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Extra Rules

 

The site includes a number of advanced Text Formatting Rules. These give authors more choices about how they lay out pages. Experiment in the Wiki Sandbox.

Q Table of Contents

The [[toc]] markup

Produces:

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QExtra Paragraph Options

Indent paragraphs using the “->” start of line markup.

 ->This paragraph is indented once.

  -->This paragraph is indented twice.

Produces:

Right align paragraphs using the “=>” start of line markup.

 =>This paragraph is right aligned.

Produces:

This paragraph is right aligned.

Make FAQ paragraphs using the “Q:” and “A:” start of line markup.

 Q:This paragraph is a question.

  A:This paragraph is the answer to the question.

Produces:

QThis paragraph is a question.

This paragraph is the answer to the question.

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QExtra List Options

Teaser lists consist of a Wiki Word or free link? followed by the first paragraph of the page being referenced. These use the “T” start of line markup.

 T*Text Formatting Rules

 T#Wiki Wiki Web

 T:Wiki Word

Produces:

• Text Formatting Rules: update from PmWiki, the local version of this page should be deleted.

1. Wiki Wiki Web: Wiki Wiki Web is an “open-editing” system where the emphasis is on the authoring and collaboration of documents rather than the simple browsing or viewing of them. The name “wiki” is based on the Hawaiian term “wiki wiki”, meaning “quick” or “super-fast”. The basic concept of a Wiki Wiki Web (or “wiki”) is that (almost) anyone can edit any page. While at first this sounds like a recipe for complete anarchy, the truth is that sites using this system have developed surprisingly complex and rich communities for online collaboration and communication. Yes, it’s possible for someone to go and destroy everything on a page, but it doesn’t seem to happen often. And, many systems (including this one) have built-in mechanisms to restore content that has been defaced or destroyed.

Wiki Word

Definition and use as Page Titles

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QEscape Character

The back-tick “`” character overrides certain PmWiki behaviours.

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QIncluding paragraphs

Include a paragraph on another page using the “[[para:PmWiki/WikiWord#anchor]]” inline markup.

 [[para:PmWiki/TextFormattingRules]]

Produces: update from PmWiki, the local version of this page should be deleted.

 [[para:Main/HomePage#more]]

Produces: More information about PmWiki can be found at http://www.pmichaud.com/pmwiki.

Include a paragraph on the current page using the “[^#anchor^]” inline markup.

 [^#intro^]

Produces: The site includes a number of advanced Text Formatting Rules. These give authors more choices about how they lay out pages. Experiment in the Wiki Sandbox.

Create a cross-reference on the current page using the “[[#anchor#]]” inline markup. If the referenced paragraph contains Wiki Word or free link? references, these are treated as plain text.

 [[#intro#]]

Produces: #intro#

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QFootnotes

Wrap the text of a footnote in [^ … ^] markup.

 Write[^Footnotes are useful to make side remarks.^]
  in a paragraph body.

Produces: Write¹ in a paragraph body.

Display the footnotes with the [^#^] markup, which produces:

¹ Footnotes are useful to make side remarks. (↑)

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QSuperscripts and Subscripts

Write ^^superscript^^ and __subscript__ to produce ^superscript and _subscript respectively. For example,

 a^^2^^ + b^^2^^ = c^^2^^

  CH__3__`-CH__2__`-OH

Produces:

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QRevision Marks

Write {+inserted text+} and {-deleted text-} to produce inserted text and remove deleted text respectively. The Printable Version of a page automatically removes Insertion and Deletion markup.

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QExtra Entities

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QLabelled Paragraphs

A labelled paragraph is a paragraph with a heading, set out from the surrounding text with a box. It can be usedul to highlight a key message, for example. Create a labelled paragraph using the B: start of line markup.

 B:Labelled Text:This is the text of the labelled paragraph. 
  See how it stands out.

Produces:

1.  Labelled Text.

This is the text of the labelled paragraph. See how it stands out.

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QAcronyms and abbreviations

An acronym is a word made up of the initial letters of other words, like ANZAC. An abbreviation is a contraction of one or more words, like HTML. All acronyms are abbreviations; not all abbreviations are acronyms. For maximum browser comaptibility, this site translates both into the <acronym> tag.

 [XML|eXtensible Markup Language]

Produces:

XML (To see the effect, move your mouse over it. And check out the printable version.)

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