Package: zoem (21-341-1)

general-purpose macro/programming language for transforming text

Zoem is a language for transforming text. It supports the creation of light-weight mark-up languages as macro packages built on top of zoem.

Zoem submits text to a two-stage transformation process. Macro expansion and interpretation is followed by application of customizable character filtering rules. Zoem supports inside-out evaluation, comprehensive IO, control operators, iteration, dictionary stacks, multidimensional data storage, arithmetic expressions, regular expressions, system commands, and more.

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, interface::shell, role::program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Data Conversion, use::typesetting, works-with-format::html, Supports Format: Manpages, Works with: Text

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