X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/0908c4f678ba568739dcd319981f1340fd2ff389..3a0aab26fa799f65ac3e895c4bc2dd69dd8ee9bd:/basewiki/helponformatting.mdwn diff --git a/basewiki/helponformatting.mdwn b/basewiki/helponformatting.mdwn index 286946169..bc229aad0 100644 --- a/basewiki/helponformatting.mdwn +++ b/basewiki/helponformatting.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -## Help on formatting text +# Help on formatting text Text on this wiki is written in a form very close to how you might write text for an email message. @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ To create a header, start a line with one or more `#` characters followed by a space and the header text. The number of `#` characters controls the size of the header: +# # h1 ## ## h2 ### ### h3 #### #### h4 @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ To quote someone, prefix the quote with ">": > To be or not to be, > that is the question. -To write a code block, indent each line with a tab: +To write a code block, indent each line with a tab or 8 spaces: 10 PRINT "Hello, world!" 20 GOTO 10 @@ -54,6 +55,9 @@ To link to any other web page, or to an email address, you can just put the url Advanced users can use [[PreProcessorDirective]]s to do additional cool stuff. +Also, if the smiley plugin is enabled in your wiki, you can insert +[[smileys]] and some other useful symbols. + ---- This style of text formatting is called [[MarkDown]].