Performance improvements

Over the last few days I've been working on improving the performance of the BBCode parser. I've managed to implement a few major optimizations, reducing the run time in common cases to around 1/4th to 1/20th compared to the older version. This has reduced total server-side render times on some of the more complicated test pages I've been using to around 50ms–70ms, which should be a noticeable improvement.

New features

Opacity

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Having fun with BBcode as if there were no tomorrow!

Paragraphs and line breaks:

[paragraph starts][line]
[next line][paragraph ends]

[another paragraph starts]

Indenting:

[indent starts=indent level]indented text[indent ends]

Default indent level: 1.
Max. indent level: 4.

(normal text)

(normal text again)

(normal text)

(normal text again)

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I've added [math] and [mathblock] BBCode tags, which can be used to display formatted math. We've had a few requests for this, particularly for group forum threads and blog posts. Most math-related TeX syntax is supported. (We are currently using MathJax to handle the layout.)

The documentation from the BBCode guide is repeated below for your convenience.

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Since even Bad Horse says I’ve out-nerded him, I might as well explain how I did it in great, excruciating detail. Because I’ve finally published the results as fit for human/pony consumption.

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Most excellent news from the Unicode Consortium as version 8.0 of the standard has been finalized.

Why? Well, simply for this addition:

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I don't think anyone here has ever mentioned this tag, and I didn't know Fimfiction supported it until I saw someone use it.

This tag is spelled [code]. You close it with [/code]. Things in a code tag will come out in a monospaced font, where all letters are just as wide, and a space is the same width as a letter.

This lets you perform precise alignment.

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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities, and vital system components¹ comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

1. Why is an entire LaTeX distribution not included here?

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Below is a slightly shortened version of a problem & solution I posted on The Writers' Group.

The Problem

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So I've been checking out FimFic's BBCode Guide and decided to have some fun with them.
Important Notes: Some of them don't work the same way in the stories than they do in blog or forum posts. Namely the quote codes.

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TrotCon 2018

MLP & Western Animation Convention - 7^th year

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