Terrarum/assets/mods/basegame/books/btex.xml

<btexdoc cover="hardcover" inner="standard" papersize="standard">
<cover>
    <title>The Way to Mastery of<br />Lorem Ipsum</title>
    <subtitle>Or, How To Write and Publish a Book</subtitle>
    <author>Terran Publishing</author>
    <edition>Test Edition</edition>
</cover>

<tocpage><tableofcontents /></tocpage>

<manuscript>
    <part>The Book</part>

    <chapter>What Is a Book</chapter>

    <p>This example book is written to give readers the example of the Book Language.</p>

    <section hide="1">What Qualifies as a Book</section>

    <p><index id="the book" />Under the book typesetting system, a Book is a collection of texts typesetted for an improved
        legibility, enumerable pages, with insertion of other helpful resources such as illustrations
        and <a href="hyperlink">hyperlinks</a>.</p>
    <p>Books are considered as bound and always presented in two pages for reading.</p>

    <chapter>Writing a Book Using a Typewriter</chapter>

    <p><index id="typewriter" />Typewriter allows quick scribbling of the words in convenient manners, just click on them and get
        writing!</p>
    <p>But it comes with big downsides: you cannot type in multiple writing systems, cannot have defined
        chapters and sections, cannot include any illustrations, no hyperlinks, and of course, ragged texts.</p>
    <p>Typed papers are considered as non-bound and only one page at a time will be presented.</p>
    <p>All in all, you cannot write a true Book using a typewriter.</p>

    <chapter>Writing a Book with Publishers and Printing Presses</chapter>

    <p>Professional-looking texts, with all the benefits of a real Book can be made, or even mass-produced
        easily with the help of publishers.</p>
    <p>To have your precious texts to be printed, you must send your manuscripts to a publisher, and the
        manuscript must be written in a special language: the <btex />.</p>
    <p><btex /> allows concise description of the entire shape of your book, any style the book typesetting
        system can support can be described and printing presses will produce the papers accordingly.
        You can even try to mimic the look and feel of papers created using a typewriter, if you want to.</p>


    <part>The <btex /></part>

    <chapter>Introduction</chapter>

    <p><index id="btex language" /><btex /> is a markup language based on XML, with a resemblance of the <latex />.
        <btex /> abstracts away the meticulous styling and typesetting configurations, so you can focus on
        actually writing your texts than debugging the <latex /> macros. This does come with a downside of
        not being able to change the given style.</p>
    <p><btex /> document is divided up to five parts: the <itemname>Style Declaration</itemname>, the
        <itemname>Cover</itemname>, the <itemname>Table of Contents</itemname>, the
        <itemname>Manuscript</itemname>, and the <itemname>Index Page</itemname>. Of which the
        Style Declaration and the Manuscript is the mandatory parts.</p>


    <chapter>The Style Declaration</chapter>

    <p><index id="btexdoc" />The Style Declaration is the very first line of a <btex /> document. Its syntax is as follows:</p>

    <pbox>
        <index id="btexdoc (tag)" />
        &lt;btexdoc cover="hardcover" inner="standard" papersize="standard"&gt;
    </pbox>

    <p>The <code>btexdoc</code> tag takes three attributes: <code>cover</code>, <code>inner</code> and <code>papersize</code>.</p>
    <ul>
        <li><code>cover</code> — changes the style of the cover. Possible values: <code>hardcover</code>, <code>none</code></li>
        <li><code>inner</code> — changes the style of the body. Possible values: <code>standard</code>, <code>typewriter</code></li>
        <li><code>papersize</code> — defines the size of the paper. Possible values: <code>standard</code></li>
    </ul>

    <chapter>The Cover</chapter>

    <p><index id="cover" />The Cover defines the text on the cover of the book. If your text has no cover, this part can be omitted. Its syntax is as follows:</p>
    <pbox>
        <index id="cover (tag)" />
        <index id="title (tag)" />
        <index id="subtitle (tag)" />
        <index id="author (tag)" />
        <index id="edition (tag)" />
        &lt;cover&gt;
        　　&lt;title&gt;Title of your book&lt;/title&gt;
        　　&lt;subtitle&gt;Subtitle if necessary&lt;/subtitle&gt;
        　　&lt;author&gt;Who wrote this book&lt;/author&gt;
        　　&lt;edition&gt;Edition information if necessary&lt;/edition&gt;
        &lt;/cover&gt;
    </pbox>
    <p>Only the <code>title</code> tag is mandatory. Cover texts will be printed using a special font that has wider
        gaps between characters. The title text will be printed in a double-size.</p>


    <chapter>The Table of Contents</chapter>

    <p><index id="table of contents" />The contents of the Table of Contents is filled in automatically by reading through your manuscript;
        parts, chapters and sections will be added. Its syntax is as follows:</p>

    <pbox>
        <index id="tocpage (tag)" />
        &lt;tocpage title="Custom page name if necessary"&gt;&lt;tableofcontents /&gt;&lt;/tocpage&gt;
    </pbox>

    <p>The optional <code>title</code> attribute allows a custom name can be given to this page.
        If unspecified, the default name is “Table of Contents”.</p>
    <p>The tag <code>&lt;tableofcontents /&gt;</code> is an internal tag used by the typesetter.</p>


