.. This is a comment
.. Use ":Vst s5" to generate the HTML for this document

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Vim reStructured Text
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:Title: Vim reStructured Text - A Quick Introduction
:Author: George V. Reilly  <george@reilly.org>
:Date: 2006/05/12


What is VST?
============

`VST <http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/vst.html>`_ is an easy way to produce:

* HTML
* S5 Slides, like this document
* LaTeX and PDF

from `reStructured text <http://docutils.sf.net>`_: plain text
with minimal markup.

The powerful `Vim <http://www.vim.org>`_ editor is used to prepare the
material.

Please read the _`source` of these slides to see how the effects used herein are
achieved.


Simple markup
=============

+ Bulleted Lists
+ Numeric lists (nested)

    #. **Bold** text
    2. *Italics* text
    #. ``typewriter`` text

+ Subscripts, H\ :sub:`2`\ O.
+ Replacement -- |VST| -- of text.


Blockquotes
===========

You can embed blockquotes inside your text::

    Simple markup
    ==============

    + Bulleted Lists
    + Numeric lists (nested)

        #. **Bold** text
        2. *Italics* text
        #. ``typewriter`` text

    + Replacement -- |VST| -- of text.

is most of the text of the previous slide.


Links
=====

VST supports a variety of hyperlink notations.

* Starting points: `What is VST?`_
* `External links`_
* Internal links, such as `source`_
* Standalone links, http://www.vim.org
* `Embedded URIs <http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/vst.html#lembedded-uris>`_

The full effect of these links cannot be seen in the S5 slides.
Regenerate with ``:Vst`` instead.

.. _External links: http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/vst.html#lexternal-links


Images
======

.. image:: http://www.vim.org/images/vim_header.gif
    :title: Vim
    :target: http://www.vim.org/

.. tip:: You can apply a variety of attributes to images.

    If you need really fine control, you may need to use ``.. raw:: html``


Simple Tables
=============


== == == == == == ==
su mo tu we th fr sa 
== == == == == == ==
                  1
2  3  4  5  6  7  8
9  10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
== == == == == == ==


Rich Tables
===========

+---------------------+----------------+------------------+
| Cells are           | by bar with    | <Space>|<Space>  |
| separated           | spaces around  |                  |
+---------------------+----------------+------------------+
| *You* may use       | markup,        | included.        |
| **inline**          | links_         |                  |
+---------------------+----------------+------------------+
| You can use various | - like lists   | VST will         |
| types of structure  |                | interpret them.  |
| elements::          |    + various   |                  |
|                     |                | Even paragraphs. |
|  Welcome to world   | - embedded     |                  |
|  of preformatted    | - one into     | 1. And           |
|  text.              |   other        | 2. not           |
+---------------------+----------------+------------------+
| Text may span across several         |                  |
| columns. Cell can be also empty ->   |                  |
+---------------------+----------------+------------------+


Conclusion
==========

VST is an easy way to produce marked-up documents with easy-to-read source, in
Vim.

This slideshow displays only a few features of VST. Be sure to read the
`manual <http://skawina.eu.org/mikolaj/vst.html>`_.

.. |VST| replace:: Vim reStructured Text

.. vim:set tw=78 ai fo+=n fo-=l ft=rst: