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ewiki_format() internals

When the function receives the input string (WikiSource+), it first
escapes all html tags using &amp; &lt; &gt; to replace the & < >
chars (because HTML is not allowed within Wiki, initially).

Then it runs optional ["format_source"] plugins on the whole wiki
page (still one source string).
Afterwards ewiki_format() starts to split that wikisource into
fragments meant to get handled by ["format_block"] plugins AND/OR
the Wiki -> HTML transformation code inside of it. It creates an
array called $iii[] from it - each fragment being an array on its
own:
   $iii0+ = array(
      0 => "WikiSource+ ...",
      1 => 0x0FFF,
      2 => "core",
   );
Initially we here just have one fragment 0+ - and often this
remains the only one (if no block plugin activates for the current
WikiPage+). The 0=> entry contains the body (wiki source) of a
fragment, while at the 1=> index you'll find the block flags and 2=>
is just the name of the block plugin to handle that fragment.

If there is some block code, like <htm>...</htm> or <pre>...

in the WikiPage+, you'll end up with a larger $iii[] input array:

$iii0+ = array("WikiSource+...",0xFFFF,"core"), $iii1+ = array("<b>....",0x0002,"html"), $iii2+ = array("text",0x0FFF,""),

Besides the $iii[] input array, we'll also have an array containing rendering status variables called $s[]. The most important entry there is $s["in"], which is the index into the currently accessed $iii[] wiki page source or block fragment. And ewiki_format() then uses various alias variable names for entries of the status var $s[] array - for example $in and $s["in"] are the same index number.

After ewiki_format() separated the input source into the block fragments of $iii[], it will then run the actual ["fragment_block"] plugins on it. These can then apply regexs on them, or strip the fragments completely out of $iii[] or transform then into regular wiki source.

Then the large wiki transform loop comes into action, but only for $iii[] fragments, whose flags (in the $iii...+1+ number) have the bit 0x0001 set. Other blocks/fragments of $iii[] remain untouched. While transforming the $iii[] arrays WikiSource+ a new fragments array will be created, called $ooo[] - the output array, which has exactly the same layout. And every $iii$in+ directly maps to the $ooo$in+ - same index number! But the later then already contains <html> instead of wiki source.

Inside of the transformation loop, two other plugin types are activated (besides applying the $ewiki_config["wm_..."] ruleset): the ["format_line"] and ["format_para"] plugin groups.

After all $iii[] blocks have been transformed into $ooo[], a second loop will check the flags (this time $ooo...+1+) for the bit 0x0002 which tells, if WikiWords+ should be transformed into html <a href=> links.

After link conversion (on the selected fragments), all blocks (the content entries $ooo...+0+ of course) of $ooo[] are merged together into one <html> string. After the ["format_final"] plugins run over this, ewiki_format() returns the resulting <html> page. </pre>

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