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Emphasis
Emphasis The Wiki syntax allows you to “emphasize” text in various ways. Normal Emphasis To apply normal emphasis to text, place a slash (/) immediately before and after the text. Normal emphasis is generally rendered with /italics/. Normal emphasis is generally rendered with italics. This mechanism for applying emphasis…
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Headings
Headings Headings provide a title to the text that follows. Headings also have special meaning in Wiki documents; the first heading is automatically used as the title of the document (unless the special Title property is used). To create a heading, start a line of text with one or more exclamation points (!) followed by a…
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Horizontal Lines
Horizontal Lines Horizontal lines provide a rudimentary way to separate the text above the line from the text below the line. To create a horizontal line, simply type four or more hyphens (-) alone on a line. Paragraph above.----Paragraph below. Paragraph above. Paragraph below.
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Line Breaks
Line Breaks To add a line break to a stream of text, use two backslashes (\\) with a space on either side. * first item* second item \\ with a line break* third item * first item * second item with a line break * third item As mentioned earlier, paragraphs support line breaks directly, though this syntax can also be used.
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Lists
Lists Lists are used to represent lists of information. Lists can be unordered (bulleted) or ordered (numbered). Definition lists are also supported. Unordered To create an unordered list, start each line of text with an asterisk (*) followed by a space. * one* two* three * one * two * three Ordered To create an ordered…
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Page Properties
Page Properties Page properties appear at the top of a Wiki document. Each page property has a name and an optional value. To add a page property, add a line to the top of the document that starts with a question mark (?) followed by a space. Then add the property name, and, optionally, a space followed by the property…
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Paragraphs
Paragraphs Paragraphs are the easiest element to create in a Wiki document. Any consecutive lines of text that aren’t recognized as being headings, lists, etc., are treated as a single paragraph. This is a simple paragraph. This is a simple paragraph. Blank lines split the text into multiple paragraphs. This is the first…
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Sections
Sections Sections are used to organize arbitrary blocks of text. Normal Sections Normal sections are delimited above with a line of three left curly brackets ({) and below with a line of three right curly brackets (}). Generally speaking, normal sections aren’t noticable in the displayed text, so special attributes are…
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Segments
Segments Segments are used to mark arbitrary streams of text. Each segment is delimited on the left by two left curly brackets ({) and on the right by two right curly brackets (}). Normal Segments Normal segments are any segment that isn’t one of the following segment types. Generally speaking, normal segments aren’t…
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Special Attributes
Special Attributes Special attributes are supported on most Wiki markup. These attributes add to the complexity of the document, and thus should be avoided where possible. The special attributes are added immediately after the first punctuation characters of the Wiki markup in question. The special attributes should always…