WML is like XML, all right...

Since people keep saying WML is like XML, I decided to provide an example of what a standard WML snippet would look like if it had to be translated to XML.

WML:

[event]
    name=last breath
    [filter]
        id=shadowm
    [/filter]
    [message]
        speaker=shadowm
        message= _ "NO!"
    [/message]
[/event]

XML:

<event name="last breath">
    <filter id="shadowm"/>
    <message speaker="shadowm" message:gettext="NO!"/>
</event>

My knowledge of XML doesn’t go far enough, but I don’t think I’ve ever heard of translatable strings being an integral part of the syntax, hence the funky-looking XML attribute name for event.message.message above.

This example only covers the basic WML syntax (i.e. no preprocessor directives, +nodes or embedded Lua) on purpose.

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