    <chapter>The Manuscript</chapter>

    <p><index id="manuscript" /><index id="tags" />This is the part where you actually write your body texts in. The body text can have the following tags:</p>
    <ul>
        <li><index id="part (tag)" /><code>part</code> — inserts part separation page to your book</li>
        <li><index id="chapter (tag)" /><index id="section (tag)" /><code>chapter</code>, <code>section</code> — inserts a new chapter/section. If an alternative name is required on the Table of Contents, the <code>alt</code> attribute can be used. If the chapter/section needs to be hidden on the Table of Contents, add the <code>hide="1"</code> attribute. If the chapter must start on a new page, simply add <code>newpage</code> in front of the chapter tag</li>
        <li><index id="p (tag)" /><code>p</code> — inserts a new paragraph. The body texts must be written inside this tag. All paragraphs will have a 16-pixel indentation, with the following exceptions: first <code>p</code> of the part/chapter/section; first <code>p</code> after <code>br</code>, <code>newpage</code>, <code>pbox</code>, <code>ul</code>, <code>ol</code> or <code>anonbreak</code></li>
        <li><index id="span (tag)" /><code>span</code> — allows changing the colour of the texts. The colour must be specified in the <code>colour</code> attribute. Six-digit hex code, three-digit hex code and CSS Colors Level 4 named colours are supported. Note that all the colours will be rounded to the nearest three-digit hex code</li>
        <li><index id="emph (tag)" /><code>emph</code> — is a special case of the <code>span</code> tag. The resulting text will be <emph>red</emph></li>
        <li><index id="itemname (tag)" /><code>itemname</code> — is a special case of the <code>span</code> tag used to highlight the name of the ingame item. The resulting text will be <itemname>blue</itemname></li>
        <li><index id="targetname (tag)" /><code>targetname</code> — is a special case of the <code>span</code> tag used to highlight the name of an arbitrary target or goals. The resulting text will be <targetname>green</targetname></li>
        <li><index id="code (tag)" /><code>code</code> — is a special case of the <code>span</code> tag used to highlight the code element in-line. The resulting text will be <code>surrounded in a grey box</code></li>
        <li><index id="br (tag)" /><code>br</code> — self-closing tag; inserts an anonymous line break</li>
        <li><index id="newpage (tag)" /><code>newpage</code> — self-closing tag; inserts an anonymous page break</li>
        <li><index id="anonbreak (tag)" /><code>anonbreak</code> — self-closing tag; inserts a paragraph break in the text. The break will be in a form of a long straight line on the centre of the text. Useful for typesetting novels</li>
        <li><index id="pbox (tag)" /><code>pbox</code> — is a paragraph box that holds a text in a grey box, a style similar to the <code>code</code> tag</li>
        <li><index id="ul (tag)" /><index id="li (tag)" /><code>ul</code> — starts an unordered list. List elements are defined using the <code>li</code> tag</li>
        <li><index id="ol (tag)" /><code>ol</code> — starts an ordered list. List elements are defined using the <code>li</code> tag</li>
        <li><index id="fullpagebox (tag)" /><code>fullpagebox</code> — is used to typeset its child tags into a box that fills an entire page, with its contents centred on the page. Must be used after the <code>newpage</code></li>
        <li><index id="btex (tag)" /><code>btex</code> — self-closing tag; inserts an inline form of the <btex /> logo in the text</li>
    </ul>
    <p>Self-closing tags have no child tags. To use a self-closing tag, simply do <code>&lt;tagname /&gt;</code>.</p>


    <section>Hyperlinking</section>

    <p><index id="hyperlink" />Hyperlinks can be defined using <code>index</code> and <code>a</code> tags.</p>
    <ul>
        <li><index id="index (tag)" /><code>index</code> — will define a target for a link. Indices require a unique identifier to work as a link, and the identifier must be defined in the <code>id</code> attribute</li>
        <li><index id="a (tag)" /><code>a</code> — will make its child texts to be clickable. The link target (index identifier) must be defined in the <code>href</code> attribute</li>
    </ul>

    <chapter>The Index Page</chapter>

    <p><index id="index page" />The contents of the Index Page is filled in automatically by reading through your manuscript.
        All the usage of <code>index</code> tags will be shown here. Its syntax is as follows:</p>

    <pbox>
        <index id="indexpage (tag)" />
        &lt;indexpage title="Custom page name if necessary"&gt;&lt;tableofindices /&gt;&lt;/indexpage&gt;
    </pbox>

    <p>The optional <code>title</code> attribute allows a custom name can be given to this page. If unspecified,
        the default name is “Index”.</p>


    <chapter>Ending the Document</chapter>

    <p>The <btex /> document must begin with the opening <code>btexdoc</code> tag, and therefore must
        end with a matching closing tag. Simply write away <code>&lt;/btexdoc&gt;</code> and the
        document is finished.</p>


    <chapter>Conclusion</chapter>

    <p>The finished book description using <btex /> can be sent to a publisher, and if there are no errors
        on your submission, the printed books of specified number of copies will be delivered to your
        location within a reasonable amount of business days. Happy writing!</p>

    <newpage />

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    </fullpagebox>

</manuscript>

<indexpage><tableofindices /></indexpage>
</btexdoc>