The traditional approach

Usually, there's one converter for every target format in this model. This is no strict rule - you may want to implement features which are not provided by an already existing pp2anything converter, so feel free to implement your own version. Nevertheless, to avoid confusion, it may be worth a try to cooperate with the original author before you start. Maybe you can join his team.

In this document, it is assumed that you are familiar with the PerlPoint language and its elements, which are explained in the tutorial.

• The architecture of a converter
• The base design
• The language implementation
• The whole picture
• Tag definition
• Finding tag names
• Tag option conventions
• Writing a tag module
• Tag definition
• Base definition
• Parsing hooks
• Post-parsing hooks
• Using foreign definitions
• Tag sets
• Completing the module
• Integrating foreign tags
• Documentation
• Examples and more
• Writing the converter
• The converter package
• Modules to load
• Several variables
• Option handling
• Option files
• Common options
• Usual startup operations
• Foreign tag integration
• Set up Active Contents handling
• The parser call
• Backend construction
• Backend callbacks
• Backend invokation: produce new code
• Vary token selection
• Stream navigation
• Vary processing control
• Mix it your way
• Your individual parts
• Documentation