-It is easy to collaborate; just type your text. You don't need to know HTML at all, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to topics will be created automatically, as long as you follow these simple Text Formatting Rules. [[TextFormattingFAQ]] has answers to frequently asked questions about text formatting.
-
<div>
<ul>
- <li><a href="#Links"> Links</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Editing"> Editing</a></li>
- <li><a href="#Using HTML"> Using HTML</a></li>
- <li><a href="#TWiki Variables"> TWiki Variables</a></li>
- <li><a href="#"Gotchas" when Editing Text"> "Gotchas" when Editing Text</a></li>
- <li><a href="#%WIKITOOLNAME% Plugins"> %WIKITOOLNAME% Plugins</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#TWiki Text Formatting"> TWiki Text Formatting</a><ul>
+ <li><a href="#TWiki Editing Shorthand"> TWiki Editing Shorthand</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Using HTML"> Using HTML</a><ul>
+ <li><a href="#HTML and TWiki Usability"> HTML and TWiki Usability</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#TWiki HTML Rendering"> TWiki HTML Rendering</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#TWiki and _JavaScript"> TWiki and JavaScript</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#Hyperlinks"> Hyperlinks</a><ul>
+ <li><a href="#Internal Links"> Internal Links</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#External Links"> External Links</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ <li><a href="#TWiki Variables"> TWiki Variables</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#TWikiPlugin Formatting Extension"> TWikiPlugin Formatting Extensions</a></li>
+ <li><a href="#Common Editing Errors"> Common Editing Errors</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
</ul>
</div>
-## <a name="Links"></a> Links
+# <a name="TWiki Text Formatting"></a> TWiki Text Formatting
-The Collaborative Work Area is a bunch of related links that are editable through your web browser.
+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 laid out below - refer back to this page in a pop-up window from the **Edit** screen.
-### <a name="%WIKITOOLNAME% Internal Links"></a> %WIKITOOLNAME% Internal Links
-
-- [[GoodStyle]] is a [[WikiWord]] that links to the GoodStyle topic located in the current %WIKITOOLNAME% web.
-- [[NotExistingYet]] is a topic waiting to be written. You could create that topic by clicking on the question mark. (Do not create that topic; you would wreck this example!)
-
-### <a name="External Links"></a> External Links
-
-- `http://...`, `https://...`, `ftp://...` and `mailto:...@...` are linked automatically.
-- Email addresses like `name@domain.com` are linked automatically.
+<a name="TWikiShorthand"></a>
-## <a name="Editing"></a> Editing
+## <a name="TWiki Editing Shorthand"></a> TWiki Editing Shorthand
-<table border="3" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2">
- <tr>
+<table bgcolor="#000000" border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1">
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
<td><strong>Formatting Command:</strong></td>
<td><strong>Example: You write:</strong></td>
<td><strong>You get:</strong></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Paragraphs:</strong><br /> Blank lines will create new paragraphs. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Paragraphs:</strong> %BR% Blank lines will create new paragraphs. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
1st paragraph
<td valign="top"> 1st paragraph <p> 2nd paragraph </p>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Headings:</strong><br /> At least three dashes at the beginning of a line, followed by plus signs and the heading text. One plus creates a level 1 heading (most important), two pluses a level 2 heading; the maximum is level 6. <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> A Table of Content can be created automatically with the <code>%TOC%</code> variable, see [[Main/TWikiVariables]]. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Headings:</strong> %BR% At least three dashes at the beginning of a line, followed by plus signs and the heading text. One plus creates a level 1 heading (most important), two pluses a level 2 heading; the maximum is level 6. <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> A Table of Content can be created automatically with the <code>%TOC%</code> variable, see [[Main/TWikiVariables]]. Any heading text after <code>!!</code> is excluded from the TOC; for example, write <code>---+!! text</code> if you do not want to list a header in the TOC. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
---++ Sushi
<h3>Maguro</h3>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Text:</strong><br /> Words get <strong>bold</strong> by enclosing them in <code>*</code> asterisks. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Text:</strong> %BR% Words get <strong>bold</strong> by enclosing them in <code>*</code> asterisks. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
*Bold*
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top"><strong>Bold</strong></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Italic Text:</strong><br /> Words get <em>italic</em> by enclosing them in <code>_</code> underscores. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Italic Text:</strong> %BR% Words get <em>italic</em> by enclosing them in <code>_</code> underscores. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
_Italic_
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top"><em>Italic</em></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Italic:</strong><br /> Words get <em>_bold italic</em> by enclosing them in <code>_</code> double-underscores. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Italic:</strong> %BR% Words get <em>_bold italic</em> by enclosing them in <code>_</code> double-underscores. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
