[ANN] feedtxt gem - reads Feed.TXT - feeds in text w/ metadata (YAML) n content (Markdown or HTML)

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Hello,

   as an alternative to JSON Feed I've put together Feed.TXT - a new
feed format in plain text with structured metadata in YAML and content
in HTML or Markdown.

   Use the new feedtxt gem [1] to read / parse the new feed format for
publishing & sharing posts, articles, podcasts & more.
Try Feedtxt::Parser.parse() returning an array with a metadata hash
and items (w/ metadata hash and content).Example:

``` ruby
  require 'feedtxt'

text =<<TXT

comment: "This is a podcast feed. You can add..."
title: "The Record"
home_page_url: "http://therecord.co/&quot;
feed_url: "http://therecord.co/feed.txt&quot;
</>
id: "http://therecord.co/chris-parrish&quot;
title: "Special #1 - Chris Parrish"
url: "http://therecord.co/chris-parrish&quot;
summary: "Brent interviews Chris Parrish, co-host of The Record and
one-half of Aged & Distilled."
published: 2014-05-09T14:04:00-07:00
attachments:
- url:
"http://therecord.co/downloads/The-Record-sp1e1-ChrisParrish.m4a&quot;
  mime_type: "audio/x-m4a"
  size_in_bytes: 89970236
  duration_in_seconds: 6629

···

---
Chris has worked at [Adobe][1] and as a founder of Rogue Sheep, which
won an Apple Design Award for Postage.
Chris's new company is Aged & Distilled with Guy English - which
shipped [Napkin](2),
a Mac app for visual collaboration. Chris is also the co-host of The Record.
He lives on [Bainbridge Island][3], a quick ferry ride from Seattle.

[1]: http://adobe.com/
[2]: Napkin for OS X - Say it with a picture, skip the 1,000 words
[3]: http://www.ci.bainbridge-isl.wa.us/
<<<|
TXT

feed = Feedtxt::Parser.parse( text )
pp feed


resulting in:

``` ruby
\[\{&quot;comment&quot;=&gt;&quot;This is a podcast feed\. You can add\.\.\.&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;title&quot;=&gt;&quot;The Record&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;home\_page\_url&quot;=&gt;&quot;http://therecord.co/&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;feed\_url&quot;=&gt;&quot;http://therecord.co/feed.txt&quot;
 \},
 \[
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\[\{&quot;id&quot;=&gt;&quot;http://therecord.co/chris-parrish&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;title&quot;=&gt;&quot;Special \#1 \- Chris Parrish&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;url&quot;=&gt;&quot;http://therecord.co/chris-parrish&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;summary&quot;=&gt;&quot;Brent interviews Chris Parrish, co\-host of The Record and\.\.\.&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;published&quot;=&gt;2014\-05\-09 23:04:00 \+0200,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;attachments&quot;=&gt;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\[\{&quot;url&quot;=&gt;&quot;http://therecord.co/downloads/The-Record-sp1e1-ChrisParrish.m4a&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;mime\_type&quot;=&gt;&quot;audio/x\-m4a&quot;,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;size\_in\_bytes&quot;=&gt;89970236,
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;duration\_in\_seconds&quot;=&gt;6629\}\]
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\},
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Chris has worked at \[Adobe\]\[1\] and as a founder of Rogue Sheep\.\.\.&quot;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\]
 \]
\]
\`\`\`

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cheers\.

\[1\] https://github.com/feedtxt/feedtxt

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