Quaint - Text markup language

Quaint is a text markup language created in 2014 by Olivier Breuleux.

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Download source code:

git clone https://github.com/breuleux/quaint

Quaint is a markup language that you can use to write documents. It is similar to Markdown, but it is more powerful and more extensible.

Tags: text markup language
Quaint is developed on GitHub and has 33 stars
Early development of Quaint happened in https://github.com/breuleux/quaint/issues
Quaint is written in JSON, JavaScript, Markdown, CSS
See also: (2 related languages) Markdown, Scroll

Example from the web:

;; Edit me!

meta ::
  title = My Resume
  author = My Name

= meta::title

Hello, my name is __meta::author and this is meta::title~! I have many skills:

* Pirate skills
  * Eye patch
  * Peg leg
* _Ninja skills
  css ::
    .invisible { color: transparent; }
  # span.invisible % Stealth!
  # Nunchakus
* Robot skills
  * Beep! Boop!
* I can also cook!
  + Meal       + Can I cook it? + How good?
  | Potatoes   | Yes            | Delicious
  | Steak      | Yes            | Rare
  | Egg salad  | You bet!       | Decadent
  | Cheesecake | Yes!!!         | Oh my god

My website is @@{web}. Find me on Google@@http://google.com~! It's easy as 2 + 2 = {2 + 2}!

web => http://my.amazing.website.com

Please embed my `code on your website:

javascript &
  function virus() { alert("AAAAAAAAHHH"); }

@@image:assets/quaint-small.png

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Comments	✓	;; A comment
Line Comments	✓	;; A comment	;;
Semantic Indentation	✓