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Wusage 8.0 Manual
Email Markup Language (EML)
Email Markup Language, or EML, is a simple alternative to HTML which
is used to create plain-text reports for inclusion in email messages.
When Wusage is creating an email report, the report macro language
is used in the normal manner; see the Report Macro Language
section for
details. However, instead of delivering the generated report
directly, it is first passed through the "EML processor," which
interprets EML tags to create a plain-text message.
EML supports the following tags. All other tags that may
appear are ignored silently. Comments and HTML escape sequences
are supported exactly as in HTML. Any sequence of one or more
whitespace characters is treated as a single space, as in HTML.
To move to a new line, use the <BR> and <P> tags,
as in HTML. "Word wrap" is automatically performed.
| Tag | Syntax | Meaning
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| br |
<br> |
Break the current line and move down one line
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| p |
<p> |
Break the current line and move down two lines, if
this has not already happened. As in HTML, consecutive <p>
tags do not have a cumulative effect. |
| etable |
<etable> ... table tags here... </table> |
Begins a table. Tables in EML work somewhat differently
from tables in HTML, and the tags have different names to
emphasize this fact. A table begins with an <etable>
tag, which is followed by an <eformat> tag containing
one or more <eheading> tags specifying the width of
each table column and providing a title for the column.
The <eformat> tag is followed by one or more
<etr> table row tags, each of which contains
an <etd> tag for each entry in that row in the table.
Table text must not contain tags. Table entries which extend
beyond the heading width are chopped off at the heading
width and continued on the next line.
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| eformat |
<eformat> ... <eheading> tags here... </eformat> |
Specifies the format of the table. The <eformat> tag contains
one or more <eheading> tags, which specify the width of
each table column and provide titles for the columns.
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| eheading |
<eheading cols="XX" [numeric]> heading text goes here </eheading> |
Specifies the format of a single table column. The cols attribute of the
<eheading> tag indicates how many columns this column will occupy.
The numeric attribute, if present, indicates that each entry in this
column should be right-justified, which is the best presentation for
numbers. Otherwise, each entry is left-justified.
Any entry in this column which exceeds the specified width will be
cut off at that width and continued on the next line.
one or more <eheading> tags, which specify the width of
each table column and provide titles for the columns.
Table or heading text must not contain tags. Table entries
which extend beyond the heading width are chopped off at the heading
width and continued on the next line.
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| etr |
<etr> ... <etd> tags go here ... </etr> |
The <etr> tag specifies a single row of table data.
The individual table entries appera in <etd> tags
within the <etr> tag.
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| etd |
<etd> table entry text goes here </etd> |
The <etd> tag contains the text of a single table entry.
Table or heading text must not contain tags. Table entries
which extend beyond the heading width are chopped off at the heading
width and continued on the next line.
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