Documented Features

<title>...</title>
sets the title of the document
<h1>...</h1>

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<h2>...</h2>

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<h3>...</h3>

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<h4>...</h4>

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<h5>...</h5>

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<h6>...</h6>

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<a>...</a>
- <A name=name>...</A>.
  Sets a tag in your document which can be href'd back to. Click here to go to the end of the document
- <A href=name>link</a>
  makes a hypertext link to the named item.
  - <A href=name>...</a>
    This makes a link to the named file
```
     link to a text file
```
  - <A href=#name>...</a>
    A hash means that the link is to a tag in this document.
```
     link to the top of this file
```
  - <A href=news:newsgroup>...</a>
    connects to the news-server taken from the environment variable NNTP_SERVERand reads the newsgroup.
```
     link to www newsgroup
     link to all newsgroups
```
  - <A href=wais:name>...</a>
    connects to a wais server.
```
     link to novell wais
```
  - <A href=ftp:name>...</a>
    connects to a ftp server.
```
     link to ftp at Novell Germany
```
  - <A href=gopher:name>...</a>
    connects to a gopher server.
```
     link to novell gopher
```
  - <A href=http:name>...</a>
    with http: the file is somewhere else on the net.
<p>
A new paragraph
starts here
<address>...</address>
seems to just set italic text, but is meant to show the author of the document
mydocument / me / me@me.com

unnumbered lists

<ul>   start of list
<li>   list element 1
<ul>   start of list 2
</ul>  end of list 2
<li>   list element 2
<li>   list element 3
<li>   list element 4
</ul>  end of list

which looks like

list element 1.1
- list element 2.1
list element 1.2
list element 1.3
list element 1.4

<ol>

numbered lists

<ol>  start of list
<li>  item
<ol>  start of list 2
</ol> end of list 2
<li>  item
<li>  item
<li>  item
</ol> end of list

which looks like

item
1. item
item
item
item

<li>
List items (as used above)
<menu>
This is a list of smaller paragraphs.
```
  <menu [compact]>

  <li>item
  <li>item
  <li>item
  </menu>
```
This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1, This is menu item 1.
This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2, This is menu item 2,
This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3, This is menu item 3,
<dfn>...</dfn>
a text style used for definitions: eg: "definitions".
<dir [compact]>
This should display the items going accross the page.
```
  <dir>

  <li>item<li>item
  <li>item
  </dir>
```
item1
item2
item3
item4
item5
<dl [compact]>...</dl>
Description list
```
  <DL>
  <DT> description 1
  <DD> blah blah ....
  <DT> description 2
  <DD> waffle waffle ....
  </DL>
```
is formatted to

description 1
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
description 2
waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle
<dt>
Description list item title as used above
<dd>
Description list item details as used above

         preformatted       text,   retains spaces and
	       line feeds

an optional parameter width=n can be given.

<img>
<IMG SRC="image.gif">
displays an . By default the bottom of the image is aligned with the bottom of the text, This can be changed using the parameter ALIGN
<IMG SRC="image.gif" ALIGN=top>
displays the with the top aligned.
<IMG SRC="image.gif" ALIGN=middle>
displays the with the middle aligned.
if the image doesnt exist this picture: will appear
<IMG SRC="image.gif" alt="text">
will display the text in a text environment.
All tags in HTML have a corresponding terminator. For <IMG>, its terminator is technically </IMG>. It is probably best not to use this teminator as recent versions of Mosaic interpret </IMG> as an inline image that doesnt exist.
<tt>...</tt>
sets fixed width font
<b>...</b>
sets bold font
<i>...</i>
sets italic font
<em>...</em>
sets emphasised font
<strong>...</strong>
sets stronger font
<code>...</code>
this sets the font to be fixed width, otherwise everything is the same
<samp>...</samp>
a sequence of literal characters eg: &%$*&&&(^_+_)(.
<kbd>
formats it as in manuals when users are asked to type things in. eg: help
<var>...</var>
indicates a variable name
<cite>...</cite>
cites the text in a predefined font. This font may be set up as being italic.
<blockquote>...</blockquote>
formats text like so

this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote, this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote, this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote, this is a block quote, this is a block quote,this is a block quote,
See what I mean? it should leave white space before and after it.

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