You can apply Language, Font, Text Size, Text Color, Alignment, Bold, Italic, Underline and other attributes for the selected text by using switches specified inside the angle brackets (< >).
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Example: A switch can be just a Name or Name=Value pair. <newpage> <lang=kan> If a switch has multiple parameters, a space(' ') or comma(',') is used to separate them. <img=test.bmp height=100 width=100> If the Value itself has a space or comma character, double quotes should be used to enclose the value. <font="Times New Roman"> If multiple switches are specified, they have to be separated by ' | ' character. <lang=kan | font="BRH Kailasam" | size=12> |
Every formatting attribute has an associated switch. A switch affects the value of the corresponding attribute, for all the text that follows it, until it is overridden by the same switch with a different value.
For example, size=32 switch specifies the text size of 32 points. This size will be used for all the text that follows the switch. Later, if we use size=12 switch, the size of the following text becomes 12 points.
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Usage of switches with examples is explained in the following sections.
Use left, center, justify and right tags for aligning the text.
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Example: <center>kannaDake hOrADu kannaDada kaMda kannaDava kApADu nanna AnaMda jOguLada harakeyidu mareyadiru chinna mareteyAdare nInu maretaMte nannaಕನ್ನಡಕೆ ಹೋರಾಡು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕಂದ ಕನ್ನಡವ ಕಾಪಾಡು ನನ್ನ ಆನಂದ ಜೋಗುಳದ ಹರಕೆಯಿದು ಮರೆಯದಿರು ಚಿನ್ನ ಮರೆತೆಯಾದರೆ ನೀನು ಮರೆತಂತೆ ನನ್ನ |
Use box switch to specify an enclosing box for the text. All the paragraphs that follows until the -box switch, will be drawn inside a box. The background color and the border thickness of the box can also be specified.
Parameters:
bgcolor:
Specifies the color of the box. The value can be either a named color (such as red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan, black, white, gray) or a six character hexadecimal RGB (Red, Green and Blue) color code (such as #8ab7e0). By default, the background color is grey.
border:
Specifies the thickness of the borderline of the box. The value should be a number between 0 - 10. By default, the border thickness is 0.
Example:
<box bgcolor=green border=2> hasiru DabbadoLage akSharagaLu. <-box>
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ಹಸಿರು ಡಬ್ಬದೊಳಗೆ ಅಕ್ಷರಗಳು. |
The closing switch -box turns OFF the box attribute.
Use list switch to specify the bullet list style for the paragraphs. All the paragraphs that follow, until the -list switch will have the bullet style. The style of the bullets can be specified by style switch.
Parameters:
style:
Specifies the style of the bullets. The various styles are specified using a number between 0 - 7. By default, the style is 0.
0: Squares
1: Circles
2: Diamonds
3: Arrows
4: No.
5: No)
6: (No)
7: [No]
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Example: <list style=4>kuveMpukAraMta bEMdre <-list>
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The closing switch -list turns OFF the list attribute.
The no. of columns is usually specified in the "Page Setup" dialog box. But, this value can be overridden by the column information specified in the document itself using the columns switch.
Parameters:
columns:
Specifies the no. of columns to be used for the document. The value should be between 1 - 4.
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Example: <columns=3> |
The text written between /* and */ is called comment. Commented characters are not transliterated by Baraha and are printed in English on the Output Window "as they appear" in the Input Window.
Use font switch to specify the font for the output text.
Parameters:
font:
Specifies the name (typeface) of the font. The specified font should be installed in the system.
English Fonts:
For English text, you may use any English font that is installed in your PC.
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Example: <lang=eng|font="Courier">Courier Font Style Text |
Kannada Fonts:
Kannada ANSI fonts of Baraha follow the Karnataka govt. standard.
Following are the Kannada ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=kan|font="BRH Kannada">celuva kannaDa nADu ಚೆಲುವ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು |
Devanagari Fonts:
Following are the Devanagari ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=hin|font="BRH Devanagari">merA bhArat mahAn |
Tamil Fonts:
Following are the Tamil ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=tam|font="BRH Tamil Tab">tamizh mozhi iniyatu |
Baraha follows TAB standard for Tamil fonts.
