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Paragraphs: Blank lines will create new paragraphs. |
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Headings: Three or more dashes at the beginning of a line, followed by plus signs and the heading text. One plus creates a top level heading, two pluses a second level heading, etc. The maximum heading depth is 6. You can create a table of contents with the %TOC% variable. If you want to exclude a heading from the TOC, put !! after the ---+ .
Empty headings are allowed and won't appear in the table of contents. |
---++ Sushi ---+++ Maguro ---+++!! Not in TOC |
SushiMaguroNot in TOC |
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Bold Text: Words get shown in bold by enclosing them in * asterisks.
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*Bold* | Bold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italic Text: Words get shown in italic by enclosing them in _ underscores.
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_Italic_ | Italic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bold Italic: Words get shown in bold italic by enclosing them in __ double-underscores.
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__Bold italic__ | Bold italic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fixed Font: Words get shown in fixed font by enclosing them in = equal signs.
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=Fixed font= |
Fixed font
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Bold Fixed Font: Words get shown in bold fixed font by enclosing them in double equal signs.
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==Bold fixed== |
Bold fixed
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You can follow the closing bold, italic, or other (* _ __ = == ) indicator
with normal punctuation, such as commas and full stops.
Make sure there is no space between the text and the indicators. All words enclosed by the indicators need to be on the same line. |
_This works_, _this does not _ _this fails too_ |
This works, _this does not _ _this fails too_ |
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Separator (Horizontal Rule): Three or more three dashes at the beginning of a line.. |
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Bulleted List: Multiple of three spaces, an asterisk, and another space. For all the list types, you can break a list item over several lines by indenting lines after the first one by at least 3 spaces. |
* level 1 * level 2 * back on 1 * A bullet broken over three lines * last bullet |
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Numbered List: Multiple of three spaces, a type character, a dot, and another space. Several types are available besides a number:
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1. Sushi 1. Dim Sum 1. Fondue A. Sushi A. Dim Sum A. Fondue i. Sushi i. Dim Sum i. Fondue |
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Definition List: Three spaces, a dollar sign, the term, a colon, a space, followed by the definition. Deprecated syntax: Three spaces, the term with no spaces, a colon, a space, followed by the definition. |
$ Sushi: Japan $ Dim Sum: S.F. |
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Table: Each row of the table is a line containing of one or more cells. Each cell starts and ends with a vertical bar '|'. Any spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored.
|^| multiple-span row functionality and additional rendering features
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| *L* | *C* | *R* | | A2 | B2 | C2 | | A3 | B3 | C3 | | multi span ||| | A5-7 | 5 | 5 | |^| six | six | |^| seven | seven | | split\ | over\ | 3 lines | | A9 | B9 | C9 | |
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WikiWord Links: CapitalizedWordsStuckTogether (or WikiWords) will produce a link automatically if preceded by whitespace or parenthesis. If you want to link to a topic in a different web write Otherweb.TopicName . To link to a topic in a subweb write Otherweb.Subweb.TopicName .The link label excludes the name of the web, e.g. only the topic name is shown. As an exception, the name of the web is shown for the WebHome topic. Dots '.' are used to separate webs and subwebs from topic names and therefore cannot be used in topic names.
It's generally a good idea to use the TWikiVariables %SYSTEMWEB% and %USERSWEB% instead of TWiki and Main.
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WebStatistics Sandbox.WebNotify Sandbox.WebHome Sandbox.Subweb.TopicName | WebStatistics WebNotify Sandbox TopicName | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anchors: You can define a reference inside a TWiki topic (called an anchor name) and link to that. To define an anchor write #AnchorName at the beginning of a line. The anchor name must be a WikiWord of no more than 32 characters. To link to an anchor name use the [[MyTopic#MyAnchor]] syntax. You can omit the topic name if you want to link within the same topic.
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[[WikiWord#NotThere]] [[#MyAnchor][Jump]] #MyAnchor To here | WikiWord#NotThere Jump To here | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forced Links: Use double square brackets to create forced links: Write [[link]] or [[link][label]] to force a link. Use the former for singleton words and if automatic linking is disabled. Use the latter one to specify a link label other than the link. For the link, you can use internal link references (e.g. WikiWords) and URLs (e.g. http://TWiki.org/).
Anchor names can be added to create a link to a specific place in a document. To "escape" double square brackets that would otherwise make a link, prefix the leading left square bracket with an exclamation point. |
[[WikiWord]] [[WikiWord#TheSyntax]] [[WikiSyntax][wiki syntax]] [[http://gnu.org/][GNU]] [[Singleton]] escaped: ![[WikiSyntax]] | WikiWord WikiWord#TheSyntax wiki syntax GNU Singleton escaped: [[WikiSyntax]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Prevent a Link: Prevent a WikiWord from being linked by prepending it with an exclamation point. |
!SunOS | SunOS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disable Links: You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding text with <noautolink> and </noautolink> tags.It is possible to turn off all auto-linking with a NOAUTOLINK preferences setting. |
<noautolink> RedHat & SuSE </noautolink> | RedHat & SuSE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mailto Links: E-mail addresses are linked automatically. To create e-mail links that have more descriptive link text, specify subject lines or message bodies, or omit the e-mail address, you can write [[mailto:user@domain][descriptive text]] .
