.Dd December 18, 2021
.Dt BLAG 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm nihdoc
.Nd convert plaintext to HTML
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm nihdoc
<
.Ar in.txt
>
.Ar out.html
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a very basic plaintext-to-HTML converter.
It reads from stdin and writes to stdout so that it can
.Xr pledge 2
to only stdio.
Any arguments given will produce an error.
.Pp
Like markdown, wrapped lines are supported,
and a blank line is needed to start a new paragraph.
.Pp
The following markup is supported:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -indent
.It
Inline *bold*, _italics_, `code` (bold/italics disabled in code)
.It
backslash to escape
.It
[alexkarle.com] bare links and [description](alexkarle.com)
.It
# headers (each # adds a level)
.It
Ordered and unordered lists via 1-9. and - respectively.
Nesting supported only within the same type (no mixing, yet).
.It
Code blocks (start line with TAB)
.It
Block quotes (start line with >)
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr Markdown.pl 1 ,
.Lk https://alexkarle.com/blog/mdoc-to-nihdoc.html