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Basic wiki markup is so easy that you have no excuse not to use it.
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 ==
== Making a new page ==

* Browse to a non-existent page, e.g. <nowiki>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/My_New_Page</nowiki>
* Browse to a non-existent page, e.g. <nowiki>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/My_New_Page</nowiki>
or
or
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like this
like this
==Basic links==
==Basic links==
* Links to other wiki pages look like <nowiki>[[Some Random Page]]</nowiki>
* Bracket links to other wiki pages <nowiki>[[Some Random Page]]</nowiki>
* External URLs are linked automatically: <nowiki>http://www.google.com</nowiki>
* External URLs are linked automatically: <nowiki>http://www.google.com</nowiki>
==Lists==
==Lists==
* Lines beginning with one or more * characters are unnumbered lists
* Lines beginning with one or more * characters are unnumbered lists
* Use # characters for numbered lists.
# Use # characters for numbered lists.
## Go deeper with more <nowiki>#'s or *'s</nowiki>
==Sections==
==Sections==
* Text like ==A Section== is a section heading.
* Text like ==A Section== is a section heading. They automatically appear in the Contents box.
* Use more <nowiki>=</nowiki> characters for subsections.
* Use more <nowiki>=</nowiki> characters for subsections.
==Lousy Memory?==
==Lousy Memory?==
* If you can't remember this markup, just use the 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.
* The "Editing help" link at the bottom of the editing page tells of more options.</nowiki>
* The "Editing help" link at the bottom of the editing page tells of more options.

Revision as of 06:47, 16 August 2006

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

or

  • Edit an existing page to add a link [[My New Page]]. Save the edited page and click on the new link.

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

  • Bracket links 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
  1. Use # characters for numbered lists.
    1. 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.