Basic Editing

What it looks like

What to type

A single newline usually doesn't affect the layout. But it does ''(unfortunately) affect'' mark up.

A single newline
usually doesn't affect the layout.  
But it does ''(unfortunately)
affect'' mark up.

An author must

place an empty line in the markup to start a new paragraph. For a break
in the paragraph, use two backslashes.

An author must

place an empty line in the markup to
start a new paragraph. For a break\\
in the paragraph, use two backslashes.

• Lists are created by using asterisks
  • More asterisks result in deeper lists
    • The list is terminated

by the first line that is not a list

1. Numbered lists
2. are also possible
   • and lists can nest

* Lists are created by using asterisks
** More asterisks result in deeper lists
*** The list is terminated
by the first line that is not a list

# Numbered lists
# are also possible
** and lists can nest

• A backslash at the end of a line joins the next line to the previous one.
• Two backslashes create
  a line break.
• Three backslashes generate
  
  two line breaks.

* A backslash at the \
end of a line joins the \
next line to the previous one.
* Two backslashes create \\
a line break.
* Three backslashes generate\\\
two line breaks.

->An arrow (->) indents an entire paragraph.
-->Longer arrows (-->) indent an entire paragraph more.

-<A reverse arrow (-<) creates a \
hanging indent, the first line \
is outdented and remaining lines \
are indented.
--< Again, longer reverse arrows (--<) \
indent an entire paragraph more.

Definition list

list of definitions

item

the item's definition

another item

another item's definition

: Definition list : list of definitions
: item : the item's definition
: another item : another item's definition 

 Lines that begin with
 a space are formatted exactly
 as typed, in a fixed-width font.

Note that very long lines of preformatted text can cause the whole page to be wide.

 Lines that begin with
 a space are formatted exactly
 as typed, in a fixed-width font.

This text is centered.

This text is right justified.

%center% This text is centered.

%right% This text is right justified.

Four or more dashes at the beginning of a line

produce a horizontal line.

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

What it looks like

What to type

Practice editing in the wiki sandbox?.

• Text in double brackets become links to other pages.
• Words are automatically capitalized in page titles.

Practice editing
in the [[wiki sandbox]].

Practice editing in the WikiSandbox.

Which one? Oh, in the Main.WikiSandbox.

• When linking to a page in a different wikigroup, provide the group name, followed by a separator, and then the page name.
• If the separator you use is a slash, only the page name will appear.
• If the separator you use is a dot, the full string will appear.

Practice editing
in the [[Main/WikiSandbox]].

Which one?
Oh, in the [[Main.WikiSandbox]].

Practice editing in the practice area?.

Practice editing in the practice area.

• Text after a pipe (|) is used as the link text

Practice editing in the
[[WikiSandbox | practice area]].

Practice editing in the
[[Main.WikiSandbox | practice area]].

Practice editing in the wiki sandboxes?.

Practice editing in the sandbox?.

• Endings become part of the link text.
• Parentheses hide parts of the link name.

Practice editing in the
[[wiki sandbox]]es.

Practice editing in the
[[(wiki) sandbox]].

What's an aardvark, anyway?

• Pmwiki can use InterMap prefixes that have specific meanings.
• Parentheses can hide those too.

%newwin%What's an
[[(Wikipedia:)aardvark]], anyway?

Links to external sources can be entered

1. bare url: http://www.google.com
2. link text: Google
3. as reference: [1]

Links to external sources can be entered
# bare url:  http://www.google.com
# link text: [[http://www.google.com | Google]]
# as reference: [[http://www.google.com |#]]

Links can open in another window, as in http://www.pmwiki.org.

Links can open in another window,
as in %newwin% http://www.pmwiki.org.

Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.

• These are all apostrophes (single-quote marks), not double-quotes.

''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', 
'''''very strongly'''''. 

Monospaced text

This is a
  preformatted
    text block

@@Monospaced text@@ 

 
[@This is a
  preformatted
    text block@]

• Text with ^superscripts
• Text with _subscripts
• deleted strikethrough text
• inserted underline text
• big, bigger, small, smaller text

* Text with '^superscripts^'
* Text with '_subscripts_'
* deleted {-strikethrough-} text
* inserted {+underline+} text
* [+big+], [++bigger++], [-small-], [--smaller--] text

WikiStyles? allow text to be different colors.

• Use lowercase letters for RGB colors (#ff7f00, not #FF7F00).

[[WikiStyles]] allow %red% text
%blue% to %green% be 
%color=#ff7f00% different %%colors.

Major subheading

Minor subheading

And more

Subheadings

!! Major subheading
!!! Minor subheading
!!!! And more
!!!!! Subheadings

Not shown

• The (:title:) directive sets the page's title to something other than its name.

(:title Basic Editing:)

All of the text in this block is purple.

• Purple cows and purple flowers
• Purple people eater
• Now this list is red
• and this text is centered
• and this text is right justified
• And this is normal

>>purple<<
All of the text in this block
is purple.
* Purple cows and purple flowers
* Purple people eater
>>red<<
* Now this list is red
>>center<<
* and this text is centered
>>right<<
* and this text is right justified
>><<
* And this is normal