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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 FTX different from HTML?

The main difference is that FTX is easier to read and write than HTML. 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. FTX is more compact, more readable, and, hopefully, more natural.

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.
The LEGO® Website has official information.

...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.
     <LI>The <A HREF="http://www.lego.com/">LEGO&reg; Website</A> has
         official information.
   </UL>

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

   * I am [really] hungry!
   * Have you read {Hamlet} lately?
   * Press the |Enter| key.
   * The <http://www.lego.com/ LEGO® Website> has official information.

FTX is certainly not as general as HTML, but then it wasn’t designed to be. You can think of FTX as a very fast way to write formatted text or hypertext documents.

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