diff --git a/doc/arch.rst b/doc/arch.rst
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+General overview of process:
+
+1. parse
+2. generate md
+3. replace links
+4. output
diff --git a/src/com/jdblabs/jlp/JLPMain.groovy b/src/com/jdblabs/jlp/JLPMain.groovy
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+package com.jdblabs.jlp
+
+public class JLPMain {
+
+    public static void main(String args[]) {
+
+        JLPMain inst = new JLPMain()
+
+        // create command-line parser
+        CliBuilder cli = new CliBuilder(
+            usage: 'jlp [options] <src-file> <src-file> ...')
+
+        // define options
+        cli.h('Print this help information.', longOpt: 'help', required: false)
+
+        // parse options
+        def opts = cli.parse(args)
+
+        // display help if requested
+        if (opts.h) {
+            cli.usage()
+            return }
+
+        Map documentContext = [ docs: [:] ]
+
+        // get files passed in
+        def filenames = opts.getArgs()
+        def files = filenames.collect { new File(if) }
+        
+        // -------- parse input -------- //
+        files.inject(documentContext) { docContext, file ->
+            inst.parse(new File(file), docContext) }
+
+        // -------- generate output -------- //
+    }
+
+    public void parse(File inputFile, Map docCtx) {
+        def currentDocBlock
+        def thisDoc = [ blocks:[] ]
+
+        String docName = inputFile.name.substring(
+            0, inputFile.name.lastIndexOf('.'))
+
+        docCtx.docs[docName] = thisDoc
+
+        inputFile.eachLine { line, lineNum ->
+            
+        }
+    }
+
+}