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Editing tips and layout rules.
File: EditingTips !!! Editing tips This page gives most of the details on the formatting commands used in the text to HTML conversion. We've tried to be as succinct as possible to make it easier to find things. #Suggestions# #welcome#, and feel free to try editing the SandBox. !! To start * Don't indent paragraphs, and don't use tabs. * A blank line creates a new paragraph. * Four or more dashes gives a horizontal line. !! Fonts and appearance * #Hashes#around#text# makes it #red# * Putting *asterisks* makes text *bold* * /Slashes/ gives /italics/ * _Underscores_ gives _underlining_ * For a multi-word effect replace the spaces between words *with*the*symbol* or enclose each word separately. * Preformatted text can be included by having a line with just _*{{{*_ on it, then your text, then a line with just _*}}}*_ on it. Examples of all these are easiest found by clicking on the #Edit#this#page# link at the bottom of this page. !! Links * Most external links are recognised, https://www.solipsys.co.uk for example. * Anything in tildes gets made into a link without modification, even if the destination doesn't exist. The result is usually a 404 error. For example, ~tildes~. * BumpyCaseWords will be turned into links. If the file doesn't exist then the text is printed unchanged and is followed by a "?" link to a default page. * Any word that has a corresponding file will be converted to a link to that file. Index, for example. Case is not relevant. * Preceding a field with a pling will inhibit the auto-linking. !! Lists * Indent with an asterisk to get a list. * Indenting all lines to the same level keeps the text in a single item even if it's spread over several input lines. 0 Using a digit gives an ordered list 0 Sub-lists work. 0 Blank lines create new paragraphs. Everything works inside lists, provided you indent all the text to the same level. 0 Use the same digit for each item - the HTML sorts it out. !! Headings Putting 1, 2 or 3 "!"s at the start of a line makes it into a heading, and puts it into the table of contents at the end of the page. Three "!"s gives the biggest heading. !! Tables You can create tables by putting vertical bars to start, end, and between items. | This | is | in | | an | example | table | Don't have leading or trailing spaces. As with all these examples, click on the #Edit#This#Page# link at the bottom to see the original source for this example. ********> An alternative is to make columns. You introduce columns with "********>" on a single line, then "********" between columns, and finally "********<" to close them. ******** Columns are not centred, and there is no alignment attempted between them. They do not have borders. The page with the GoArticle uses columns. ********< [[[>30 You can use three square brackets and either "<" or ">" to include a floating table. See GameOfGo and SynchronousSiteSwap for examples. ]]] When using square brackets and "<" or ">" to create the floating table you can optionally append (without spaces) a number, giving the percentage width the table should use. The page on SynchronousSiteSwap also uses "|>>" and "<<|" to centre text. These have to be fields in their own right, which is why they are not causing things to be centered here. They have quotation marks around them. They are new, and I'm not entirely convinced they're bug-free. Certainly they've been useful in the cases I've used them, but you'll want to check things carefully if you do use them, and please letusknow if something seems odd. !! In an emergency You can directly insert HTML. Any line that starts with three single-quotes and a space will have those four characters removed, and the rest of the line will be copied verbatim.