__Bold italic__
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top"><strong><em>Bold italic</em></strong></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Fixed Font:</strong><br /> Words get shown in <code>fixed font</code> by enclosing them in <code>=</code> equal signs. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Fixed Font:</strong> %BR% Words get shown in <code>fixed font</code> by enclosing them in <code>=</code> equal signs. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
=Fixed font=
</pre> </font></span></td>
- <td valign="top"><code>Fixed font</code></td>
+ <td valign="top"><code>Fixed font</code><p>
+ </p>
+ </td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Fixed Font:</strong><br /> Words get shown in <code><b>bold fixed font</b></code> by enclosing them in <code><b></b></code> double equal signs. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Fixed Font:</strong> %BR% Words get shown in <code><b>bold fixed font</b></code> by enclosing them in <code><b></b></code> double equal signs. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
==Bold fixed==
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top"><code><b>Bold fixed</b></code></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Make sure to "stick" the <code>* _ = ==</code> signs to the words, e.g. take away spaces. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Make sure there is no space between the text and the bold, italic, or other indicators (<code>* _ __ = ==</code>). </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
_This works_,
_this not _
</pre> </font></span></td>
- <td valign="top"><em>This works</em>, _this not _ </td>
+ <td valign="top"><em>This works</em>,%BR% _this not _ </td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Verbatim Mode:</strong><br /> Surround code excerpts and other formatted text with <code><verbatim></code> and <code></verbatim></code> tags. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Use <code><pre></code> and <code></pre></code> tags instead if you want that HTML code is interpreted. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Each tag must be on a line by itself. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Verbatim Mode:</strong> %BR% Surround code excerpts and other formatted text with <code><verbatim></code> and <code></verbatim></code> tags. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Use <code><pre></code> and <code></pre></code> tags instead if you want that HTML code is interpreted. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Each tag must be on a line by itself. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
<verbatim>
class CatAnimal {
}
</pre></td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Separator:</strong><br /> At least three dashes at the beginning of a line. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Separator:</strong> %BR% At least three dashes at the beginning of a line. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
-------
</pre> </font></span></td>
<hr />
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>List Item:</strong><br /> Three spaces and an asterisk. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>List Item:</strong> %BR% Three spaces, an asterisk, and another space. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
* bullet item
</pre> </font></span></td>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Nested List Item:</strong><br /> Six, nine, ... spaces and an asterisk. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Nested List Item:</strong> %BR% Six, nine, ... spaces, an asterisk, and another space. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
- * nested stuff
+ * level 1
+ * level 2
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top">
<ul>
- <li>
- <ul>
- <li> nested stuff </li>
+ <li> level 1 <ul>
+ <li> level 2 </li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Ordered List:</strong><br /> Three spaces and a number. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Ordered List:</strong> %BR% Three spaces, a number, a dot, and another space. Several types are available besides a number: <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+ <tr>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Type </strong></th>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Generated Style </strong></th>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong> Sample Sequence </strong></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> 1. </td>
+ <td> Arabic numerals </td>
+ <td> 1, 2, 3, 4... </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> A. </td>
+ <td> Uppercase letters </td>
+ <td> A, B, C, D... </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> a. </td>
+ <td> Lowercase letters </td>
+ <td> a, b, c, d... </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> I. </td>
+ <td> Uppercase Roman Numerals </td>
+ <td> I, II, III, IV... </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> i. </td>
+ <td> Lowercase Roman Numerals </td>
+ <td> i, ii, iii, iv... </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
- 1 Sushi
- 1 Dim Sum
+ 1. Sushi
+ 1. Dim Sum
+
+ A. Sushi
+ A. Dim Sum
+
+ i. Sushi
+ i. Dim Sum
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top">
<ol>
<li> Sushi </li>
<li> Dim Sum </li>
</ol>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ <ol>
+ <li type="A"> Sushi </li>
+ <li type="A"> Dim Sum </li>
+ </ol>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ <ol>
+ <li type="i"> Sushi </li>
+ <li type="i"> Dim Sum </li>
+ </ol>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Definition List:</strong><br /> Three spaces, the term, a colon, followed by the definition. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Terms with spaces are not supported. In case you do have a term with more then one word, separate the words with dashes or with the <code>&nbsp;</code> non-breaking-space entity. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Definition List:</strong> %BR% Three spaces, a dollar sign, the term, a colon, a space, followed by the definition. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
- Sushi: Japan
- Dim&nbsp;Sum: S.F.
