* It's marginally ok
Pros:
- It's free
- It has a funny bird for a mascot
- It has a decent minimalistic theme going on
- You can easily arrange images to the left, right, or center
- It's okay for writing something like a blog post that is very plain
- You can add html like this and it works just fine
Cons:
- It's not that great
- It's not blazing fast
- Markdown is infinitely superior in every way
The concept is you can use the option key (⌥) and letters that are easy to recall:
| Key Combination | Symbol | Description | Example Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Option-B | ∫ | Bold tagging | ∫bold text∫ → bold text |
| Option-I | ˆ | Italicized tagging | ˆitalicized textˆ → italicized text |
| Option-L | ¬ | Link tagging (with optional title) | ¬link text|url¬ → link text |
¬link text|url|title¬ → link text |
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| Image tagging (with optional title) | ¬|url¬ → [image] |
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¬|url|title¬ → [image with title] |
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| Image tagging placement (and title) | ¬|url|title|^¬ → [center aligned image] |
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¬|url|<¬ → [left aligned image] |
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¬|url|>¬ → [right aligned image] |
You can also surround words with brackets to denote the heading level. Level one headers are centered.
[This is a level one header]
[[This is a level two header]]
...
[[[[[[This is a level six header]]]]]]
...and curly brackets are used for blockquotes:
{This is a blockquote}
{{This is a nested blockquote}}
This is what it looks like when you write it:
[Emu rocks!]
¬|./emu.webp|300x300|A cartoon emu rocking out with a guitar|>¬
[[[Emu: Not Your Daddy's Markup Language]]]
Unless you are my son, then it ˆisˆ your markup language. Er, mine.
[[[Ok.. What Is It, Then?]]]
It's ¬a simple opinionated html page generator|https://github.com/ehamiter/emu¬ that lets you write pages that look more or less ∫exactly like this one∫ by using a few common-sense tags. ¬Check out the source that generated this page|https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ehamiter/emu/main/index.emu¬!
[[[We got GPTS For That]]]
Learn more about Emu ¬straight from the emu's mouth, Eddie|https://chat.openai.com/g/g-2x5PhBpwM-eddie-the-emu|He's a GPT!¬. He can help explain what Emu is, what it's useful for, how to hack on it, and so forth.
{Emus are little more than feathered stomachs borne on mighty legs and ruled by a tiny brain. If an emu wants one of your sandwiches, he will get it, and then run away. He cannot help you with your sudoku.
— Richard Fortey}
This is what it looks like when you read it:
