artemus -i|--input={input file} -o|--output={output file}
[-c|--conf={config file}]
[-p|--paragraph={paragraph_separator}]
[-m|--msdos] [-a|--append]
artemus is a text substitution tool (thought mainly for preprocessing HTML).
Macros are defined in the file artemus.conf, in the form key=value,
being value the destination text, that can have parameters. The macro is
included in the source file between the {- and } marks. The (possible)
parameters are delimited by the | symbol.
Examples:
In artemus.conf file:
# some simple definitions
Perl=<a href="http://www.perl.com">Perl</a>
LWN=<a href="http://www.lwn.net">Linux Weekly News</a>
separator=<br><hr><br>
head=<html><body bgcolor=ffffff>
# definitions with parameters
# generic link
link=<a href="http://$1">$0</a>
# generic meta
meta=<meta name="$1" content="$0">
# link using the link macro
CPAN={-link|CPAN|www.cpan.org}
In a source file index.artemus:
{-head}
{-meta|links, free software|keywords}
<h1>Links</h1>
<ul>
<li>{-Perl}
<li>{-LWN}
<li>{-CPAN}
<li>{-link|kernel.org|www.kernel.org}
</ul>
{-separator}
By running
artemus -i index.artemus -o index.html
you obtain the file index.html:
<html><body bgcolor=ffffff> <meta name="keywords" content="links, free software"> <h1>Links</h1> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.perl.com">Perl</a> <li><a href="http://www.lwn.net">Linux Weekly News</a> <li><a href="http://www.cpan.org">CPAN</a> <li><a href="http://www.kernel.org">kernel.org</a> </ul> <br><hr><br>
The --paragraph argument let us define a string to substitute the empty lines in the document. If defined as <p>, you can create HTML documents separating the paragraphs with only a blank line, as artemus will fill them with <p>.
The --msdos argument creates the typical MSDOS end of line, CR+LF.
The --append argument appends the output to destination file, instead of overwriting it.
(C) Angel Ortega <angel@triptico.com> 2000/2008