• View
• Edit
• History
• Print

TextFormattingRules

To experiment with the rules, please try editing the WikiSandbox.

Paragraphs

• Do not indent paragraphs
• Words wrap and fill as needed
• Use blank lines as separators
• Lines indented with one or more spaces (or tabs) are monospace font.
• Use [[<<]] to force a break to the beginning of the next line.
• Use \ (backslash) at the end of a line to avoid newline interpretation

Indented Paragraphs (Quotes)

Colon-space-colon (: :) at the beginning of a paragraph can be used to produce an indented paragraph. More colons at the beginning (:: :) produce larger indents.

 : :Four score and seven years ago our fathers placed upon this
 continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the
 proposition that all men are created equal.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers placed upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Bulleted Lists

Bullet lists are made by placing asterisks at the left margin. More asterisks increases the level of bullet:

 * First-level list item
 ** Second-level list item
 ** Another second-level item
 * A first-level item

• First-level list item
  • Second-level list item
  • Another second-level item
• A first-level item

Horizontal Line

Four or more dashes (----) at the beginning of a line produce a horizontal line

Emphasis

• Use doubled single-quotes (''), i.e., two apostrophies, for emphasis (usually italics)
• Use tripled single-quotes ('''), i.e. three apostrophies, for strong emphasis (usually bold)
• Use five single-quotes ('''''), or triples within doubles (five apostrophies), for some other kind of emphasis (usually bold italics)
• Use doubled at-signs (@@) for monospace text
• Use [+...+] for larger text and [-...-] for smaller text
• Emphasis can be used multiple times within a line, but cannot span across line boundaries -- you can't put a paragraph break in the middle of bold text.

See also WikiStyles for advanced text formatting options.

References

• Join capitalized words (WikiWords) to make references to other pages on this Wiki.
• Precede URLs with "http:", "ftp:", "gopher:", "mailto:", or "news:" to create links automatically as in http://www.pmichaud.com/toast.
• URLs ending with .gif, .jpg, or .png are displayed as images in the page
  • An image URL at the beginning of a line "floats left" with text wrapped around it.
  • An image URL at the end of a line "floats right" with text wrapped around it.
  • An image URL on a line by itself appears by itself in the output.
• URLs can be placed in double brackets url? when the URL itself is not important to the text. For example, [[http://www.google.com/]] will appear as [1].
• Links with arbitrary text can be created in double brackets as url text? or WikiWord text?. Text can be an image URL, in which case the image becomes the link to the remote url or WikiWord.
• Anchor targets within pages (#-links) can be created using [[#target]].

FreeLinks

A free link? is a page name reference that doesn't follow the WikiWord convention.

Often, there is no natural WikiWord for naming a page. That's when {{free links}} (a page called free links?) are useful. The {{text}} markup creates a link to a page called Text. The markup {{basic editing}} markup creates a link to a page called BasicEditing and displays as basic editing. Suffixes and plurals are also possible, thus {{wiki word}}s produces wiki words.

For more information please see the FreeLinks? documentation.

Headings

Headings are made by placing a exclamation mark (!) at the left margin. More exclamation marks increases the level of heading. For example,

	! Level 1 Heading

Level 1 Heading

	!! Level 2 Heading

Level 2 Heading

	!!! Level 3 Heading

Level 3 Heading

Escape sequence

Anything placed between [= and =] is not interpreted by PmWiki. This makes it possible to easily do WikiWords that are not links and turn off other special formatting interpretation. The [= and =] can span multiple input lines, allowing effects to be applied to multiple input lines. For example, space+[= at the beginning of a line will cause the text up to the next =] to be monospace and uninterpreted by PmWiki (useful for program listings).

Numbered Lists

Numbered lists are made by placing number-signs (#) at the left margin.

 # Prepare the experiment
 ## Unwrap the pop-tart
 ## Insert the pop-tart into the toaster
 # Begin cooking the pop tart
 # Stand back

1. Prepare the experiment
   1. Unwrap the pop-tart
   2. Insert the pop-tart into the toaster
2. Begin cooking the pop tart
3. Stand back

Definition Lists

Definition lists are made by placing colons at the left margin:

:term:definition of term ::second-level item: definition of 2nd-level item

term

definition of term

second-level item

definition of 2nd-level item

Tables

Table are defined by enclosing cells with '||'. A cell with leading and trailing spaces is centered; a cell with leading spaces is right-aligned; all other cells are left-aligned. An empty cell will cause the previous cell to span multiple columns. (There is currently no mechanism for spanning multiple rows.) A line beginning with '||' specifies the table attributes for subsequent tables.

 
        ||align=center border=1 width=50%
        ||Left   || Center ||  Right||
        ||A      ||    B   ||      C||
        || multi span    ||||       ||

For more information see SimpleTables, SimpleTables2? and AdvancedTables.

Comments

If a line of text starts with the %comment% tag, it does not show (a hidden comment)

This is a hidden comment line that doesn't show.

<< Images | PmWiki.DocumentationIndex | Uploads >>