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About the editor

Wiki markup editing shorthands

Maguro

Not in TOC

H2 becomes H3

Help text for the NatEditPlugin editor

This edit interface is available in two different modes: (1) WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) and (2) Wiki Text (or raw edit). Both interfaces come with different features and target different use cases. The default is to use the WYSIWYG editor, though this can be overridden by preference settings. That way an appropriate editor can be configured as required per topic, web, site or personal preferences.

Once you started the WYSIWYG editor you can switch into "Wiki Text" mode by clicking the "Wiki Text" button on the right top bar.

See NatEdit and TinyMCEPlugin for more information. Below text is specific to editing TML (topic markup language) directly using the wiki editor. Note that you can still enter TML into the WYSIWYG editor, but you must use the "Format" drop-down box to select "Protect on save" or "Protect forever".

Formatting Command: You write: You get:

Paragraphs:
Blank lines will create new paragraphs.

1st paragraph

2nd paragraph

1st paragraph

2nd paragraph

Headings:
Three or more dashes at the beginning of a line, followed by plus signs and the heading text. One plus creates a top level heading, two pluses a second level heading, etc. The maximum heading depth is 6.

You can create a table of contents with the %TOC% macro. If you want to exclude a heading from the TOC, put !! after the ---+.

Empty headings are allowed, but won't appear in the table of contents.

See the <ho> tag below for how to adjust heading levels dynamically.

---++ Sushi
---+++ Maguro
---+++!! Not in TOC

Bold Text:
Words get shown in bold by enclosing them in * asterisks.

*Bold*

Bold

Italic Text:
Words get shown in italic by enclosing them in _ underscores.

_Italic_

Italic

Bold Italic:
Words get shown in bold italic by enclosing them in __ double-underscores.

__Bold italic__

Bold italic

Fixed Font:
Words get shown in fixed font by enclosing them in = equal signs.

=Fixed font=

Fixed font

Bold Fixed Font:
Words get shown in bold fixed font by enclosing them in == double equal signs.

==Bold fixed==

Bold fixed

You can follow the closing bold, italic, or other (* _ __ = ==) indicator with normal punctuation, such as commas and full stops.

Make sure there is no space between the text and the indicators.

_This works_,
_this does not _

This works,
_this does not _

Separator (Horizontal Rule):
Three or more three dashes at the beginning of a line..

---

Bulleted List:
Multiple of three spaces, an asterisk, and another space.

For all the list types, you can break a list item over several lines by indenting lines after the first one by at least 3 spaces.

   * level 1
      * level 2
   * back on 1
   * A bullet
     broken over
     three lines
   * last bullet

level 1
- level 2
back on 1
A bullet broken over three lines
last bullet

Numbered List:
Multiple of three spaces, a type character, a dot, and another space. Several types are available besides a number:

Type	Generated Style	Sample Sequence
1.	Arabic numerals	1, 2, 3, 4...
A.	Uppercase letters	A, B, C, D...
a.	Lowercase letters	a, b, c, d...
I.	Uppercase Roman Numerals	I, II, III, IV...
i.	Lowercase Roman Numerals	i, ii, iii, iv...

Note that while type characters A, a, I and i must be entered exactly as specified, numbers can be any single digit 0-9. It is recommended for future compatibility that only the number 1 be used for numbered type lists.

   1. Sushi
   1. Dim Sum
   1. Fondue

   A. Sushi
   A. Dim Sum
   A. Fondue

   i. Sushi
   i. Dim Sum
   i. Fondue

Sushi
Dim Sum
Fondue

Sushi
Dim Sum
Fondue

Sushi
Dim Sum
Fondue

Definition List:
Three spaces, a dollar sign, the term, a colon, a space, followed by the definition.

   $ Sushi: Japan
   $ Dim Sum: S.F.

Sushi: Japan
Dim Sum: S.F.

Definition List: (deprecated)
Three spaces, the term (a single word, no spaces), a colon, a space, followed by the definition.

