'''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''' * tab-* for first level * tab-tab-* for second level, etc. * Use * for bullet lists, 1. for numbered lists (mix at will) * tab-Term:-tab Definition for definition lists * One line for each item * Other leading whitespace signals preformatted text, changes font. '''Headings''' * '!' at the start of a line makes a small heading * '!!' at the start of a line makes a medium heading * '!!!' at the start of a line makes a large heading '''Fonts''' * Indent with one or more spaces to use a monospace font: This is in monospace This is not '''Indented Paragraphs''' ''(Quotes)'' * tab-space-:-tab -- often used (with emphasis) for quotations. (See SimulatingQuoteBlocks) '''Emphasis''' * Use doubled single-quotes ('') for emphasis (usually italics) * Use tripled single-quotes (''') for strong emphasis (usually bold) * Use five single-quotes ('''''), or triples within doubles, for some other kind of emphasis (BoldItalicInWiki), but be careful about the bugs in the Wiki emphasis logic... * Emphasis can be used multiple times within a line, but cannot cross line boundaries '''References''' * Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in square brackets: [this is a page link] * Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this: [http://www.wcsb.org/] * You can name the links to the external pages by providing a name, a bar (|) and then the hyperlink: [Steve's home page | http://wcsb.org/~swain/] * Old Wiki linking is still supported: JoinCapitalizedWords to make local references * You can suppress linking to old-style references by preceeding the word with a '!', e.g. !NotLinkedAsWikiName * [1], [2], [3], [4] refer to remote references. Click EditLinks on the edit form to enter URLs. These differ from the newer linking scheme; references are unique to a page. * Also, the old way of linking URL's is still supported: precede URLs with "http:", "ftp:" or "mailto:" to create links automatically as in: http://c2.com/ * URLs ending with .png are inlined ''if inserted as a remote reference'' '''Mark-Up Language''' * Don't bother * < and > are themselves * The & characters will not work * If you really must use HTML, start each line with a bar (|). Note that this featured must be enabled by the system administrator.