diff --git a/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.factor b/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.factor
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-! Copyright (C) 2006 Matthew Willis. All Rights Reserved.
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-!
-USING: parser-combinators kernel sequences lazy-lists
-namespaces strings arrays math io errors ;
-
-IN: farkup
-LAZY: <(*)> ( parser -- parser ) 
-    ! kleene star matching, but take shortest match first
-    { } succeed swap dup <(*)> <&:> <|> ;
-
-LAZY: <(+)> ( parser -- parser )
-    dup <(*)> <&:> ;
-
-LAZY: 'consume1' ( -- parser ) [ CHAR: \n = not ] satisfy ;
-
-LAZY: '\n' ( -- parser ) [ CHAR: \n = ] satisfy ;
-
-: open-tag ( text -- tag ) [ CHAR: < , , CHAR: > , ] { } make ;
-
-: close-tag ( text -- tag ) [ "</" , , CHAR: > , ] { } make ;
-
-: both-tags ( text -- open-tag close-tag ) dup open-tag swap close-tag ;
-
-DEFER: 'inline'
-LAZY: simple-tag ( start end html -- parser )
-     both-tags [ \ drop , , ] [ ] make rot token swap <@ >r
-     [ \ drop , , ] [ ] make swap token swap <@
-     'inline' <(+)> <&> r> <&> ;
-
-LAZY: prefix-tag ( pre html -- parser )
-    >r 'inline' <!*> >r token r> &>
-    r> both-tags [ swap , \ swap , , \ 3array , ] [ ] make <@ ;
-    
-LAZY: 'strong' ( -- parser ) "*" "*" "strong" simple-tag ;
-
-LAZY: 'link' ( -- parser )
-    "[" token [ drop "<a href=\"" ] <@ 'consume1' <(+)> <&> 
-    "," token [ drop "\">" ] <@ <&>
-    'consume1' <(+)> <&> "]" token [ drop "</a>" ] <@ <&> ;
-
-LAZY: 'inline' ( -- parser )
-    'strong' 
-    'link' <|>
-    'consume1' <|> ;
-
-LAZY: 'h1' ( -- parser ) "=" "h1" prefix-tag ;
-LAZY: 'h2' ( -- parser ) "==" "h2" prefix-tag ;
-LAZY: 'h3' ( -- parser ) "===" "h3" prefix-tag ;
-LAZY: 'h4' ( -- parser ) "====" "h4" prefix-tag ;
-LAZY: 'h5' ( -- parser ) "=====" "h5" prefix-tag ;
-LAZY: 'h6' ( -- parser ) "======" "h6" prefix-tag ;
-
-LAZY: 'blockquote' ( -- parser ) "[\"" "\"]" "blockquote" simple-tag ;
-
-LAZY: 'block' ( -- parser )
-    'h6' 'h5' 'h4' 'h3' 'h2' 'h1' <|> <|> <|> <|> <|>
-    'blockquote' <|>
-    'inline' <!+> [ "<p>" swap "</p>" 3array ] <@ <|> ;
-
-LAZY: 'farkup' ( -- parser )
-    'block' '\n' <!+> 'block' <&> <!*> <&> ;
-
-GENERIC: tree-write ( object -- )
-
-PREDICATE: sequence non-leaf dup number? swap string? or not ;
-M: non-leaf tree-write ( sequence -- ) [ tree-write ] each ;
-    
-M: string tree-write ( string -- ) write ;
-
-M: number tree-write ( char -- ) write1 ;
-
-: farkup ( str -- html )
-    'farkup' parse dup nil? 
-    [ error ] [ car parse-result-parsed [ tree-write ] with-string-writer ] if ;
-
-! useful debugging code below
-
-: farkup-backtracks ( wiki -- backtracks )
-    ! for debugging and optimization only
-    'farkup' parse list>array length ;
-
-: farkup-parsed ( wiki -- all-parses )
-    ! for debugging and optimization only
-    'farkup' parse list>array 
-    [ parse-result-parsed [ tree-write ] with-string-writer ] map ;
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diff --git a/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.facts b/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.facts
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diff --git a/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.list b/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.list
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--- a/unmaintained/farkup/farkup.list
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-Blocks
-------
-Must be terminated by \n or end of input.
-
-foo => <p>foo</p>
-=foo => <h1>foo</h1>
-==foo => <h2>foo</h2>
- ...
- 
-["foo"] => <blockquote>foo</blockquote>
-
-Inlines
--------
-Can appear anywhere within a block
-
-*foo* => <strong>foo</strong>
-[url,text] => <a href="url">text</a>
-
-
-
diff --git a/unmaintained/farkup/load.factor b/unmaintained/farkup/load.factor
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--- a/unmaintained/farkup/load.factor
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-! Copyright (C) 2006 Matthew Willis. All Rights Reserved.
-! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
-!
-! Adapted from Wiky (http://goessner.net/articles/wiky/)
-!
-REQUIRES: libs/lazy-lists libs/parser-combinators ;
-
-PROVIDE: libs/farkup
-{ +files+ { 
-  "farkup.factor"
-  "farkup.facts"
-} } ;
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