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a@b.com [[mailto:a@b.com]\ [Mail]] [[mailto:?subject=\ Hi][Hi]] | a@bNOSPAM.com Mail Hi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Verbatim Text: Surround code excerpts and other formatted text with <verbatim> and </verbatim> tags.verbatim tags disable HTML code. Use <pre> and </pre> tags instead if you want the HTML code within the tags to be interpreted.NOTE: Preferences variables (* Set NAME = value) are set within verbatim tags. |
<verbatim> class CatAnimal { void purr() { <code here> } } </verbatim> |
class CatAnimal { void purr() { <code here> } } |
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Literal Text: TWiki generates HTML code from TWiki shorthand. Experts surround anything that must be output literally in the HTML code, without the application of TWiki shorthand rules, with <literal>..</literal> tags. any HTML
within literal tags must be well formed i.e. all tags must be properly closed before
the end of the literal block. TWiki Variables are expanded within literal blocks.
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<literal> | Not | A | Table | <literal> |
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Protected Text: Experts protect text from mangling by WYSIWYG editors using <sticky>..</sticky> tags. Sticky tags don't have any effect on normal
topic display; they are only relevant when content has to be
protected from a WYSIWYG editor (usually because it isn't well-formed HTML, or because it
is HTML that WYSIWYG would normally filter out or modify). Protected
content appears as plain text in the WYSIWYG editor.
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<sticky> <div> This div is required </div> </sticky> |
This div is required
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<strike>deleted text</strike>
to get <literal>..</literal>
tags around blocks of HTML to avoid accidental interpretation of TWiki shorthand within the HTML.
<body>
and </body>
tags.
<p />
paragraph tags on empty lines, which causes problems if done between HTML tags that do not allow paragraph tags, like for example between table tags.
<...>
- of a HTML tag are on the same line, or the tag will be broken.
JavaScript Example: | CSS Example: |
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<!-- <pre> --> <script language="javascript"> <!-- // put your JavaScript code here //--> </script> <!-- </pre> --> |
<!-- <pre> --> <style type="text/css"> /* put your CSS code here */ </style> <!-- </pre> --> |
http://...
, https://...
, ftp://...
, gopher://...
, news://...
, file://...
, telnet://...
and mailto:...@...
are linked automatically.
[[URL][label]]
to get an external link with a descriptive text for the link, such as [[http://google.com/][Google home page]]
to get Google home page.
name@domain.com
are linked automatically.
%TOPIC%
is expanded to TWikiVariablesQuickStart. Some variables can take arguments in curly braces - for example, %INCLUDE{"OtherTopic" ARG="arg"}%
.
Many TWiki variables are built-in, and others are predefined for your convenience. TWikiVariables describes how you can also define your own TWiki Variables at the entire site, individual web, or individual topic level. Variables are fully expanded before any of the TWiki text formatting rules are applied.
Commonly used variables:
%TOC%
: Automatically generates a table of contents based on headings in a topic - see the top of this page for an example.
%WEB%
: The current web, is TWiki.
%TOPIC%
: The current topic name, is TWikiVariablesQuickStart.
%ATTACHURL%
: The attachment URL of the current topic. Example usage: If you attach a file to a topic you can refer to it as %ATTACHURL%/image.gif
to show the URL of the file or the image in your text.
%INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}%
: Server side include, includes another topic. The current web is the default web. Example: %INCLUDE{"TWiki.SiteMap"}%
%SEARCH{"sushi"}%
: Inline search showing the search result embedded in a topic. FormattedSearch gives you control over formatting, used to create web-based applications.
%ICON{"help"}%
, %ICON{"tip"}%
, and %ICON{"warning"}%
to get: , , and , respectively.
!%SOMEVARIABLE%
to get: %SOMEVARIABLE%.
%PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS%
:
"$SUM( $ABOVE() )"
to TWiki tables or anywhere in topic text ExternalSite:Page
text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic :-)
for or :eek:
for <filename>
is not displayed. How can I show it as it is? '<'
and '>'
characters have a special meaning in HTML, they define HTML tags. You need to escape them, so write '<'
instead of '<'
, and '>'
instead of '>'
. 'prog <filename>'
to get 'prog <filename>'
.
'&'
character sometimes not displayed? '&'
character has a special meaning in HTML, it starts a so called character entity, i.e. '©'
is the ©
copyright character. You need to escape '&'
to see it as it is, so write '&'
instead of '&'
. 'This & that'
to get 'This & that'
.