Paragraphs
Don't indent paragraphs
Words wrap and fill as needed
Use blank lines as separators
Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule
%%
% makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too)
Lists
asterisk for first level
* asterisk-asterisk for second level, etc.
Use * for bullet lists, # for numbered lists (mix at will)
semicolon-term-colon-definition for definition lists:
;term here:definition here, as in the <DL><DT><DD> list
Headings
'===' at the start of a line makes a small heading===
'====' at the start of a line makes a medium heading====
'=====' at the start of a line makes a large heading=====
Fonts
This is in monospace
This is not
Indented Paragraphs
;: this is an indented block of text
Emphasis
Use doubled single-quotes ('') for emphasis (usually italics
)
Use doubled underscores (_
_) for strong emphasis (usually bold)
Mix them at will: bold italics
Emphasis
can be used multiple
times within a line, but cannot
cross line boundaries:
this
will not work
References
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-
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1,
2,
3,
4 refer to remote references. Click
EditLinks on the edit form to enter URLs. These differ from the newer linking scheme; references are unique to a page.
Also, the old way of linking
URL's is still supported: precede URLs with “http:”, “ftp:” or “mailto:” to create links automatically as in:
http://c2.com/
URLs ending with .png, .gif, or .jpg are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves:

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