*Title: Almost Free Text
*Author: Todd Coram
*Image-center: aft.gif
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		_Sep 3, 2002: Version 5.0793 is now available._
		_June 2, 2002: RPMs for 5.0792 are now available._
		~''Attention VIM users... check out http://home.thezone.net/~~dbourgeo/aft/aft.html''~
		_January 30, 2001: {-AFTWEB@:aftweb.html-} lives!_
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* What is AFT?

AFT is a document preparation system. It is mostly ''free form'' meaning that
there is little intrusive markup. AFT source documents look a lot like plain
old ASCII text.

AFT has a few rules for structuring your document and these rules have more
to do with formatting your text rather than embedding commands.

Right now, AFT produces pretty good (weblint-able) HTML, XHTML, LaTeX, {-lout@http://snark.ptc.spbu.ru/~~uwe/lout/lout.html-} and RTF.  It can, in fact,
be coerced into producing all types of output (e.g. roll-your-own XML).
All that needs to be done is to edit a rule file. You can even customize your
own HTML rule files for specialized output.

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Documentation can be found in {-here@:aft-refman.html-}.  The documentation, of
course, is written using AFT. The source document can be found
{-here@:aft-refman.aft-}.

* Downloads

~_AFT needs Perl 5.005 or greater to run._~

	* _NEW_: Version 5.0793 ~(a few tidbits and upgraded docs)~
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft50793.zip-} ~(not tested yet)~
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft-5.0793.tar.gz-}

	* _STABLE_: Version 5.0792 ~(new distrib and minor bug fixes)~
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft50792.zip-}
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft-5.0792.tar.gz-}
		* {-aft-5.0792-1.noarch.rpm@:aft-5.0792-1.noarch.rpm-} ~''Courtesy of Sam Vere (sam_vere at 'yahoo.co.uk')''~
		* {-aft-5.0792-1.src.rpm@:aft-5.0792-1.src.rpm-} ~''Courtesy of Sam Vere (sam_vere at 'yahoo.co.uk')''~


	* Version 5.078b ~(new feature: a SET pragma to embed symbol substitution in AFT documents - ''this really increases AFT's flexibility''). See {+Changes+} below for details.~
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft5078b.zip-}
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft5078b.tar.gz-}

	* _STABLE_: Version 5.077 ~{some support for RTF added by Eva Maria Krause -- Eva.Maria.Krause _at_ muenster.de)~
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft5077.zip-}
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft5077.tar.gz-}

	* Version 5.076a ''Alpha'' ~(minor fixes; a new feature |--autonumber| to provide automatica numbering for sections in HTML. Thanks Richard Tietjen (rdtiejen at pobox.com))~
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft5076a.zip-}
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft5076a.tar.gz-}
		
	* Version 5.072b ''Beta'' ~(now supports {-lout@http://snark.ptc.spbu.ru/~~uwe/lout/lout.html-}. Thanks to Abel Morabito! See aft-lout.dat for contact info...)~
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft5072b.zip-}
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft5072b.tar.gz-}

	* Version 5.06 ''Stable''
		* {-AFT.ZIP@:aft506.zip-}
		* {-aft.tar.gz@:aft506.tar.gz-}

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* Changes

*File: ChangeLog.aft

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Let me know what you think!

-- {-todd@mailto:tcoram@pobox.com-}

			~Last update March 24, 2002~