   Sushi: Japan
   Dim-Sum: S.F.

Sushi: Japan
Dim-Sum: S.F.

Indented Text:
Three spaces, a colon, a space, followed by the paragraph.

Continue a paragraph by indenting the line with 3 spaces.
Create deeper levels of indentation by using multiples of 3 spaces.

   : Indented line
   Continued
   : New paragraph
      : 2nd level indent

Indented line Continued

New paragraph

2nd level indent

Table:
Each row of the table is a line containing of one or more cells. Each cell starts and ends with a vertical bar '|'. Any spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored.

| *bold* | header cell with text in asterisks

| center-aligned | cell with at least two, and equal number of spaces on either side

| right-aligned | cell with more spaces on the left

| 2 colspan || and multi-span columns with multiple |'s right next to each other

|^| cell with caret indicating follow-up row of multi-span rows

You can split rows over multiple lines by putting a backslash '\' at the end of each line
Contents of table cells wrap automatically as determined by the browser
Use %VBAR% or | to add | characters in tables.
Use %CARET% or ^ to add ^ characters in tables.

The TablePlugin provides the |^| multiple-span row functionality and additional rendering features

| *L* | *C* | *R* |
| A2 |  B2  |  C2 |
  | A3 |  B3  |  C3 |
| multi span |||
| A5-7 |  5  |  5 |
|^| six | six |
|^| seven | seven |
| split\
  | over\
  | 3 lines |
| A9 |  B9  |  C9 |
| %CARET% | B10 |%VBAR%|
| &#94; | B11 |&#124;|

L	C	R
A2	B2	C2
A3	B3	C3
multi span
A5-7	5	5
	six	six
	seven	seven
split	over	3 lines
A9	B9	C9
^	B10	\|
^	B11	\|

WikiWord Links:
CapitalizedWordsStuckTogether (or WikiWords) will produce a link automatically if preceded by whitespace or parenthesis.

If you want to link to a topic in a different web write Otherweb.TopicName.
To link to a topic in a subweb write Otherweb.Subweb.TopicName.
The link label excludes the name of the web, e.g. only the topic name is shown. As an exception, the name of the web is shown for the WebHome topic.

Dots '.' are used to separate webs and subwebs from topic names and therefore cannot be used in topic names.

It's generally a good idea to use the macros %SYSTEMWEB%, %SANDBOXWEB%, %HOMEWEB% and %USERSWEB% instead of System, Sandbox, Main and Main.

To prevent a word from linking, prefix it with the exclaimation mark (!) or <nop>

%STATISTICSTOPIC%

%SANDBOXWEB%.WebNotify

%SANDBOXWEB%.%HOMETOPIC%

%SANDBOXWEB%.Subweb.TopicName

WebStatistics

WebNotify

Sandbox

TopicName

Acronym Links:
Words that are all capitals will produce a link automatically only if the topic already exists!.

ACRONYM

%SYSTEMWEB%.ACRONYM

ACRONYM

Anchors:
You can define a reference inside a topic (called an anchor name) and link to that. To define an anchor write #AnchorName at the beginning of a line. The anchor name must be a WikiWord of no more than 32 characters. To link to an anchor name use the [[MyTopic#MyAnchor]] syntax. You can omit the topic name if you want to link within the same topic.

[[WikiWord#NotThere]]

[[#MyAnchor][Jump]]

#MyAnchor To here

WikiWord#NotThere

Jump

To here

Forced Links:
You can create a forced internal link by enclosing words in double square brackets.
Text within the brackets may contain optional spaces; the topic name is formed by capitalizing the initial letter and by removing the spaces; for example, [[wiki word]] links to topic WikiWord. You can also refer to a different web and use anchors.

To "escape" double square brackets that would otherwise make a link, prefix the leading left square bracket with an exclamation point.

