Formatting Text
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Text formatting
| What it looks like | What one types |
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Italic Bold Italic and bold |
''Italic'' '''Bold''' '''''Italic and bold''''' |
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You can |
You can <strike>strike out</strike> and <u>underline</u> words. |
Sectioning
| What it looks like | What one types |
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New sectionSubsectionSub-subsection |
==New section== ===Subsection=== ====Sub-subsection==== |
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One single line break is ignored. But a single empty line creates a new break. A line break can |
One single '''line break''' is ignored. But a single empty line creates a new break. A line break can<br/>be forced. |
Various sorts of lists
| What it looks like | What one types |
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marks the end of a list item. |
* Lists are easy to do: ** Start every line with a star. *** More stars means deeper levels. **** A newline in a list marks the end of a list item. |
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# Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow |
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; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition ; another item : the other item's definition |
A manual newline starts a new paragraph. |
: A colon indents ::a line or paragraph. A manual newline starts a new paragraph. |
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* You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this |
Preformatted Text
| What it looks like | What one types |
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IF a line starts with a space THEN
it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code;
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;
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IF a line starts with a space THEN it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code;
* [[ASCII art]];
* chemical structures;
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Alignment
| What it looks like | What one types |
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Text align: center.
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<div align="center"><nowiki>'''Text align: center'''.</nowiki> |
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Text align: right.
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<div align="right"><nowiki>'''Text align: right'''<nowiki>.</div> |
Miscellaneous
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A horizontal line: Text before and after. |
A '''horizontal line''': Text before ---- and after. |
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Comments |
'''Comments''' <br/> Some text and a <!-- hidden comment --> |
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This [[wiki syntax]] is [[Ignore|ignored]] |
<nowiki>This [[wiki syntax]] is [[Ignore|ignored]] </nowiki> |