+ $ Sushi: Japan
+ $ Dim Sum: S.F.
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top">
<dl>
- <dt> Sushi</dt>
+ <dt> Sushi </dt>
<dd> Japan </dd>
- <dt> Dim Sum</dt>
+ <dt> Dim Sum </dt>
<dd> S.F. </dd>
</dl>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Table:</strong><br /> Optional spaces followed by the cells enclosed in vertical bars. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>| *bold* |</code> cells are rendered as table headers. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>| spaced |</code> cells are rendered center aligned. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>| spaced |</code> cells are rendered right aligned. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>| 2 colspan ||</code> cells are rendered as multi-span columns. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> In case you have a long row and you want it to be more readable when you edit the table you can split the row into lines that end with a <code>'\'</code> backslash character. <br />
- </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Table:</strong> %BR% Any number of lines of text. Each line is one row of the table consisting of one or more cells. Each cell starts and ends with a vertical bar '|'. Any spaces at the beginning of a line are ignored.%BR% <strong><em>Notes:</em></strong> %BB% <code>| *bold* |</code> cells are displayed as table headers.%BB% <code>| center-spaced |</code> cells are displayed center aligned.%BB% <code>| right-spaced |</code> cells are displayed right aligned.%BB% <code>| 2 colspan ||</code> cells are displayed as multi-span columns (i.e., a cell with no text spans a column).%BB% <code>|^|</code> cells with a caret indicate follow-up rows of multi-span rows (this functionality is provided by [[Main/TablePlugin]]).%BB% If a row contains a large amount of text, and you want it to be more readable while editing the table, split the row into multiple text lines by ending each line with a backslash character <code>'\'</code>.%BB% Table cells wrap automatically as determined by the browser. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
| *L* | *C* | *R* |
| A2 | 2 | 2 |
| A3 | 3 | 3 |
| multi span |||
-| A4 \ | next \ | next |
+| A4-6 | four | four |
+|^| five | five |
+
+|^| six | six |
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top">
<table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<td colspan="3"> multi span </td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td> A4 </td>
- <td> next </td>
- <td> next </td>
+ <td> A4-6 </td>
+ <td> four </td>
+ <td> four </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> ^ </td>
+ <td> five </td>
+ <td> five </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> ^ </td>
+ <td> six </td>
+ <td> six </td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>WikiWord Links:</strong><br /> CapitalizedWordsStuckTogether (or [[Main/WikiWords]]) will produce a link automatically. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> In case you want to link to a topic in a different %WIKITOOLNAME% web write <code>Webname.TopicName</code>. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>WikiWord Links:</strong> %BR% CapitalizedWordsStuckTogether (or [[Main/WikiWords]]) will produce a link automatically. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> In case you want to link to a topic in a different %WIKITOOLNAME% web write <code>Webname.TopicName</code>. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
WebNotify
<td valign="top">[[Main/WebNotify]]<p>[[Know/ReadmeFirst]]</p>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Forced Links:</strong><br /> You can create a forced internal link by enclosing words in double square brackets. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> 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. <code>[[text formatting FAQ]]</code> links to topic [[Main/TextFormattingFAQ]]. You can also refer to a different web and use anchors. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><a name="SquareBrackets"></a> <strong>Forced Links:</strong> %BR% You can create a forced internal link by enclosing words in double square brackets. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> 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, <code>[[text formatting FAQ]]</code> links to topic [[Main/TextFormattingFAQ]]. You can also refer to a different web and use anchors. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> To "escape" double square brackets that would otherwise be a correct link, prefix the leading left square brackets with an exclamation point, that is, begin with <code>![[....</code></td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
[[wiki syntax]]
[[Main.TWiki users]]
+
+escaped:
+![[wiki syntax]]
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top">[[Main/WikiSyntax]]<p>[[Main/TWikiUsers]]</p>