Telugu Fonts:
Following are the Telugu ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=tel|font="BRH Telugu">telugu mATa tIpi |
Malayalam Fonts:
Following are the Malayalam ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=mal|font="BRH Malayalam">kEraLa rAjyaM manOharamAN |
Gujarati Fonts:
Following are the Gujarati ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=guj|font="BRH Gujarati">ame bhAratIya ChIe |
Gurumukhi Fonts:
Following are the Gurumukhi ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=pun|font="BRH Gurumukhi">maiM ikk bhAratIy hAM |
Bengali Fonts:
Following are the Bengali ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=ben|font="BRH Bengali">Ami bhAratIY |
Oriya Fonts:
Following are the Oriya ANSI fonts provided in Baraha.
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Example: <lang=ori|font="BRH Oriya">mu~M jaNe bhAratIY |
Use link switch to link to external documents, URLs as hyperlinks.
Hyperlinks are used to connect two or more related documents for navigational purpose. Hyperlinks can be used to navigate(jump) from one baraha document to another baraha document or other types of documents such as MS Word, HTML documents e.t.c. A hyperlink in Baraha is created by associating a target document with a word(s), which creates a "hot spot". When this "hot spot" is clicked, the target document will open either in Baraha or some other application depending on the type of the document.
Parameters:
link:
Specifies the URL(path) of the target document. The target document may be either on the local hard disk or on the Internet. The path can be an absolute or a relative one. Relative paths are resolved w.r.t the path of the currently opened document. If the first character of the link is '#', then the link refers to a label within the document.
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Example: The following examples show the usage of absolute & relative paths for the target document. <link="http://baraha.com/chapter1.brh">chapter 1<-link> <link="..\docs\chapter1.brh">adhyAya 1<-link> <link="c:\baraha\docs\story.htm">ek kahAni<-link> <link="../pics/house.png">merA ghar<-link> <link="..\docs\resume.doc">My resume<-link>The following example shows linking to a label within the same document. <link="#MyLabel">Click here to read Chapter 1.<-link> When the above link is clicked, the text marked by the label MyLabel will be located and shown at the top of the window. |
The closing switch -link is used to mark the end of the hyperlink attribute of the text.
See: Label
Use indent switch to specify the indentation for the text. All the paragraphs enclosed between the indent & -indent tags will have the indentation.
Parameters:
left:
Specifies the left indentation in inches.
right:
Specifies the right indentation in inches.
firstline:
Specifies the extra indentation for the first line of the paragraph in inches.
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Example: <lang=kan|indent left=1.0, right=1.0, firstline=0.5>shikShaNadalli mAdhyamada prashne mukhyavAdudu mattu mUlaBUtavAdudu. shaikShaNikavAgi svIkRutavAda vichAraveMdare tAynuDi athavA maguvina parisarada BASheyE shikShaNa mAdhyamakke sUkta. idE maguvina sahaja chiMtaneya, kalpaneya BAShe. yAvudE BAShe arthagrahikegAgi takkadAdudAgirabahudAdarU nAvu beLedubaMdiruva BAShe hAgU adara parisaravE namma chiMtane hAgU aBivyaktige hELi mADisiddu.
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The closing switch -indent is used to mark the end of the indentation attribute of the text.
Use latin switch to display Indic scripts using Latin characters.
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Example: <lang=guj|latin>vaiShNava janato tene kahiye je pIDa parAyI jANere<-latin> |
The closing switch -latin turns OFF the latin attribute and the respective scripts are used from that point onwards.
Use label switch to insert a label in the document. The labels are useful for linking between the different sections within the same document for navigational purposes. When a hyperlink pointing to a label is clicked, the label will be located and the document scrolls to the section marked by the label to show at the top of the window.
Parameters:
label:
Specifies the label. The value can be any text string.
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Example: <label="MyLabel">Chapter 1: |
See: Hyperlinks
Use lang switch to specify the language (Input Format).
Parameters:
lang:
Specifies the language (Input Format). Following values are allowed.
kan => Kannada phonetic keyboard
san => Sanskrit phonetic keyboard
hin => Hindi phonetic keyboard
mar => Marathi phonetic keyboard
tam => Tamil phonetic keyboard
tel => Telugu phonetic keyboard
mal => Malayalam phonetic keyboard
guj => Gujarati phonetic keyboard
pun => Punjabi phonetic keyboard
ben => Bengali phonetic keyboard
ass => Assamese phonetic keyboard
ori => Oriya phonetic keyboard
eng => English
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Example: <lang=kan>bI<lang=eng>chi <lang=kan>yavara tiMmana tale <lang=san>bhAShAsu mukhyA madhurA divyA gIrvANabhArati | <lang=eng>I Love My<lang=hin> iMDiyA <lang=tam>tamizh mozhi iniyatu <lang=tel>eMdarO mahAnubhAvulu... aMdariki vaMdanamulu... <lang=mal>kEraLa rAjyaM manOharamAN <lang=guj>amAro desh bhArat Che <lang=pun>bhArat sADA desh hai <lang=ben>bhArat AmAr desh <lang=ori>mor janmabhoomi bhaarat |
Use line switch to insert a horizontal line. Line length, thickness, color, and style can be specified using the parameters.