[[wiki syntax]]

[[Main.Wiki groups]]

escaped:
![[wiki syntax]]

wiki syntax

Main.Wiki groups

escaped: [[wiki syntax]]

Renamed Links:
You can create a link where you specify the link text and the URL separately using nested square brackets [[reference][text]]. Internal link references (e.g. WikiWord) and URLs (e.g. https://foswiki.org/) are both supported. The rules described under Forced Links apply for internal link references.

Anchor names can be added as well, to create a link to a specific place in a topic.

[[WikiWord][wiki word]]

[[http://gnu.org][GNU]]

wiki word

GNU

Automatic links:
Typed-in URLs are linked automatically. Most standard protocols are supported; if yours is missing, it can be added by the site administrator.

URLs for images are automatically inserted inline.

Email addresses are also linked automatically, see further details below.

automatic linking of URLs and email addresses is not blocked by the noautolink setting.

   * file://foswiki.org
   * ftp://foswiki.org
   * http://foswiki.org
   * https://foswiki.org
   * mailto:example@foswiki.org
   * news://foswiki.org
   * nntp://foswiki.org
   * telnet://foswiki.org
   * name@foswiki.org
   * %PUBURL%/%SYSTEMWEB%/ProjectLogos/foswiki-logo-icon.png

Prevent an Automatic Link:
Prevent a WikiWord, URL, email address or image from being linked by prepending it with an exclamation point (!) or <nop> tag.

Note that you can use the <nop> tag, but any leading markup directly adjacent to a wikiword will prevent automatic linking because the word is no longer space delimitied.

!SunOS

<nop>SomeWiki

<b>SomeWiki</b>

=SomeWiki=

<b>https://foswiki.org</b>

_%PUBURL%/%SYSTEMWEB%/ProjectLogos/foswiki-logo-icon.png_

SunOS

SomeWiki

SomeWiki

SomeWiki

https://foswiki.org

https://www.egothor.org/pub/System/ProjectLogos/foswiki-logo-icon.png

Disable Automatic Linking:
You can disable automatic linking of WikiWords by surrounding text with <noautolink> and </noautolink> tags.

You can also turn off WikiWord auto-linking with the NOAUTOLINK preference setting.

The noautolink feature only applies to WikiWords. It does not stop linking of URLs, or email addresses.

 <noautolink>
 RedHat & SuSE
 </noautolink>

RedHat & SuSE

Mailto Links:
E-mail addresses are linked automatically. To create e-mail links that have more descriptive link text, specify subject lines or message bodies, or omit the e-mail address, you can write [[mailto:user@domain][descriptive text]].

automatic linking of email addresses is not blocked by <noautolink>, Escape with a ! to prevent auto linking.

a@b.com

[[mailto:a@b.com][Mail]]

[[mailto:?subject=Hi][Hi]]

!a@b.com

a@b.com

Mail

a@b.com

Special characters:
Some characters are reserved for use by TML

Display them in your output by using the HTML entities.
Use HTML entities to display characters that are not supported by your site character set (e.g. special mathematical symbols). There's a complete list of named entities in Wikipedia
Use numerical entities to display any unicode character (e.g. Chinese script).

&lt; &gt; &amp; &alefsym; &#x4eb9;

A <nop>!= B &#33;= C

<nop>!here, !here

< > & ℵ 亹

A != B != C

!here, here

Escapes
Escapes are used to prevent a "default action" from occuring. They are used in many places when composing topics and writing Foswiki macros.

!

The exclamation point will block expansion of macros, prevents automatic linking of WikiWords, email addresses, URLs, and [[explicit links]].

To expand a macro, but escape any wikiword it expands into, use the <nop> tag.
To prevent Foswiki from treating ! as an escape, escape it with <nop>, or use the ! entity

\

The backslash is used to prevent normal interpretation of a character, allowing inclusion of quotes inside a quoted string. It can also be used to continue a line (escapes the "newline"). When used as a "continue" it must be the very last character prior to the newline.

