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Overview

This document describes the Meta-HTML language, Version 6.11. It constitutes the definitive reference for this version of the language. While the functions described in this manual will continue to operate as documented, there may be new functions or enhancements appearing in future versions of the language which will supersede the functionality that the documented ones provide.

This manual is not a tutorial, or user guide. There is a project underway to create such tools -- a short web-based tutorial exists at http://www.metahtml.org/tutorial; there are code examples at http://www.metahtml.org/examples; there is a complete function index at function-index.mhtml.

I have tried to lay the manual out so that it can be viewed from different angles. Clicking on a top-level section in the Table of Contents below returns a page which contains all of the subsections displayed under that section name. Clicking on a subsection returns only that subsection, but the top of each page allows you to go forward and backwards through the subsections of the manual.

Comments and/or suggestions for improvement on this manual, the language definition, or writing style(!!) should be sent to bug-manual@metahtml.org.

Table of Contents:

1. Language Overview
   • The Purpose of Meta-HTML
   • Implementation Design
   • Syntax of Commands

2. Language Features
   • Variables
   • Arrays
   • Packages
   • Flow Control
   • Arithmetic Operators
   • Relational Operators
   • String Operators
   • Page Operators
   • File Operators
   • Stream Operators
   • Session Operators
   • Language Operators
   • Macro Commands
   • Database Commands
   • Generic Sql Interface
   • Direct Dbm Access
   • Debugging Commands
   • Dates And Times
   • Authorization Tags
   • Meta Html Tcp/Ip Servers
   • Html Helpers
   • Color Manipulation
   • Using Gnuplot
   • Powerstrip System Tags
   • Dynamic Modules
   • Elsewhen Module
   • Csv Module
   • Perl Module
   • Primitive Operators
   • Page Variables
   • Server Variables
   • Statistics Module
   • Syslog Module
   • Moddate Module
   • Machine Module
   • Md5 Module
   • Example Module
   • Code Profiling
   • Session Server Module
   • Echo Module
   • Compiler Module
   • Alists
   • Image Module

3. Installation Guide
   • Installing the Server
   • Installing the Engine
   • Configuring the Server

   Appendices

   • Network Appendix
   • Pagecount Appendix

4. Function Index

5. Variable Index

The META-HTML Reference Manual V2.0 Copyright © 1995, 1998, Brian J. Fox
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