+ <p> escaped: [[wiki syntax]] </p>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Specific Links:</strong><br /> Create a link where you can specify the link text and the link reference separately, using nested square brackets like <code>[[reference][text]]</code>. Internal link references (i.e. [[Main/WikiSyntax]]) and external link references (i.e. <a href="http://TWiki.org/" target="_top">http://TWiki.org/</a>) are supported. The same <strong><em>Forced Links</em></strong> rules apply for internal link references. Anchor names can be added as well, like <code>[[WebHome#MyAnchor][go home]]</code> and <code>[[http://www.yahoo.com/#somewhere][Yahoo!]]</code>. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Specific Links:</strong> %BR% Create a link where you can specify the link text and the link reference separately, using nested square brackets like <code>[[reference][text]]</code>. Internal link references (e.g. [[Main/WikiSyntax]]) and external link references (e.g. <a href="http://TWiki.org/" target="_top">http://TWiki.org/</a>) are supported. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> The same <strong><em>Forced Links</em></strong> rules apply for internal link references. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> For external link references, you can simply use a space instead of <code>][</code> to separate the link URL from the descriptive text. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Anchor names can be added as well, like <code>[[WebHome#MyAnchor][go home]]</code> and <code>[[http://gnu.org/#Action][GNU Action]]</code>. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
[[WikiSyntax][syntax]]
[[http://gnu.org][GNU]]
+
+[[http://xml.org XML]]
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top">[[Main/WikiSyntax]]<p><a href="http://gnu.org" target="_top">GNU</a></p>
+ <p><a href="http://xml.org" target="_top">XML</a></p>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Anchors:</strong><br /> You can define a link reference inside a %WIKITOOLNAME% topic (called an anchor name) and link to that. To <strong><em>define</em></strong> an anchor write <code>#AnchorName</code> at the beginning of a line. The anchor name must be a [[Main/WikiWord]]. To <strong><em>link to</em></strong> an anchor name use the <code>[[MyTopic#MyAnchor]]</code> syntax. You can omit the topic name if you want to link within the same topic. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Anchors:</strong> %BR% You can define a link reference inside a %WIKITOOLNAME% topic (called an anchor name) and link to that. To <strong><em>define</em></strong> an anchor write <code>#AnchorName</code> at the beginning of a line. The anchor name must be a [[Main/WikiWord]]. To <strong><em>link to</em></strong> an anchor name use the <code>[[MyTopic#MyAnchor]]</code> syntax. You can omit the topic name if you want to link within the same topic. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
-[[WebHome#NotThere]]
+[[WikiWord#NotThere]]
[[#MyAnchor][Jump]]
#MyAnchor To here
</pre> </font></span></td>
- <td valign="top">[[Main/WebHome#NotThere]]<p>[[Main/WebHome#MyAnchor]]</p>
+ <td valign="top">[[Main/WikiWord#NotThere]]<p>[[Main/WebHome#MyAnchor]]</p>
<p><a name="MyAnchor"></a> To here </p>
</td>
</tr>
- <tr>
- <td valign="top"><strong>Prevent a Link:</strong><br /> Prevent a [[Main/WikiWord]] from being linked by prepending it with the <code><nop></code> tag. </td>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Prevent a Link:</strong> %BR% Prevent a [[Main/WikiWord]] from being linked by prepending it with an exclamation point. </td>
<td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
-<nop>SunOS
+!SunOS
</pre> </font></span></td>
<td valign="top"> SunOS </td>
</tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Disable Links:</strong> %BR% You can disable automatic linking of [[Main/WikiWords]] by surrounding text with <code><noautolink></code> and <code></noautolink></code> tags. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Each tag must be on a line by itself. %BR% <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> This also works for TWiki tables, but only if you add a blank line between the end of the table and the closing <code></noautolink></code> tag (known issue of the [[Main/TablePlugin]]). </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+ <noautolink>
+ RedHat &
+ SuSE
+ </noautolink>
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"> RedHat & SuSE </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Mailto: Links:</strong> %BR% To create 'mailto:' links that have more descriptive link text, specify subject lines or message bodies, or omit the email address, you can write <code>[[mailto:user@domain descriptive text]]</code>. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+[[mailto:a@z.com Mail]]
+
+[[mailto:?subject=Hi Hi]]
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><a href="mailto:a@z.com">Mail</a><p><a href="mailto:?subject=Hi">Hi</a></p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
</table>
## <a name="Using HTML"></a> Using HTML
-Most HTML tags will work, but it's almost always preferable not to use HTML, so that the markup remains easy for everyone to edit.