<nop>

The nop (no operation) is used to prevent linking of WikiWords, email addresses, URLs, but not Macros or [[explicit links]]

!WikiWord %BR%
&#37;TOPIC% %BR%
<nop>%TOPIC% %BR%
<nop>%WIKIWEBMASTER% %BR%
<nop>!%TOPIC% %BR%
!here &#33;here <nop>!here %BR%
%TOP\
IC%

WikiWord
%TOPIC%
EditingShorthand

!EditingShorthand
here !here !here
%TOPIC%

Controlling how content is rendered:
There are 3 ways to control how your topic content is rendered. This is done with three HTML or pseudo-HTML tags: <literal>, <verbatim> and <pre> They control whether or not:

Wiki markup (TML) is rendered
Macros (ex: %TOPIC%) are expanded
HTML is rendered
White space preserved
Auto linking of WikiWords and Email addresses occurs

These are explained in more details in the next sections, but are summarized to the right:

Literal content:
Foswiki generates HTML code from TML shorthand. Experts surround anything that must be output literally in the HTML code, without the application of shorthand rules, with <literal>..</literal> tags.

Any HTML within literal tags must be well formed i.e. all tags must be properly closed before the end of the literal block.

Macros are expanded within literal blocks.

<literal>
| Not | A | Table |
</literal>

| Not | A | Table |

Verbatim (Literal) Text:
Surround code excerpts and other formatted text with <verbatim> and </verbatim> tags.

verbatim tags disable HTML code. Use <pre> and </pre> tags instead if you want the HTML code within the tags to be interpreted.

Preferences settings (* Set NAME = value) are set within verbatim tags.

<verbatim>
class CatAnimal {
  void purr() {
    <code here>
  }
}
</verbatim>

class CatAnimal {
  void purr() {
    <code here>
  }
}

Verbatim (Literal) Code Highlighting:
Surround code excerpts and other formatted text e.g. with <verbatim class="bash"> and </verbatim> tags.

This type of code highlighting is based on Chili - the jQuery code highlighter plugin. Please find supported class attributes in JQueryChili.

verbatim tags disable HTML code. Use <pre class="bash"> and </pre> tags instead if you want the HTML code within the tags to be interpreted.

Preferences settings (* Set NAME = value) are set within verbatim tags.

<verbatim class="bash">
#!/bin/bash
while [ -n "$(ls . ~/ \
~/pub* /var/www 2>/dev/null \
| fgrep foswiki )" ] ; do
 clear
 printf "\nFoswiki rules!\n"
 sleep 10
 clear
 printf "\nFoswiki still rules!\n"
 sleep 10
done; exit 0
</verbatim>

#!/bin/bash
while [ -n "$(ls . ~/ \
~/pub* /var/www 2>/dev/null \
| fgrep foswiki )" ] ; do
 clear
 printf "\nFoswiki rules!\n"
 sleep 10
 clear
 printf "\nFoswiki still rules!\n"
 sleep 10
done; exit 0

Protected content:
Experts protect text from mangling by WYSIWYG editors using <sticky>..</sticky> tags. Sticky tags don't have any effect on normal topic display; they are only relevant when content has to be protected from a WYSIWYG editor (usually because it isn't well-formed HTML, or because it is HTML that WYSIWYG would normally filter out or modify). Protected content appears as plain text in the WYSIWYG editor.

Any HTML within sticky tags must be well formed i.e. all tags must be properly closed before the end of the sticky block.

Macros are expanded within sticky blocks.

<sticky>
<div>
This div 
%RED%is%ENDCOLOR%
required
</div>
</sticky>

This div is required

Adjust heading levels:
You can adjust heading levels for headings generated using ---+ markup and also HTML <h> tags using the <ho> tag.
The %INCLUDE and %SEARCH macros also have a headingoffset parameter to do this for you in included content.
Heading levels are limited to the range 1..6 after any offset is applied.

---++ offset is 0
<ho off="1">
---++ H2 becomes H3
<ho off="-1">
---++ offset was 1, so offset is now 0

White
Space

Auto Link
WikiWord

Auto Link
Email

<verbatim>

<literal>

<noautolink>

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