Directory of Plain Text Resources

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Plain text is a document format in which textural information is stored just through the text characters (including line-breaks, tabs, and other symbols) themselves. There are no additional formatting instructions or markup in addition to the text itself.

Subcategories

• Character Encoding
• Editors
• Markup Languages

Resources in This Category

• Everything2: Conventions for Plain Text

  http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=907088
  These conventions seem to be a de facto standard in plain text, especially email and (most Usenet) newsgroups.

• Markdown

  http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/
  Plain text to HTML converter, relying on standardised but natural formatting syntax in the plain text.

• RFC 2646: The Text/Plain Format Parameter

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2646
  Now-obsolete specification of the "Format=Flowed" solution to reflowing paragraphs in text files.

• RFC 3676: The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3676
  Current specification for the "Format=Flowed" reflowing paragraphs and avoiding embarrassing line wrap in text files.

• Text Format

  http://txtformat.com/
  An online tool allowing users to perform quick text formatting operations which would not be possible in Notepad.

• Wikipedia: Newline

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline
  Explanation of the representations of new lines used in text files by different computer systems, and how to convert between them.

• Wikipedia: Plain text

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text
  Encyclopedia article about the file format, including applications and encoding details.

 

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