+You can use just about any HTML tag without a problem - however, there are a few usability and technical considerations to keep in mind.
+
+### <a name="HTML and TWiki Usability"></a> HTML and TWiki Usability
+
+- %T% **TIP:** On collaboration pages, it's preferable NOT to use HTML, and to use [[TWiki shorthand|Main/WebHome#TWikiShorthand]] instead - this keeps the text uncluttered and easy to edit.
+- %X% **NOTE:** TWiki is designed to work with a wide range of browsers and computer platforms, holding to HTML 4.0 and XHTML 1.0 compatibility in the standard installation - adding raw HTML, particularly browser-specific tags (or any other mark-up that doesn't degrade well) will reduce compatibility.
+- Recommondations when using HTML:
+ - Use [XHTML 1.0 Transitional](http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/) syntax
+ - Do not span a tag over more then one line
+ - Remove all empty lines. TWiki inserts `<p />` paragraph tags on empty lines, which causes problems if done between tags that do not allow paragraph tags, like for example between table tags.
-- HTML 4.01 Reference Specification: <http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/>
-- Quick reference of all HTML elements: <http://werbach.com/barebones/barebones.html>
+### <a name="TWiki HTML Rendering"></a> TWiki HTML Rendering
+
+- TWiki converts shorthand notation to XHTML 1.0 for display. To copy a fully marked-up page, simply view source in your browser and save the contents.
+ - %T% If you need to save HTML frequently, you may want to check out TWiki:Plugins/GenHTMLAddon - it will "generate a directory containing rendered versions of a set of TWiki pages together with any attached files."
+- %X% **NOTE:** The opening and closing angle brackets - <code>**<...>**</code> - of an HTML tag **_must be on the same line_**, or the tag will be broken.
+ - This feature allows you to enter an unclosed angle bracket - as a greater than or less than symbol - and have it automatically rendered as if you had entered its HTML character, `<`, ex: <code>**a < b**</code>
+ - %T% If you're pasting in preformatted HTML text and notice problems, check the file in a text processor with no text wrap. Also, save without hard line breaks on text wrap, in your HTML editing program.
+
+### <a name="TWiki and _JavaScript"></a> TWiki and JavaScript
+
+You can use JavaScript for your TWiki applications. Since TWiki rendering might interfere with JavaScript code you need to escape it with HTML comments and `<pre>` tags:
+
+ <script language="JavaScript">
+ <!-- Hide JavaScript and <pre> escape TWiki rendering
+ ... put your JavaScript code here...
+ // Stop hiding and stop </pre> escaping TWiki rendering -->
+ </script>
+
+## <a name="Hyperlinks"></a> Hyperlinks
+
+Being able to create links without any formatting required is a core TWiki feature, made possible with [[WikiWords]]. New TWiki linking rules are a simple extension of the syntax that provide a new set of flexible options.
+
+### <a name="Internal Links"></a> Internal Links
+
+- [[GoodStyle]] is a [[WikiWord]] that links to the GoodStyle topic located in the current %WIKITOOLNAME% web.
+
+- [[NotExistingYet]] is a topic waiting to be written. Create the topic by clicking on the **?**. (Try clicking, but then, **Cancel** - creating the topic would wreck this example!)
+
+### <a name="External Links"></a> External Links
+
+- `http://...`, `https://...`, `ftp://...`, `gopher://...`, `news://...`, `file://...`, `telnet://...` and `mailto:...@...` are linked automatically.
+
+- Email addresses like `name@domain.com` are linked automatically.
+
+- `[[Square bracket rules]]` let you easily create [[non-WikiWord links|Main/WebHome#SquareBrackets]].
+ - You can also write `[[http://yahoo.com Yahoo home page]]` as an easier way of doing external links with descriptive text for the link, such as [Yahoo home page](http://yahoo.com/).
## <a name="TWiki Variables"></a> TWiki Variables
-Variables are names that are enclosed in percent signs; they get expanded on the fly.
+Variables are names that are enclosed in percent signs `%` that are expanded on the fly.
+
+- `%TOC%` : Automatically generates a table of contents based on headings in a topic - see the top of this page for an example.
+
+- `%WEB%` : The current web, is **%WEB%**.
