Basics Commands

• copy and modify sample.t2t ; sample.sty (margins, header, size of paper, the size and name of the font...). Define export TEXTALLIONDOC=your_document_name or modify the makefile then :
• make pdf (needs LaTeX) ; make html (or make slidy for html slide show); make epub (needs calibre)
  • or make pdfsmall : a document with 2 pages in one (needs pdfjam)
  • or make booklet : a recto-verso leaflet (needs psutils).
• make clean ; make cleanall ; make clean-everything
• make all : html, pdf, epub and clean temporary files.

Basic Syntax

• **bold** : bold, //italic// : italic, __underline__ : underline, --strike-- : strike
• == title == (different levels)
• - list
• + numbered list
• ``code`` / ''tag'' / ""raw"" (so you can include protected characters like |)
• [image.jpg]
• [link to a website http://code.google.com/p/textallion] : link to a website
• | table |

• °°note°° or °°note(1)°° : footnote

Special characters and features

• image size: [path_to/my_image.png][24] (in millimeters)

• Wrapping image : [image.png]{~~~~} (image to the left) or {~~~~}[image.png] (image to the right)

• adding music: [song.ogg]

• colors: @@COLOR@@name of the color@@Text to colorize@@/COLOR@@
  • basic colors are: black blue brown cyan darkgray gray green lightgray lime magenta olive orange pink purple red teal violet white yellow. Use also html code (only for html) for ex: #6D7D2E
    
    
• Centering text: a leading | (latex only)
  • or {->--} and {-<--}:
  • or with @@begin((center))** et @@end((center))**

• Page break : {/...} / line break : {//..}

• Columns : {|0|} to {|4|}

• Increase text size: begins with { ++ } and ends with {/++ }
• Decrease text size: begins with { -- } and ends with {/-- }
  
• Italic area: begins with { // } and ends with {/// }
• Bold area: begins with { ** } and ends with {/** }

• Exergue: begins with {  ~~} and ends with {/ ~~}{name of author}

• Boxed area: begins with SYMBboxedBegin and ends with SYMBboxedEnd
  
• Code: begins with {####} and ends with {/###}

• French guillemets: {" } and { "}
• Em dash (quadratin): ---

• LaTeX code: replace \ by @@ and the { et } by (( and )) then end your command with 2 stars ** to indicate the end of the code. Or use verbatim (`) or tagged (') format.

• Index: {^}word{^}