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Text::WikiFormat::Blocks - blocktypes for Text::WikiFormat

None. Use Text::WikiFormat as the public interface, unless you want to create your own block type.

This module merely creates subclasses of Text::WikiFormat::Block, which is the interesting code. A block is a collection of related lines, such as a code block (text to display verbatim in a monospaced font), a header, an unordered list, an ordered list, and a paragraph (text to display in a proportional font).

Every block extends "Text::WikiFormat::Block".

The following methods exist:

"new( %args )"

Creates and returns a new block. The valid arguments are:

  • "text"

    The text of the line found in the block.

  • "args"

    The arguments captured by the block-identifying regular expression.

  • "level"

    The level of indentation for the block (usually only useful for list blocks).

  • "tags"

    The tags in effect for the current type of wiki formatting.

  • "opts"

    The options in effect for the current type of wiki formatting.

Use the accessors of the same names to retrieve the values of the attributes.

  • "add_text( @lines_of_text )"

    Adds a list of lines of text to the current text for the block. This is very useful when you encounter a block and want to merge it with the previous block of the same type

  • "add_args( @arguments )"

    Adds further arguments to the block; useful when merging blocks.

  • "formatted_text()"

    Returns text formatted appropriately for this block. Blocks don't have to have formatters, but they may.

  • "formatter( $line_of_text )"

    Formats the $line using "Text::WikiFormat::format_line()". You can add your own formatter here; this is worth overriding.

  • "merge( $next_block )"

    Merges the current block with $next_block (the next block encountered) if they're of the same type and are at the same level. This adds the text and args of $next_block to the current block. It's your responsibility to remove $next_block from whatever your code iterates over.

  • "nests()"

    Returns true if this block should nest (as in lists and unordered lists) for the active wiki formatting.

  • "nest( $next_block )"

    Nests $next_block under this block if the both nest and if $next_block has a level greater than the current block. This actually adds $next_block as a text item within the current block. Beware.

chromatic, "chromatic at wgz dot org"

No known bugs.

Copyright (c) 2006, chromatic. Some rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can use, redistribute, and modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.8.x.

2021-12-26 perl v5.32.1