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+ The NICETEXT bundle
+
+ (c) 2009 Uwe Lueck http://contact-ednotes.sty.de.vu
+
+ == General Idea ==
+
+The NICETEXT bundle offers ``minimal'' markup syntax for rather
+simple kinds of text. The code you type should show little more
+characters than are printed, though you get LaTeX quality. We try
+to do away with backslashes, technical terms, and curly braces
+(which also are so clumsy to type on PC keyboards).
+
+ == Packages ==
+
+'wiki.sty' addresses general kinds of texts. 'niceverb.sty' is
+made for documenting LaTeX packages. 'niceverb.sty' especially
+offers [almost-]WYSIWIG for meta-variables (macro arguments) and
+for referring to commands (and their syntax) in footnotes,
+section titles etc. E.g., to get the syntax description
+
+ \foo[<opt-arg>]{<mand-arg>}
+you just type
+ \foo[<opt-arg>]{<mand-arg>}
+!-)
+
+ == Comparison ==
+
+One source of inspiration is the markup syntax that is used in
+editing Wikipedia pages. The package 'wiki.sty' of the bundle
+offers a very similar syntax as a LaTeX front-end. It suffices for
+italics, boldface, sectioning, and certain list-like environments.
+This is also similar to 'easylatex',
+
+ http.//www.ctan.org/pkg/easylatex
+
+which is more powerful and uses Perl. 'wiki.sty', by contrast, is
+just a LaTeX package, working on any TeX installation.
+
+ == Documentation ==
+
+'wikicheat.pdf' is a one-page manual of 'wiki.sty'. The file
+'wiki.sty' contains additional documentation as ASCII text.
+'niceverb.pdf' describes 'niceverb.sty'. Note that certain
+features must be activated by commands in the document environment.
+
+ == What is missing ==
+
+1. 'niceverb' should extend 'wiki', yet their font switchings are
+incompatible at present. 2. 'niceverb' should typeset the ASCII
+documentation of 'wiki.sty' ... This upload is for reference and
+for proving that I am not just dreaming. I think repairing needs
+only few hours, yet I must do something different right now. See
+more on what's missing in 'niceverb.pdf'.
+
+3. I have a package 'nicedots' for controlling horizontal spacing
+with ellipses which may go here.
+
+ ________________________________
+ [This file 2009/02/23 Uwe Lueck]