![\"$NAME\"](\"/emoji/$NAME.png\" "\\":$NAME:\\"")
"
+local emoji_template = " What is babycode?
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"What is babycode?", "what-is-babycode"}) %> +You may be familiar with BBCode, a loosely related family of markup languages popular on forums. Babycode is another, simplified, dialect of those languages. It is a way of formatting text by enclosing parts of it in special tags.
+Text formatting tags
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Text formatting tags", "text-formatting-tags"}) %> +-
+
- To make some text bold, enclose it in
[b][/b]:
+ [b]Hello World[/b]
+ Will become
+ Hello World +
-
+
- To italicize text, enclose it in
[i][/i]:
+ [i]Hello World[/i]
+ Will become
+ Hello World +
-
+
- To make some text
strikethrough, enclose it in[s][/s]:
+ [s]Hello World[/s]
+ Will become
+Hello World+
Emotes
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Emotes", "emoji"}) %> +There are a few emoji in the style of old forum emotes:
+ <% --[[ we'll pretend like i will totally refactor emojis and generate this table dynamically in the future. clown emoji ]]%> +| Short code(s) | +Emoji result | +
|---|---|
| :angry: | + |
+
| :(: | + |
+
| :D: | + |
+
| :imp: | + |
+
| :impangry: :angryimp: | + |
+
| :lobster: | + |
+
| :|: | + |
+
| :pensive: | + |
+
| :): | + |
+
| :smiletear: :crytear: | + |
+
| :,: :T: :cry: :sob: | + |
+
| :o: :O: | + |
+
| :hmm: :think: :thinking: | + |
+
| :P: :p: | + |
+
| :weary: | + |
+
| :;: :wink: | + |
+
Special thanks to the Forumoji project and its contributors for these graphics.
+Paragraph rules
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Paragraph rules", "paragraph-rules"}) %> +Line breaks in babycode work more like Markdown: to start a new paragraph, use two line breaks:
+paragraph 1
+
+paragraph 2+ paragraph 1
paragraph 2 +
To break a line without starting a new paragraph, end a line with two spaces:
+paragraph 1
+still paragraph 1+ paragraph 1
still paragraph 1 +
Links
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Links", "links"}) %> +Loose links (starting with http:// or https://) will automatically get converted to clickable links. To add a label to a link, use[url=https://example.com]Link label[/url]:
+ Link label
Attaching an image
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Attaching an image", "attaching-an-image"}) %> +To add an image to your post, use the [img] tag:
+ [img=https://forum.poto.cafe/avatars/default.webp]the Lua logo with a cowboy hat[/img]
+
Images will always break up a paragraph and will get scaled down to a maximum of 400px. The text inside the tag will become the image's alt text.
+Adding code blocks
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Adding code blocks", "adding-code-blocks"}) %> +There are two kinds of code blocks recognized by babycode: inline and block. Inline code blocks do not break a paragraph. They can be added with [code]your code here[/code]. As long as there are no line breaks inside the code block, it is considered inline. If there are any, it will produce this:
<%= code %>Babycodes are not parsed inside code blocks.
+Quoting
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Quoting", "quoting"}) %> +Text enclosed within [quote][/quote] will look like a quote:
A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.+
Lists
+ <% table.insert(tocs, {"Lists", "lists"}) %> +There are two kinds of lists, ordered (1, 2, 3, ...) and unordered (bullet points). Ordered lists are made with [ol][/ol] tags, and unordered with [ul][/ul]. Every new paragraph according to the usual paragraph rules will create a new list item. For example:
[ul]
+item 1
+
+item 2
+
+item 3
+still item 3 (break line without inserting a new item by using two spaces at the end of a line)
+[/ul]+ Will produce the following list: +
-
+
- item 1 +
- item 2 +
- item 3
still item 3 (break line without inserting a new item by using two spaces at the end of a line)
+
Table of contents
+-
+ <% for _, t in ipairs(tocs) do %>
+
- <%= t[1] %> + <% end %> +