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DroppedText language specification

Version 0.0.1

DroppedText is a markup language for keeping track of file names. It makes use of backslashes, as no functional system uses a backslash in the name of a file. Folders are not currently supported.

Header

This is an example of a droppedtext header for Ubuntu Linux:

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/Ubuntu}:\
/:DroppedTextSpec={"V0.0.1"}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
// All extensions: *.dropt *.droptex *.droptxt *.drotex *.drotxt *.drtxt *.dtxt *.droppedtext *.droppedtxt *.droppedtex
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\
// UTF-16 and UTF-32 are also supported

Lines starting with /: and ending with :\ are known as configuration lines. Lines starting with // are just comments.

The headers for other operating systems include:

Fedora Linux

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/Fedora}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Arch Linux

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/Arch}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Gentoo Linux

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/Gentoo}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Mint Linux

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/Mint}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Red Hat Linux

Not to be confused with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/RedHat}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Not to be confused with Red Hat Linux

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Linux/RHEL}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Mac OS X (10.0 to 10.6)

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{MacOS/10X}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

OS X (10.7 to 10.11)

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{OS/X}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

MacOS 10.12 to 10.15

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{MacOS/10}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

MacOS 11.0 (Big Sur)

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{MacOS/11}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

MacOS 12.0 (Monterey)

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{MacOS/12}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

ReactOS

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{ReactOS/0.4}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

NixOS

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Li/Nix}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Vinix

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Vi/nix}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows XP

Windows XP is the oldest version of Windows to be natively supported by this project. The community can port to Windows ME/Windows 2000 and earlier if needed.

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/XP}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Vista

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/Vista}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows 7

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/7}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows 8

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/8}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows 8.1

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/8.1}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows 10

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/10}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows 11

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Win/11}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2003

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2003}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2003 R2

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2003-R2}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2008

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2008}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2008 R2

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2008-R2}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2012

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2012}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2012 R2

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2012-R2}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2016

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2016}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2019

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2019}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Windows Server 2022

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{WinServe/2022}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

FreeBSD

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{BSD/Free}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

NetBSD

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{BSD/Net}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

OpenBSD

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{BSD/Open}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

DragonflyBSD

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{BSD/DragonFly}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Solaris

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Solaris/Prop}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

OpenSolaris

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Solaris/Open}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Oberon

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Ober/on}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

OS/2

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{OS/2}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Lisp Machine

/:DroppedText:\
/:OS{Lisp/M}:\
/:FileDate:Y2022-M1-D04:\
/:FileExtension:*.drotex:\
/:FileLanguage:English{US}:\
/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

Notes:

1. The processor type of the computer (IA-32, 86x64, etc.) does not need to be defined, as it is unnecessary to the format.

2. ChromeOS, ChromiumOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, iPhoneOS, Windows Mobile/PocketPC, Classic MacOS, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows 9x, MS-DOS, Windows 3.x.x, Windows 2.x.x, Windows 1.x.x, PC-DOS, FreeDOS, Google Fuchsia, and any other operating systems not already listed here or above are not officially supported at the moment.

3. No other notes currently available

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Encoding

DroppedText supports the following encoding styles:

UTF-8

/:Encoding:{UTF-8}:\

UTF-16

/:Encoding:{UTF-16}:\

UTF-32

/:Encoding:{UTF-32}:\

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File extension

DroppedText uses the following file extensions:

{ *.dropt | *.droptex | *.droptxt | *.drotex | *.drotxt | *.drtxt | *.dtxt | *.droppedtext * | .droppedtxt | *.droppedtex }

10 file extensions total.

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Backslash

Q: Why are backslashes used in syntax? A: A backslash is the only character that can't be used in a filename (which is a good thing) and it is used for configuration and comments in this file specification

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EOL

After the end of a config line, everything after :\ is ignored. This sort of applies to comments as well, because comments are ignored entirely (comments don't recognize the :\ sequence.

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Table of Contents

A table of contents can be defined in a config line like so:

/:TOC:\
/:Section count: 3:\
/:Section1#Pictures
/:Section2#Videos
/:Section3#Work Documents

Each section must be defined in the document for this to work. Sections are documented in the section below.

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Sections

A section is defined like so:

/:Section1:\
/:Pictures:\ Title of the section
/:Entry count: 4:\
Memory.tiff
Cat.jpeg
Ball.svg
Checkers.png

A section does not require a footer. Everything after the last config line that isn't a comment or a filename is ignored until the next config line, which will count as the next section.

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Whitespace

Whitespace is counted as whitespace to prevent headaches. You don't need to enter %20 each time.

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Footer

To mark the end of a file, you will need to place this line:

/:Entry{end}:\

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Proposals for V0.0.2

• Automation features:

• Drop folders/files into a special IDE and then go through settings to mass-rename them, and make a log file

• Same as above, but import options as well, instead of drag and drop

• Native support for Linux drag and drop droppedtext file

• DroppedText IDE

• Above: automation

• Basic IDE, similar in style to Python IDLE

• Syntax highlighting

• GTK support, QT support

• Support for folders/directories

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File info

File type: Markdown document (*.md *.mkd *.mdown *.markdown)

File version: 1 (2022, Tuesday, January 4th at 11:16 pm)

Line count (including blank lines and compiler line): 605

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