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Paragraphs: Blank lines will create new paragraphs. |
1st paragraph 2nd paragraph | 1st paragraph 2nd paragraph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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% macro. If you want to exclude a heading from the TOC, put !! after the ---+ .
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---++ 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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![]() * _ __ = == ) indicator
with normal punctuation, such as commas and full stops.
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_This works_, _this does not _ |
This works, _this does not _ |
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Verbatim (Literal) 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.![]() |
<verbatim> class CatAnimal { void purr() { <code here> } } </verbatim> |
class CatAnimal { void purr() { <code here> } } |
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Verbatim (Literal) Code Highlighting: Surround code excerpts and other formatted text e.g. with <verbatim class="bash"> and </verbatim> tags.![]() ![]() verbatim tags disable HTML code. Use <pre class="bash"> and </pre> tags instead if you want the HTML code within the tags to be interpreted.![]() |
<verbatim class="bash"> #!/bin/bash while [ -n "$(ls . ~/ \ ~/pub* /var/www 2>/dev/null \ | fgrep foswiki )" ] ; do clear printf "\nFoswiki rules!\n" sleep 10 clear printf "\nFoswiki still rules!\n" sleep 10 done; exit 0 </verbatim> |
#!/bin/bash while [ -n "$(ls . ~/ \ ~/pub* /var/www 2>/dev/null \ | fgrep foswiki )" ] ; do clear printf "\nFoswiki rules!\n" sleep 10 clear printf "\nFoswiki still rules!\n" sleep 10 done; exit 0 |
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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. ![]() |
* 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. |
$ 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.
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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. ![]() Otherweb.TopicName . To link to a topic in a subweb write Otherweb.Subweb.TopicName .![]() ![]() '.' 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 macros %SYSTEMWEB%, %SANDBOXWEB% and %USERSWEB% instead of System, %SANDBOXWEB% and Main.
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WebStatistics %SANDBOXWEB%.WebNotify %SANDBOXWEB%.WebHome %SANDBOXWEB%.Subweb.TopicName | WebStatistics %SANDBOXWEB%.WebNotify %SANDBOXWEB%.WebHome TopicName | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acronym Links: Words that are all capitals will produce a link automatically only if the topic aready exists!. |
ACRONYM System.ACRONYM | ACRONYM ACRONYM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anchors: You can define a reference inside a 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: You can create a forced internal link by enclosing words in double square brackets. Text within the brackets may contain optional spaces; the topic name is formed by capitalizing the initial letter and by removing the spaces; for example, [[wiki syntax]] links to topic WikiSyntax. You can also refer to a different web and use anchors.
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[[wiki syntax]] [[%SANDBOXWEB%.My unspaced topic]] escaped: ![[wiki syntax]] | wiki syntax Main.Wiki groups escaped: [[wiki syntax]] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specific Links: You can create a link where you specify the link text and the URL separately using nested square brackets [[reference][text]] . Internal link references (e.g. WikiSyntax) and URLs (e.g. http://foswiki.org/) are both supported.
The rules described under Forced Links apply for internal link references.
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[[WikiSyntax][wiki syntax]] <span class='externalLink'>[[http://gnu.org][GNU]]</span> | wiki syntax GNU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.![]() |
<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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal content: Foswiki generates HTML code from TML shorthand. Experts surround anything that must be output literally in the HTML code, without the application of shorthand rules, with <literal>..</literal> tags. ![]() ![]() |
<literal> | Not | A | Table | </literal> |
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Protected content: 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 Wiki syntax within the HTML.
Recommendations when pasting HTML from other sources (using the plain-text editor):Script tags may be filtered out, at the discretion of your Wiki administrator.
<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.
LinkProtocolPattern
, which by default is set to (file|ftp|gopher|https|http|irc|mailto|news|nntp|telnet)
, are linked automatically. You might change this setting to add more protocols (such as smb). Thus, all lines containing:![]()
LinkProtocolPattern
is an expert setting in the Foswiki configuration and can only be changed by a systems administrator.
file://...
ftp://...
gopher://...
https://...
http://...
irc://...
mailto:...@...
news://...
nntp://...
telnet://...
are linked automatically.
name@domain.com
are linked automatically.
[[Square bracket rules]]
let you easily create non-WikiWord links. [[http://yahoo.com Yahoo home page]]
as an easier way of doing external links with descriptive text for the link, such as Yahoo home page.
%TOPIC%
is expanded to TextFormattingRules, the title of this topic.
Some macros can take arguments in curly braces - for example, %INCLUDE{"OtherTopic" ARG="arg"}%
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Many macro definitions are built-in, and others (preference settings) are predefined for your convenience. You can also define your own
preference settings at the entire site, individual web, or individual topic level. For more information, see Macros
Macros are fully expanded before any of the text formatting rules are applied.
%PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS%
:
<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'
.