup, and outputs an XML file. xfpt project is

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 121K Developer: Philip Hazel

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xfpt is a program that reads a file of plain text that contains relatively simple markup, and outputs an XML file.

xfpt project is intended to simplify the management of XML data. It is not a program that attempts to turn a plain text document into XML. Markup within text is introduced by ampersand characters, but is otherwise "soft".

You can define what follows the ampersand, for example, &" to generate a "quote" element. There is also a macro facility that allows for higher level concepts such as chapters, displays, tables, etc.

Installation:

It should just be a matter of typing

./configure
make
make install

to get youself an installed xfpt command. There is a man page that lists the
command arguments. However, the main documentation is provided only as a PDF
file in the doc directory. The xfpt source that was used to create the XML that
in turn was used to generate the PDF is also included. You can get rid of xfpt
by "make uninstall".