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FTX FAQ: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is FTX?

FTX is an easy-to-use test-based publishing format for creating web pages on LUGNET. FTX pages can contain text, lists, images, hyperlinks, and more.

2. Do the initials FTX stand for anything?

FTX is short for ”formatted text” (or, if you prefer, “fancy text” or “Fibblesnork text).

3. How is it different from HTML?

FTX is less general and in some ways less expressive than HTML, but it is often much faster to write (and easier to learn). Whereas a typical block of HTML might contain a mixture of text and “markup tags,” the same block of FTX content might contain a mixture of text and special formatting characters.

For example, if you wanted to make a bulleted list like this...

I am really hungry!
Have you read Hamlet lately?
Press the Enter key.

...you might write it like this in HTML:

<UL>
  <LI>I am <B>really</B> hungry!
  <LI>Have you read <I>Hamlet</I> lately?
  <LI>Press the <TT>Enter</TT> key.
</UL>

...or you could write it like this in FTX:

* I am [really] hungry!
* Have you read {Hamlet} lately?
* Press the |Enter| key.

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