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1.1     ! albertel    1: Form elements, create form elements in rendering modes, set ID to
        !             2: student selected value in submit mode, create editable interface in
        !             3: editing mode.
        !             4: 
        !             5: 
        !             6: -<radio>
        !             7: -<list>
        !             8: -<textline>
        !             9: -<textarea>
        !            10: -<check>
        !            11: -<button>
        !            12: 
        !            13: ------------------------
        !            14: responses graded by other tags:
        !            15: 
        !            16: 2 proposals?
        !            17: 
        !            18: <caparesponse type=string stroptions=mc value="TFTFT">
        !            19: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>
        !            20: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>	
        !            21: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>	
        !            22: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>
        !            23: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>
        !            24: </caparesponse>
        !            25: 
        !            26: ---OR---
        !            27: 
        !            28: <caparesponse type=string stroptions=mc value="T">
        !            29: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>
        !            30: </caparesponse>
        !            31: <caparesponse type=string stroptions=mc value="F">
        !            32: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>
        !            33: </caparesponse>
        !            34: <caparesponse type=string stroptions=mc value="T">
        !            35: 	<check> <showfoil/> </check>
        !            36: </caparesponse>
        !            37: ...
        !            38: 
        !            39: 
        !            40: PROBLEMS: Partially correct and/or sigfig/unit failures, how should
        !            41: messages be delivierd/decided
        !            42: 
        !            43: --------------------------
        !            44: Randmization:
        !            45: 
        !            46: 2proposals:
        !            47: 
        !            48: <randomlist ?show=2>
        !            49: 	<> </>
        !            50: 	<> </>
        !            51: 	<> </>
        !            52: 	<> </>
        !            53: </randomlist>
        !            54: 	
        !            55: -will randomly pick show number of tag groups and display them, parser 
        !            56: can set an internal option so as to stop randomlist tag from having
        !            57: any effect
        !            58: 
        !            59: -PROB: can restrict layout possibilities, 
        !            60: 
        !            61: ---OR---
        !            62: 
        !            63: <answergroup>
        !            64: 	<foil>
        !            65: 		<caparesponse>
        !            66: 			<check> pick me </check>
        !            67: 		</caparesponse>
        !            68: 	</foil>
        !            69: 	....
        !            70: 	<showrandomfoil/>
        !            71: 	<showrandomfoil/>
        !            72: 	<showrandomfoil/>
        !            73: </answergroup>
        !            74: 
        !            75: -by default - foil sets an internal list with the results of parsing
        !            76: the tags it has, and then the <showrandomfoil/> command picks a foil
        !            77: out and displays, marking as displayed
        !            78: 
        !            79: -a specific problem can override this functionality as follows:
        !            80: <answergroup>
        !            81: 	<multiplechoice>
        !            82: 		<multiplechoiceresponse value="false">
        !            83: 			<foil>
        !            84: 				<radio> Trucks <br> </radio>
        !            85: 			</foil>
        !            86: 		</multiplechoiceresponse>
        !            87: 		<multiplechoiceresponse value="false">
        !            88: 			<foil>
        !            89: 				<radio> Cars <br> </radio>
        !            90: 			</foil>
        !            91: 		</multiplechoiceresponse>
        !            92: 		<multiplechoiceresponse value="false">
        !            93: 			<foil>
        !            94: 				<radio> Guy Albertelli <br> </radio>
        !            95: 			</foil>
        !            96: 		</multiplechoiceresponse>
        !            97: 		<multiplechoiceresponse value="false">
        !            98: 			<foil>
        !            99: 				<radio> Computers <br> </radio>
        !           100: 			</foil>
        !           101: 		</multiplechoiceresponse>
        !           102: 
        !           103: 		<multiplechoiceresponse value="true">
        !           104: 			<foil>
        !           105: 				<radio> Oranges <br> </radio>
        !           106: 			</foil>
        !           107: 		</multiplechoiceresponse>
        !           108: 		<multiplechoiceresponse value="true">
        !           109: 			<foil>
        !           110: 				<radio> Tomatoes <br> </radio>
        !           111: 			</foil>
        !           112: 		</multiplechoiceresponse>
        !           113: 		<showrandomfoil/>
        !           114: 		<showrandomfoil/>
        !           115: 		<showrandomfoil/>
        !           116: 		<showrandomfoil/>
        !           117: 	</multiplechice>
        !           118: </answergroup>
        !           119:    in this example when the multiple choice tag is hit, it put the
        !           120:    parser into buffer mode, as the parser hits the tags it internally
        !           121:    counts up the number of true/false responses and the number of
        !           122:    showrandomfoil, then it reparses it, this time actually parsing the 
        !           123:    foil sections and actively creating output at the show random foil tags
        !           124:  
        !           125: -PROB: more difficult to code/hide
        !           126: 
        !           127: ------------------
        !           128: <outtext>
        !           129: 
        !           130: all data is assumed to be html, we will attempt to autoconvert to
        !           131: whatever the output target is.
        !           132: 
        !           133: ------------------
        !           134: targetted output
        !           135: In all strings in the perl section and <outtext> blocks you can have
        !           136: 
        !           137: <target type="X" dest="Y,Z"> some text </target>
        !           138: 
        !           139: where X Y and Z are valid target for homework. Examples are web,tex,?pdf?,ascii
        !           140: 
        !           141: type defines what target the data is already formatted in, 
        !           142: 
        !           143: dest defines what targets it should be autoconverted for, (input
        !           144: format is assumed to be a valid output format).
        !           145: 
        !           146: If the current target isn't a possible dest, the data will be ignored.
        !           147: 
        !           148: Shorthand:
        !           149: <tex> </tex> == <target type="tex"> </target>
        !           150: <tex dest="web"> </tex> == <target type="tex" dest="web"> </target>