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Package nicetext:
Minimal markup for simple text (Wikipedia style) and documentation.

The bundle offers “minimal” markup syntax for various simple kinds of text. The user will typically involve little more than is printed, and will still get LaTeX quality.

The bundle provides four packages:

Getting it

If possible, get this package from your distribution using its installation manager. (For installation help, click on your distribution's name.)

Distribution Package name
MiKTeX nicetext
TeX Live nicetext

You can also visit nicetext's CTAN directory to browse the source or download the material for installation by hand.

More

Documentation on CTAN
Readme
Niceverb documentation
Fifinddo documentation
Makedoc documentation
Cheatsheet for the wiki package
Documentation off CTAN -none known-
Maintainers
Uwe Lück
Version 0.52
License LaTeX Project Public License
Related packages
easylatex:
Faster and simpler writing of LaTeX documents
txt2latex:
Convert text by fixing special chars and quote marks.
makedtx:
Perl script to help generate dtx and ins files
doc:
Format LaTeX documentation.
gmdoc:
Documentation of LaTeX packages.
Keywords
spacing, horizontal or vertical
computer code, verbatim text
lists, bullets
literate programming
macro programming
punctuation
Characterizations
primary:
Literate programming
secondary:
Fonts > Text body fonts
secondary:
Page-focused > Boxes and minipages
secondary:
Page-focused > Citations
secondary:
Page-focused > Lists
secondary:
Page-focused > Verbatim

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