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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+# this is really a faq2html and should only be used for this purpose
+
+sub fixline {
+    $_ =~ s/\</&lt;/g;
+    $_ =~ s/\>/&gt;/g;
+
+    $_ =~ s/(http:\/\/([a-zA-Z0-9_.\/-]*)[^\) .\n])/\<a href=\"$1\"\>$1\<\/a\>/g;
+
+    $_ =~ s/(\\|\/)$/$1&nbsp;/g; # clobber backslash on end of line
+}
+
+sub show {
+    if(@q) {
+        print @q;
+        undef @q;
+    }
+    if(@a) {
+        print @a;
+        undef @a;
+    }
+    if(@p) {
+        print "<pre>\n";
+        print @p;
+        print "</pre>\n";
+        undef @p;
+    }
+}
+
+while(<STDIN>) {
+
+    fixline($_);
+
+    # detect and mark Q-sections
+    if( $_ =~ /^(Q(\d*)[.:] )(.*)/) {
+
+        show();
+
+        # collect the full Q
+        push @q, "<a name=\"$2\"></a><p class=\"faqq\">";
+        push @q, "$2. $3";
+        my $line;
+
+        $indent = length($1);
+        $first = " " x $indent;
+
+        #print "$indent|$first|$1|\n";
+
+        while(<STDIN>) {
+
+            fixline($_);
+
+            $line = $_;
+
+            if($_ !~ /^A/) {
+                push @q, "$_";
+            }
+            else {
+                last;
+            }
+        }
+        # first line of A
+        $line =~ s/^A(\d*)[.:] *//g; # cut off the "A[num]."
+        push @a, "<p class=\"faqa\">";
+        push @a, $line;
+
+        $prev='a';
+        next;
+    }
+  #  print "$_ matches '$first'?\n";
+
+    if($_ =~ /^$first(\S)/) {
+
+
+        if($prev ne 'a') {
+            show();
+            push @a, "<p class=\"faqa\">";
+        }
+
+        push @a, $_;
+        $prev='a';
+    }
+    else {
+        if($prev ne 'p') {
+            show();
+        }
+        if(@p) {
+            # if we have data, we fix blank lines
+            $_ =~ s/^\s*$/\&nbsp;\n/g;   # empty lines are nbsp
+            push @p, $_; # add it
+        }
+        elsif($_ !~ /^\s*$/) {
+            # this is not a blank line, add it
+            push @p, $_;
+        }
+        $prev = 'p';
+    }
+}