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Basic wiki markup is so easy that you have no excuse not to use it. It's pretty similar to what you use in text-only email. |
Basic wiki markup is so easy that you have no excuse not to use it. It's pretty similar to what you use in text-only email. |
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== Making a new page == |
== Making a new page == |
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* Browse to a non-existent page, e.g. <nowiki>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/My_New_Page</nowiki> . The wiki will let you create a new page ''As If By Magic'' (TM). |
* Browse to a non-existent page, e.g. <nowiki>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/My_New_Page</nowiki> . The wiki will let you create a new page ''As If By Magic'' (TM). |
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* Lines that start with one or more spaces are displayed |
* Lines that start with one or more spaces are displayed |
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like this |
like this |
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==Basic links== |
==Basic links== |
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* Use brackets to link to other wiki pages <nowiki>[[Some Random Page]]</nowiki> |
* Use brackets to link to other wiki pages <nowiki>[[Some Random Page]]</nowiki> |
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# Use # characters for numbered lists. |
# Use # characters for numbered lists. |
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## Go deeper with more <nowiki>#'s or *'s</nowiki> |
## Go deeper with more <nowiki>#'s or *'s</nowiki> |
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==Sections== |
==Sections== |
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* Text like ==A Section== is a section heading. They automatically appear in the Contents box. |
* Text like ==A Section== is a section heading. They automatically appear in the Contents box. |
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* Use more <nowiki>=</nowiki> characters for subsections. |
* Use more <nowiki>=</nowiki> characters for subsections. |
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==Lousy Memory?== |
==Lousy Memory?== |
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* If this is too hard to remember, just use the pretty buttons at the top of the editing box. |
* If this is too hard to remember, just use the pretty buttons at the top of the editing box. |
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Revision as of 07:58, 8 January 2008
Basic wiki markup is so easy that you have no excuse not to use it. It's pretty similar to what you use in text-only email.
Making a new page
- Browse to a non-existent page, e.g. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/My_New_Page . The wiki will let you create a new page As If By Magic (TM).
or
- Edit an existing page to add a link [[My New Page]]. Save the edited page and click on the new link.
To rename the newly created page from "My New Page," click the move tab and "move" the page to a new title.
Paragraph formatting
- Single newlines are ignored.
- Blank lines start a new paragraph.
- Lines that start with one or more spaces are displayed
like this
Basic links
- Use brackets to link to other wiki pages [[Some Random Page]]
- External URLs are linked automatically: http://www.google.com
Lists
- Lines beginning with one or more * characters are unnumbered lists
- Use # characters for numbered lists.
- Go deeper with more #'s or *'s
Sections
- Text like ==A Section== is a section heading. They automatically appear in the Contents box.
- Use more = characters for subsections.
Lousy Memory?
- If this is too hard to remember, just use the pretty buttons at the top of the editing box.
- The "Editing help" link at the bottom of the editing page tells of more options.