Parameters:
width:
Specifies the thickness of the line in pixels. The value should be a number between 0 - 10.
length:
Specifies the length of the line in inches. If the length is not specified, the line will be drawn for the entire width of the page.
color:
Specifies the color of the line. The value can be either a named color (such as red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan, black, white, gray) or a six-character hexadecimal RGB (Red, Green and Blue) color code (such as #8ab7e0).
style:
Specifies the style of the line. The values can be solid, dash, dot, and dashdot. Only solid styled lines can have thickness > 1.
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Example: <line style=solid length=2.0 width=5> |
Use ls switch to specify the spacing between the lines.
Parameters:
ls:
Specifies line spacing. The value should be a number between 0.5 - 4.0. Value 1 represents single line spacing.
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Example: <ls=0.8>kaDime aMtarada sAlugaLu <ls=1.4>heccu aMtarada sAlugaLu |
Use newpage, newcolumn tags to specify a hard page break or column break.
Page (column) break is the point at which one page (column) ends and another begins when the document is printed or exported as picture files. When a page (column) is filled with text, Baraha "automatically" starts on a new page (column), which is called soft page (column) break. To force a page (column) break at a specific location, you can insert a newpage (newcolumn) switch. This is called hard page (column) break. In the print preview, in a printed document, and when exported as picture files, the text after a hard page (column) break appears on a new page (column).
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Example: <newpage> <newcolumn> |
Use img switch to insert a picture in the document. BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG file formats are supported.
Parameters:
img:
Specifies path of the picture file. This path can be an absolute or a relative one.
width:
Specifies output width of the picture file in pixels. If this value is not specified, the actual width of the picture will be used.
height:
Specifies output height of the picture file in pixels. If this value is not specified, the actual height of the picture will be used.
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Example: <img="d:\pics\karnataka.bmp"> <img="d:\pics\karnataka.bmp" width=70 height=100> |
Use tabs switch to specify the tab stops of required sizes. For tabs to work properly, left alignment should be used.
Parameters:
tabs:
Specifies comma separated tab stops in inches. The value should be enclosed in double quotes("").
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Example: <tabs="0.75,1.25,1.0"><b>shikhara rAShTra ettara<-b> ಶಿಖರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಎತ್ತರ |
Use bkcolor switch to specify the background color of the text.
Parameters:
bkcolor:
Specifies text background color. The value can be either a named color (such as red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan, black, white, gray, none) or a six-character hexadecimal RGB (Red, Green and Blue) color code (such as #8ab7e0).
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Example: <lang=kan|bkcolor=#ffff00>haLadi baNNada hinnale |
Use none to turn OFF the text background color attribute.
Use color switch to specify the color of the text.
Parameters:
color:
Specifies text color. The value can be either a named color (such as red, blue, green, yellow, magenta, cyan, black, white, gray) or a six-character hexadecimal RGB (Red, Green and Blue) color code (such as #8ab7e0).
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Example: <lang=kan|color=blue>nIli baNNa |
Use size switch to specify the text size(height).
Parameters:
size:
Specifies text size in points. The valid range for the value is 8 - 96 points.
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Example: <lang=kan|size=14>saNNa akSharagaLu <lang=kan|size=28>doDDa akSharagaLu |
Use b, i, u, s, sub, and sup to turn ON the bold, italic, underline, strikeout, subscript, and superscript attributes respectively.
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Example: <lang=eng|b>Bold <-b|i>Italic <-i|u>Underlined <-u|s>StrikeOut<-s> text <lang=eng>2H<sub>2<-sub> + O<sub>2<-sub> = 2H<sub>2<-sub>O <lang=eng>E=MC<sup>2<-sup> |
Use -b, -i, -u, -s, -sub, and -sup to turn OFF the bold, italic, underline, strikeout, subscript, and superscript attributes respectively.
Use sul, dul, sol, and dol to turn ON the single underline, double underline, single overline, and double overline attributes respectively. Use -line to turn OFF the underline, overline attributes.
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Example: <lang=eng|sul>sarigama <dul|i>padanisa <sol|u>sanidapa <dol|s>magarisa<-line> text |