HelpOnBasicFormatting

Contents

  1. HelpOnBasicFormatting
    1. Basics
      1. White space
      2. Line breaks
      3. Indentation
      4. Titles
    2. Numbered Lists
    3. Bulleted Lists
    4. Tables
    5. APL Code

This page contains basic information about MoinMin's formatting capabilities. It covers only a small amount of the formatting features but these are possibly covering about 99% of every-day problems. If you need more detailed information start with HelpOnEditing or HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax.

Basics

White space

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Note that white space most of the time is ignored. This: 

The   only       exception is white space at the beginning of a line.
This is not another line.

leads to this:

The only exception is white space at the beginning of a line. This is not another line.

For details how white space at the beginning of a line is processed see HelpOnBasicFormatting#Indentation

Line breaks

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Insert a line break with the <<BR>>. This: 

This goes onto the first line<<BR>>This goes onto the second line.

leads to this:

This goes onto the first line
This goes onto the second line

Indentation

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This: 

no space
 Line 1
 Line 2
   Line 3
 Line 4

leads to this:

no space

  • Line 1 Line 2
    • Line 3
    Line 4

Titles

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The different levels depend on the number of "=" signs: 

= level 1 =
== level 2 ==
=== level 3 ===
==== level 4 ====

Notes:

  • The first "=" char must be the first character on a line.
  • To the right of the very last "=" char their must not be any other white space.

A word of advice: try to avoid using level 4 headers, and never use headers of level 5 and 6!

Numbered Lists

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 1. level1-1
 1. level1-2
   1. level2-1
   1. level2-2
 1.#6 level1-3

leads to this:

  1. level1-1
  2. level1-2
    1. level2-1
    2. level2-1
  3. level1-3

Bulleted Lists

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 * level1-1
 * level1-2
   * level2-1
   * level2-2
 * level1-3

leads to this:

  • level1-1
  • level1-2
    • level2-1
    • level2-1
  • level1-3

Tables

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This: 

|| '''col1''' || '''col2''' || '''col3''' ||
|| cell A1 || cell B1 || cell C1 ||
|| cell A2 || cell B2 || cell C2 ||
|| cell A2 || cell B2 || cell C2 ||

leads to this:

col1

col2

col3

cell A1

cell B1

cell C1

cell A2

cell B2

cell C2

cell A2

cell B2

cell C2

Notes:

  • The first "=" char must be the first character on a line.
  • To the right of the very last "=" char their must not be any other white space.

APL Code

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