Text Formatting

Paragraphs

Indented paragraphs.. using the : : at start, ie

the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

Headings

From 1 to 6 ! characters at the start of a line will produce headings

Lists

• Bulleted
  • a * at the start of a line indicates a bullet item. By increasing the number of *, the list will be indented.

1. numbered
   1. a # at the start of a line indicates a numbered item. By increasing the number of #, the list will be indented.

definition lists

Defined using the :<def>:<text> syntax, the more : at the start the greater the indentation

 

Horizontal Line

Four or more dashes (----) at the start of a line will generate a horizontal line

 

Text Emphasis

Emphasis on text cannot be split accross lines, but can be used as many times as you like on a single line

• '''bold''' &#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039; around text (triple single-quotes)
• ''italic'' &#039;&#039; &#039;&#039; around text (double single-quotes)
• '''''bold-italic''''' &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; around text (bold and italic markup)
• bigger text [+ +] [+++ +] - The more + the bigger
• smaller text [- -] [--- -] - The more - the smaller the text
• monospaced @@ @@ around text
• underline [_ _] around text
• strike-through [~ ~] around text
• ^superscript [^^ ^^] around text.
• _subscript [__ __] around text (double underscore).
• UPPERCASE [^ ^] around text translates text to upper case
• lowercase.] [. .] around text translates text to [.lowercase
• Unprinted comments are allowed within the text file. Anything surrounded by /* */ in the text file will not appear on the HTML page
• Ignored [= =] around text. This will ignore any wiki processing on the text

 

Styles

Styles allow colour, etc to be applied to the text. The markup is to enclose the style name between two . One example is %red% which causes the remainder of the line to appear in red.

 

Tables

Tables can be applied by using the || (double pipe) characters at the start of a line You can find a full description on the tables page

 

Variables

All variables are of the syntax {$xxx} where xxx is the variable name.

{$Title} - The page name, ie

{$This} - As above...

{$PageName} - As above...

{$Group} - Current group

{$SubGroup} - Current subgroup

{$LastModified} - date / time of last page modification

{$Version} - version of wiki engine

- Substitute with contents of User variables (via Add-On script)

Page Commands

{{nohighlightnewlinks}} - Prevent new links appearing in bold

{{highlightnewlinks}} - New links appear in bold

{{Search}} - Provides search facility

{{Index}} - Provides index facility (via Add-On script)

{{var &lt;varname&gt;=&lt;value&gt;}} - Set variable (via Add-On script).

User variables are simply used for text replacement. The advantage of this method is that repeated text can be placed in a variable and substituted via the $&lt;varname&gt;} syntax, without the requirement for editing the custom.php file. The contents of the variable are page specific.

 

Other markup

[[<<]] - Line break. Inserts<br>into HTML

[[#''name'']] - Creates anchor point in page. Can be accessed by adding #''name'' to the URL.

Comments &#039; (Single quote) at start of line. Text following will appear as smaller comment text

'this is comment stuff