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+ | ==== Paragraphs ==== | ||
+ | * Don't indent paragraphs | ||
+ | * Words wrap and fill as needed | ||
+ | * Use blank lines as separators | ||
+ | * Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule | ||
+ | * %%////% makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Lists ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * asterisk for first level | ||
+ | * asterisk-asterisk for second level, etc. | ||
+ | * Use * for bullet lists, # for numbered lists (mix at will) | ||
+ | * semicolon-term-colon-definition for definition lists: | ||
+ | |||
+ | term heredefinition here, as in the < | ||
+ | |||
+ | * One line for each item | ||
+ | * Other leading whitespace signals preformatted text, changes font. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Headings ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | * ' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Fonts ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Indent with one or more spaces to use a monospace font: | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is in monospace | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is not | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Indented Paragraphs ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * semicolon-colon -- works like < | ||
+ | |||
+ | this is an indented block of text | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Emphasis ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Use doubled single-quotes (' | ||
+ | * Use doubled underscores (_////_) for strong emphasis (usually **bold**) | ||
+ | * Mix them at will: **//bold italics//** | ||
+ | * // | ||
+ | |||
+ | '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== References ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in square brackets: __this is a page link__[[edit=this is a page link|?]] or [[UsingWikiWords|UsingWikiWords]] (preferred) | ||
+ | * Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this: http:// | ||
+ | * You can name the links by providing a name, a bar (|) and then the hyperlink or pagename: [[http:// | ||
+ | * You can suppress linking to old-style references and URIs by preceding the word with a ' | ||
+ | * [1], [2], [3], [4] refer to remote references. Click __EditLinks__[[edit=EditLinks|? | ||
+ | * Also, the old way of linking URL's is still supported: precede URLs with " | ||
+ | * URLs ending with .png, .gif, or .jpg are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves: {{http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HTML Mark-Up Language ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Don't bother | ||
+ | * < and > are themselves | ||
+ | * The & characters will not work | ||
+ | * If you really must use HTML, your system administrator can enable this feature. Start each line with a bar (|). Note that this feature is disabled by default. |