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TextFormattingRules 29 - 2001-12-02 - MikeMannix
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> | TWiki Text Formatting | | | Working in TWiki is as easy as typing in text - exactly like email. You don't need to know HTML, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to topics are created automatically when you enter WikiWords. And TWiki shorthand gives you all the power of HTML with a simple coding system that takes no time to learn. It's all layed out below - refer back to this page in a pop-up window from the Edit screen.
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You can create a forced internal link by enclosing words in double square brackets.
Note: Text within the brackets may contain optional spaces; the topic name is formed by capitalizing the initial letter and by removing the spaces; i.e. [[text formatting FAQ]] links to topic TextFormattingFAQ. You can also refer to a different web and use anchors.
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Variables are names that are enclosed in percent signs % that are expanded on the fly.
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%TOC% : Automatically generates a table of contents based on headings in a topic - see the top of this page for an example.
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%WEB% : The current web, is TWiki.
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%TOPIC% : The current topic name, is TextFormattingRules.
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%ATTACHURL% : The attachment URL of the current topic. Example usage: If you attach a file to a topic you can refer to it as %ATTACHURL%/image.gif to show the URL of the file or the image in your text.
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%INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}% : Server side include, includes another topic. The current TWiki web is the default web. Example: %INCLUDE{"TWiki.TWikiWebsTable"}%
Common Editing Errors
TWiki formatting rules are fairly simple to use and quick to type. However, there are some things to watch out for, taken from the TextFormattingFAQ:
- Q: Text enclosed in angle brackets like
<filename> is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?
- A: The
'<' and '>' characters have a special meaning in HTML, they define HTML tags. You need to escape them, so write '<' instead of '<', and '>' instead of '>'.
Example: Type 'prog <filename>' to get 'prog <filename>'.
- Q: Why is the
'&' character sometimes not displayed?
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'&' character has a special meaning in HTML, it starts a so called character entity, ex: '©' is the © copyright character. You need to escape '&' to see it as it is, so write '&' instead of '&'.
Example: Type 'This & that' to get 'This & that'.
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> | Plugins provide additional text formatting capabilities and can extend the functionality of TWiki into many other areas. For example, the optional SpreadSheetPlugin lets you create a spreadsheet with the same basic notation used in TWiki tables. | | | | |
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> | Available Plugins are located in the Plugins web on TWiki.org. Currently enabled plugins on this TWiki installation, as listed by %PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS%: | | |
- SpreadSheetPlugin (any TWiki, $Rev: 18078 (02 Sep 2009) $): Add spreadsheet calculation like
"$SUM( $ABOVE() )" to TWiki tables and other topic text - BreadCrumbsPlugin (v2.01, $Rev: 17469 (12 Dec 2008) $): A flexible way to display breadcrumbs navigation
- CommentPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17791 (02 Sep 2009) $): Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
- EditTablePlugin (4.9.1, $Rev: 18014 (02 Sep 2009) $): Edit TWiki tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
- FilterPlugin (1.51, $Rev: 16970 (03 Jul 2008) $): Substitute and extract information from content by using regular expressions
- FlexWebListPlugin (v1.23, $Rev: 16971 (12 Dec 2008) $): Flexible way to display hierarchical weblists
- GluePlugin (2.00, $Rev: 15708 (12 Dec 2008) $): Enable markup to span multiple lines
- HeadlinesPlugin (2.3, $Rev: 18123 (02 Sep 2009) $): Show headline news in TWiki pages based on RSS and ATOM news feeds from external sites
- IfDefinedPlugin (v1.02, $Rev: 16972 (11 Dec 2008) $): Render content conditionally
- InterwikiPlugin (28 Feb 2009, $Rev: 14913 (17 Sep 2007) $): Link
ExternalSite:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic - JQueryPlugin (0.80, $Rev: 17031 (12 Dec 2008) $): jQuery JavaScript library for TWiki
- JQueryTwistyPlugin (1.2, $Rev: 16736 (03 Jul 2008) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
- NatSkinPlugin (3.00-pre20, $Rev: 16978 (12 Dec 2008) $): Theming engine for NatSkin
- PreferencesPlugin (TWiki-4.3, $Rev: 18016 (02 Sep 2009) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
- RedDotPlugin (1.40, $Rev: 16137 (12 Dec 2008) $): Renders edit-links as little red dots
- RenderListPlugin (2.0, $Rev: 16235 (02 Sep 2009) $): Render bullet lists in a variety of formats
- SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 17260 (02 Sep 2009) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
- SmiliesPlugin (Dakar, $Rev: 16049 (02 Sep 2009) $): Render smilies as icons, like
 for :-) or  for :eek: - TWikiNetSkinPlugin: (disabled)
- TablePlugin (1.036, $Rev: 17769 (02 Sep 2009) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
- TinyMCEPlugin (03 Aug 2008, $Rev: 18146 (02 Sep 2009) $): Integration of TinyMCE with WysiwygPlugin
- TwistyPlugin (1.4.12, $Rev: 15653 (19 Nov 2007) $): Twisty section JavaScript library to open/close content dynamically
- WysiwygPlugin (18 Apr 2009, $Rev: 18020 (18 Apr 2009) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors
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