Document Formats

Scrolltext

The Scrolltext hypertext document format is heavily influenced by Gemini and Markdown.

Paragraphs act like Gemini paragraphs. Each line with none of the line prefixes described in this document below should be interpreted as paragraphs. Lines are not reflowed, but they may be word-wrapped.

Strong, emphasis, and inline code blocks are semantic markup using toggles that are allowed inside paragraphs, list items, and blockquotes. The toggles are single asterisk, single underscore, and single backtick, respectively. A toggle character that is between two symbols, as defined by Unicode’s punctuation and symbol categories, should not be interpreted as a toggle.

Inline code blocks may be used to delimit code, keyboard keystrokes, sample software input/output, or variables.

This is a *paragraph* with _inline markup_ for the scroll protocol's `scrolltext`.

All inline markup may not extend past the line ending. This means a toggle that is not toggled off will automatically be toggled off at the end of the line it is placed in. In simpler terms, strong, emphasis, and inline code blocks cannot extend to multiple paragraphs, multiple list items, or multiple paragraphs and list items inside blockquotes.

Clients may choose not to present inline markup.

Headings

# Level-1 Heading
## Level-2 Heading
### Level-3 Heading
#### Level-4 Heading
##### Level-5 Heading

Thematic Break

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Code Blocks

Code blocks are semantic. They specify a content-type tag, and a block of the given textual content-type.

Examples of code block content-type tags include:

ascii-art
plain
a programming language name
samp for sample software input/output

An example is given below:

```C
void main() {
  // C program here.
}
```

Quotes and Lists

Quotes use Markdown syntax. Lists use AsciiDoc syntax.

> Quote here

*  List item 1
** Nested list item
*  List item 2

Ordered lists are bullets prepended with a number and a ., like so:

*  1. List item
** Nested item
*  2. List item

Links

Links use Gemini syntax. They must be placed on a line on their own.

=> scroll://auragem.ddns.net/ AuraGem Scrollery

Input Links

Input Links are a concept taken from Spartan (and Gemini) that allows the browser to immediately ask for input before having to make a server request, or show an editable textbox in place of the link. Their syntax is very similar to Gemini link syntax:

=: scroll://auragem.ddns.net/search/s/ AuraGem Search

Scroll Protocol