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PMH / cmmtalk-ye2000 / txt2slides 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my($number,$slide,$olevel,$title);

my %bullets=(
  '.' => 'dot',
  '+' => 'tick',
  '-' => 'cross',
);

while(<>){
  s/##.*//;
  next unless /\S/;
  chomp;

  my($level,$bullet);
  while(s/^\s*([.+-])\s*//){
    ++$level;
    $bullet=$1;
  }

  if(!$level){
    &output($slide,$_ ne '');
    $slide="<TABLE>\n";
    $title=$_;
    next;
  }elsif($level>$olevel){
    $slide.="<TABLE>\n" if $level>1;
  }else{
    for($level..$olevel-1){
      $slide.="</TD></TR></TABLE>\n";
    }
  }
  $slide.=qq(
    <TR valign=top align=left>
      <TD><IMG src="$bullets{$bullet}.gif" alt="$bullet"></TD>
      <TD>$_
  );
  $olevel=$level;
}
&output($slide,0);

sub output{
  my($slide,$next)=@_;
  if(!$number){
    ++$number;
    return;
  }

  for(0..$olevel){
    $slide.="</TD></TR></TABLE>\n";
  }

  if($next){
    $next=$number+1;
    $next=qq(<A HREF="slide$next.htm">Next</A>);
  }else{
    $next='';
  }
  my $prev;
  if($number>1){
    $prev=$number-1;
    $prev=qq(<A HREF="slide$prev.htm">Previous</A>);
  }

  open(OUT,"> slide$number.htm")
    or die "Can't open slide$number.htm: $!";
  print OUT qq(
    <HTML>
    <HEAD>
    <TITLE>$title</TITLE>
    <LINK rel="stylesheet" href="talk.css">
    </HEAD>
    <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#ff00ff">
    $prev $next
    <H2>$title</H2>
    $slide
    <P>$prev $next
    </BODY>
    </HTML>
  );

  $slide='';
  $olevel=0;
  ++$number;
}