GUIDE 7 — FULL ELEMENT REFERENCE

the \ expander

marktxt extends into full html replacement with the \ expander.
after \, read exactly 2 characters. the second character determines type:

letter + letter = element (\bb = button, \th = thead)
letter + . = element (\d. = div, \n. = nav)
letter + : = attribute (\a: = generic, \i: = id)

block elements close with ;| and inline elements close with ;.

attributes

shortcut	html output	example
?:value;"	class="value"	?:box,card;" = class="box card"
$:value;"	style="value"	$:color>red;" = style="color:red"
\i:value;"	id="value"	\i:main;" = id="main"
\a:key>val;"	key="val"	\a:type>email;" = type="email"
\a:flag;"	flag (boolean)	\a:disabled;" = disabled
\e:name;"	entity	\e:copy;" = ©

dot-padded elements (page structure)

marktxt	html	closer	description
\b.	body	;\|	document body
\c.	canvas	;\|	drawing surface
\d.	div	;\|	division / container
\f.	footer	;\|	page or section footer
\g.	figure	;\|	figure container
\h.	header	;\|	page or section header
\j.	script	;\|	javascript
\k.	link	;\|	resource link (void)
\l.	label	;.	form label
\m.	main	;\|	main content
\n.	nav	;\|	navigation
\o.	option	;.	select option
\p.	template	;\|	web component template
\q.	(raw)	;\|	passthrough (svg, mathml)
\r.	article	;\|	article
\s.	span	;.	inline container
\t.	table	;\|	table
\u.	audio	;\|	audio player
\v.	video	;\|	video player
\w.	aside	;\|	sidebar / tangent
\x.	section	;\|	thematic section
\y.	style	;\|	stylesheet block

double-letter elements

marktxt	html	closer	description
\aa	area	;\|	image map region (void)
\bb	button	;.	clickable button
\cc	caption	;.	table caption
\dd	details	;\|	disclosure widget
\ee	embed	;\|	external plugin (void)
\ff	form	;\|	form container
\gg	figcaption	;.	figure caption
\hh	head	;\|	document head
\ii	input	;\|	input field (void)
\jj	iframe	;\|	inline frame
\kk	kbd	;.	keyboard input
\ll	legend	;.	fieldset caption
\mm	meta	;\|	metadata (void)
\nn	noscript	;\|	no-script fallback
\oo	object	;\|	embedded object
\pp	picture	;\|	responsive image
\rr	ruby	;.	ruby annotation
\ss	select	;\|	dropdown
\tt	textarea	;\|	text area
\uu	summary	;.	disclosure heading
\vv	var	;.	variable
\ww	dialog	;\|	dialog box
\xx	search	;\|	search landmark
\yy	slot	;.	web component slot

mnemonic elements (grouped by parent)

table group

marktxt	html	closer	description
\th	thead	;\|	table head group
\tb	tbody	;\|	table body group
\tf	tfoot	;\|	table foot group
\tr	tr	;\|	table row
\td	td	;.	table cell
\tw	th	;.	table header cell
\tg	colgroup	;\|	column group
\tk	col	;\|	column (void)

form group

marktxt	html	closer	description
\fd	fieldset	;\|	field group
\fg	optgroup	;\|	option group
\fk	datalist	;\|	input suggestions
\fp	output	;.	calculated result

media group

marktxt	html	closer	description
\ms	source	;\|	media source (void)
\mk	track	;\|	subtitles / captions (void)
\mp	map	;\|	image map

head group

marktxt	html	closer	description
\ht	title	;.	page title

inline semantics

marktxt	html	closer	description
\im	mark	;.	highlight
\it	time	;.	date / time
\ia	abbr	;.	abbreviation
\ic	cite	;.	citation
\ix	dfn	;.	definition
\ip	samp	;.	sample output
\il	small	;.	side comment
\iq	q	;.	inline quote
\iw	wbr	;.	word break (void)

progress and meter

marktxt	html	closer	description
\pg	progress	;.	progress bar
\pm	meter	;.	measurement gauge

description list

marktxt	html	closer	description
\dl	dl	;\|	description list
\dt	dt	;.	description term
\dc	dd	;.	description detail

ruby

marktxt	html	closer	description
\rt	rt	;.	ruby text
\rp	rp	;.	ruby parenthesis

rare

marktxt	html	closer	description
\bi	bdi	;.	bidi isolate
\bo	bdo	;.	bidi override
\da	data	;.	machine-readable
\in	ins	;.	inserted text
\de	del	;.	deleted text
\ad	address	;\|	contact info
\hg	hgroup	;\|	heading group
\mn	menu	;\|	toolbar menu
\ba	base	;\|	base URL (void)

void elements (self-closing)

these elements have no content — attributes then ;| immediately.

\k. \ii \mm \aa \ee \tk \ms \mk \iw \ba

;\ii\a:type>email;\i:email;" ;|       <input type="email" id="email">
;\mm\a:charset>utf-8;" ;|            <meta charset="utf-8">
;\k.\a:rel>stylesheet;\a:href>/s.css;" ;|  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/s.css">

core operators (built-in, no \ needed)

these are part of base .mt — they have their own operators:

marktxt	html	description
;^ text ;.	strong	bold
;% text ;.	em	italic
;` text ;.	code	inline code
;' block ;.	pre + code	code block
;- item ;.	li (in ul)	bullet
;N. item ;.	li (in ol)	numbered
;+ item ;.	checkbox	unchecked
;* item ;.	checkbox	checked
;< text ;.	blockquote	quote
;} url ;.	a	plain link
;] text ;. ;}url ;.	a	linked text
;{ alt ;. ;}url ;.	img	image
;[ cell ;	td	table cell
;~ text ;.	p	paragraph
;! ;.	br	line break
;& ;.	hr	divider
;# text ;.	(none)	comment
;\st text ;.	del	strikethrough
;\sp text ;.	sup	superscript
;\sb text ;.	sub	subscript
;\fn text ;.	small	footnote
;\d. ;\|	div	block container
;\s. ;.	span	inline container

reference links

want to compare syntax? check the official docs:

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