Click on EditText (it's ok to try, really! :) to see the formatting stuff, but please don't change the page - use Wiki Wiki Sandbox for testing these rules.
A few tabulated examples:
The formatted result. | The raw text
strong man. | strong man.
Strong Man | Strong Man
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Italicized text here. | ''Italicized text here.''
Strong emphasized | '''Strong emphasized'''
Strong italic text:-) | '''Strong
''italic text'':-)
'''
Bullet pointed. | * Bullet pointed.
Numbered list.| 0 Numbered list.
isbn 020171499X
| isbn 020171499X
ISBN 020171499X
| ISBN 020171499X
leading space. | leading space.
(Where denotes a tab character.)
two single quotes
now two single quotes and three single quotes (total of 5)
Bold text -- three single quotes
Bold italic text -- two plus three single quotes
Quoted bold italic maybe?
two quotes -- Italic 2 plus
three quotes -- BOLD 3 equals
Italic Bold 5
'Trying four quotes'
'Trying many quotes'
Note that "mind your p's and q's" is awkward to produce.
Six Single Quotes: SixSingleQuotes or SixSingleQuotes
monospace preformatted stuff begins with a space
Hello
Hello '''Again'''
Link to Front Page
Horizontal line with front space:
---------
Horizontal lines without front space:
An unnumbered list begins with an asterisk.
A list member
Nested list members without tabs.
You can now nest beyond four deep...
...although it becomes hard...
...to read and edit.
A numbered list, which starts with a tab and any digit, is automatically numbered.
It is also called an ordered list.
The various kinds of lists can be nested by using extra tabs.
Also this way:
Nested
Nested too
Yet one more
And another one
This is not another one
But this one is
Also the other way round:
Item 1
Item 2
3 metI
And like this.
Nested item.
Even more nested item.
Even more nested item.
I've flown the coop!
term:
definition -- formed with Tab-Stuff-Colon-Tab
another term:
and its buddy definition
This is a block quote. It looks like :text. This is because it really is a term: definition block with the term being a .
Image in this Wiki (just the URL to the image file):
www.c2.com
:text also seems to be the best format for poems (copy-and-paste from Great Poems List):
William Shakespeare, The Tempest act IV scene 1.
Edit (but don't change, please) this page to see the formatting stuff.
'single quote'
"double quote"
3 single quotes
If you indent your paragraph, it will be monospaced and won't line-wrap. This is a very common mistake, but trying to rectify it by inserting new lines into the paragraph doesn't work.
Example:
Our [many] revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp'd towers, '''the gorgeous palaces''', The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Monospaced text is also handy for showing tables (since Html Tables are not supported). However, be wary of Tab Munging.
Person Pickles picked ------ -------------- Mary 0.35 peck Peter 1.00 peck
See also Tip For Typing Tab
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