diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
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+OBJ:= main.o
+OUTPUT:=nhtmlc
+
+debug: CXXFLAGS = -g 
+debug: CFLAGS = -g 
+debug: $(OBJ)
+	gcc $(OBJ) -g -o $(OUTPUT)
+
+release: $(OBJ)
+	gcc $(OBJ) -o $(OUTPUT)
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OBJ) $(OUTPUT)
+
+
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
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+++ b/main.c
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+#include <stdio.h>  // needs: fgetc, fputs, fopen, fprintf
+#include <stdlib.h> // needs: realloc, malloc, free
+#include <string.h> // needs: strcmp, memcpy
+#include <errno.h> 
+typedef struct {
+	char * c_str;
+	size_t len;
+} string_t;
+
+int string_append(string_t *str, char c) {
+	if (str->c_str == NULL) {
+		// new string, need to emit EOS
+		str->len++;
+	}
+
+	char * new_ptr  = realloc(str->c_str, str->len+1);
+	if (new_ptr == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	// append char
+	str->c_str = new_ptr;
+	str->c_str[str->len-1] = c;
+	str->c_str[str->len] = 0; // make sure
+	str->len++;
+}
+
+void string_destroy(string_t s) {
+	free(s.c_str);
+}
+
+string_t string_copy(string_t old) {
+	string_t tmp;
+	tmp.c_str = malloc(old.len);
+	tmp.len = old.len;
+	memcpy(tmp.c_str, old.c_str, tmp.len);
+	return tmp;
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+	string_t name, value;
+} attr_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+	attr_t * arr;
+	size_t len;
+} attr_set_t;
+
+// linear search in set
+// returns NULL on failure to find entry
+attr_t * attr_set_find(attr_set_t *set, const char * name) {
+	size_t current = 0;
+
+	for (; current != set->len; ++current) {
+		if (strcmp(set->arr[current].name.c_str, name) == 0) {
+			return set->arr + current;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+// Append new Attribute to set
+int attr_set_append(attr_set_t * set, attr_t *new_entry) {
+	// search first
+	attr_t * new_ptr = attr_set_find(set, new_entry->name.c_str);
+	if (new_ptr != NULL) {
+		// already contained in set
+		// just change entries value
+		string_destroy(new_ptr->value);
+		new_ptr->value = string_copy(new_entry->value);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	new_ptr = realloc(set->arr, (set->len+1)*sizeof(attr_t));
+	if (new_ptr == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	// append and quit
+	set->arr = new_ptr;
+	set->arr[set->len] = *new_entry;
+	set->len++;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int parse_attr(FILE * stream, attr_set_t * output) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "stub: parse_attr\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int parse_text(FILE * stream, FILE * output) {
+	// STUB
+	fprintf(stderr, "stub: parse_text\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+
+typedef struct node {
+	string_t name;
+	attr_set_t attributes;
+} node_t;
+
+
+// write out node
+void print_node(node_t * node, FILE * output) {
+	// start by writing tag
+	fputc('<', output);
+
+	// follow with tag name
+	fputs(node->name.c_str,output);
+
+	// add attributes
+	size_t i = 0;
+	attr_t * current = node->attributes.arr;
+	for (; i < node->attributes.len; i++,current++) {
+		fprintf(output, " %s=\"%s\"", current->name.c_str, current->value.c_str);
+	}
+
+	// close tag
+	fputc('>', output);
+}
+
+int print_tag(FILE * stream, FILE * output) {
+	node_t new_node;
+	int buffer = 0;
+
+	while ((buffer = fgetc(stream)) != EOF) {
+		switch(buffer) {
+		case '[': // parse attributes
+			if (parse_attr(stream, &new_node.attributes) != -1) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "could not parse attributes: %d", -1);
+				return -1;
+			}
+			break;
+		case '"':
+			// raw text
+			parse_text(stream, output);
+			break;
+		default:
+			if (buffer != ' ' && buffer != '\t' && buffer != '\n') {
+				string_append(&new_node.name, buffer);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char ** args) {
+	char * filename= NULL;
+	for(;argc != 1; --argc) {
+		filename = args[argc-1];
+		printf("starting conversion of %s\n", filename);
+		
+		FILE * handle = fopen(filename, "r");
+
+		if (handle == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "could not open \"%s\": %s\n", filename, strerror(errno));
+			continue;
+		}
+		
+		while(!feof(handle)) {
+			if (print_tag(handle, stdout) != 0) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "error during parsing of node\n");
+				break;
+			}
+		}	
+
+		fclose(handle);
+	}
+
+	printf("done compiling\n");
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test.nhtml b/test.nhtml
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+++ b/test.nhtml
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+div {
+	"hi i'm raw text"
+	"I'm raw text too :)" 
+	"Including \"escaping\""
+}
+h1 {
+div {
+	"Another, but bigger font"
+	"Adding a 
+	new line adds a <br/> :)" 
+}
+}