Tags (text)

Text tags (also known as elements by snooty HTML purists) control how the text is formatted. HTML syntax is used, so all tags start with and end with. The tags which are currently supported by Dream Seeker, are listed below:

Tags
&lt;A&gt;&lt;/A&gt;             // anchor (hyperlink) &lt;ACRONYM&gt;&lt;/ACRONYM&gt; // acronym or abbreviation &lt;B&gt;&lt;/B&gt;             // bold text &lt;BIG&gt;&lt;/BIG&gt;         // one size bigger text &lt;BODY&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;       // body of html document &lt;BR&gt;                // line break &lt;CITE&gt;&lt;/CITE&gt;       // citation reference &lt;CODE&gt;&lt;/CODE&gt;       // program source code &lt;DFN&gt;&lt;/DFN&gt;         // definition &lt;DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;         // used in conjunction with style sheets &lt;EM&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;           // emphasized text &lt;FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;       // font face, color, and size &lt;H1&gt;&lt;/H1&gt;           // heading level &lt;H2&gt;&lt;/H2&gt; &lt;H3&gt;&lt;/H3&gt; &lt;H4&gt;&lt;/H4&gt; &lt;H5&gt;&lt;/H5&gt; &lt;H6&gt;&lt;/H6&gt; &lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;       // document head section &lt;HTML&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;       // html document &lt;I&gt;&lt;/I&gt;             // italic text &lt;IMG&gt;&lt;/IMG&gt;         // display icons &lt;KBD&gt;&lt;/KBD&gt;         // keyboard input &lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;             // paragraph &lt;PRE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;         // pre-formatted text &lt;S&gt;&lt;/S&gt;             // overstrike text &lt;SAMP&gt;&lt;/SAMP&gt;       // sample output &lt;SMALL&gt;&lt;/SMALL&gt;     // one size smaller text &lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;       // used in conjunction with style sheets &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;   // strongly emphasized text &lt;STYLE&gt;&lt;/STYLE&gt;     // contains a style sheet &lt;TITLE&gt;&lt;/TITLE&gt;     // document title &lt;TT&gt;&lt;/TT&gt;           // typewriter style &lt;U&gt;&lt;/U&gt;             // underline &lt;VAR&gt;&lt;/VAR&gt;         // variable name &lt;XMP&gt;&lt;/XMP&gt;         // preformatted (tags ignored)

In addition to these, the  tag, which is not standard HTML, may be used to beep the terminal.

Some tags take additional parameters, known as attributes. The most common ones are  and. The syntax for these is illustrated by the following two examples:

"How about this!" "Click here!"

As many attributes may be specified as desired. The attribute value may have quotes around it, but this is only necessary if the value contains spaces. It is usually more convenient to use single quotes so you don't have to escape the double quotes, but you can also embed the HTML in a text document to avoid the need for escaping quotes.

Colors
Text colors may be specified by name or RGB value. The named colors and their corresponding RGB value are listed in the following table:

The hexadecimal colors above are written with 8 bits (two hex digits) for each color. It is also possible to use 4 bit values by using only one hex digit per color. The full 8 bit color is produced by repeating each digit. For example,  (red) is the same as.

Text sizes range from 1 to 7, 1 being the smallest and 7 being the largest. In addition to absolute sizes, relative sizes may be specified (like +1 for one size bigger or -1 for one size smaller).