+
+- `%TOPIC%` : The current topic name, is **%TOPIC%**.
-- `%TOC%` : The table of content, is based on headings in a topic.
-- `%WEB%` : The current web, is **%WEB%** .
-- `%TOPIC%` : The current topic name, is **%TOPIC%** .
- `%ATTACHURL%` : The attachment URL of the current topic. Example usage: If you attach a file to a topic you can refer to it as <code>**%ATTACHURL%/image.gif**</code> to show the URL of the file or the image in your text.
-- `%INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}%` : Server side include, includes another topic. The current %WIKITOOLNAME% web is the default web. Example: <code>**%INCLUDE\{"TWiki.TWikiWebsTable"\}%**</code>
-- There are many more variables, see [[TWikiVariables]].
-## <a name=""Gotchas" when Editing Text"></a> "Gotchas" when Editing Text
+- `%INCLUDE{"SomeTopic"}%` : Server side include, includes another topic. The current %WIKITOOLNAME% web is the default web. Example: <code>**%INCLUDE\{"TWiki.SiteMap"\}%**</code>
-The formatting rules are fairly simple to use and fast to type. However, there are some things to watch out for:
+- `%SEARCH{"sushi"}%` : Inline search showing the search result embedded in a topic. [[FormattedSearch]] gives you control over formatting, used to create web-based applications.
-- **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 `'>'`. <br /> Example: Type `'prog <filename>'` to get `'prog <filename>'`.
+- [[TWikiPreferences]] defines site-wide variables. Among others:
+ - **Line break:** Write <code><span><font>%BR%</font></span></code> to start a new line.
+ - **Colored text:** Write: <code><span><font> %RED% Red %ENDCOLOR% and %BLUE% blue %ENDCOLOR% colors</font></span></code> to get: %RED% Red %ENDCOLOR% and %BLUE% blue %ENDCOLOR% colors.
+ - **Documentation Graphics:** Write: <code><span><font> %H% Help, %T% Tip, %X% Alert</font></span></code> to get: %H% Help, %T% Tip, %X% Alert. For more info see [[TWikiDocGraphics]].
-- **Q:** Why is the `'&'` character sometimes not displayed?
- - **A:** The `'&'` character has a special meaning in HTML, it starts a so called character entity, i.e. `'©'` is the `©` copyright character. You need to escape `'&'` to see it as it is, so write `'&'` instead of `'&'`. <br /> Example: Type `'This & that'` to get `'This & that'`.
+- There are many more variables, see **[[TWikiVariables]]**.
+
+- To "escape" a variable, prefix it with an exclamation point. Write: <code><span><font> !%SOMEVARIABLE% </font></span></code> to get: %SOMEVARIABLE%.
+
+## <a name="TWikiPlugin Formatting Extension"></a><a name="_TWikiPlugin Formatting Extensio"></a> TWikiPlugin Formatting Extensions
+
+Plugins provide additional text formatting capabilities and can extend the functionality of %WIKITOOLNAME% into many other areas. For example, the optional [SpreadSheetPlugin](http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/SpreadSheetPlugin) lets you create a spreadsheet with the same basic notation used in TWiki tables.
+
+Available Plugins are located in the [Plugins](http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins) web on TWiki.org. Currently enabled plugins on this TWiki installation, as listed by `%PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS%`:
+
+- [[SpreadSheetPlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 10197)</span>:
+- [[CommentPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 11359)</span>: Allows users to quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
+- [[EditTablePlugin]] <span>(any TWiki, 11646)</span>:
+- [[InterwikiPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, $Rev: 11935$)</span>:
+- [[PreferencesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 9839)</span>:
+- [[SlideShowPlugin]] <span>(Any TWiki, $Rev: 12847$)</span>:
+- [[SmiliesPlugin]] <span>(Dakar, 8154)</span>:
+- [[TablePlugin]] <span>(1.020, 12339)</span>:
+- [[TwistyPlugin]] <span>(1.2.0, $Rev: 12154$)</span>:
-- See more [[TextFormattingFAQs]]
+Check on current Plugin status and settings for this site in [[TWikiPreferences]].
-## <a name="%WIKITOOLNAME% Plugins"></a> %WIKITOOLNAME% Plugins
+## <a name="Common Editing Errors"></a> Common Editing Errors
-%WIKITOOLNAME% Plugins offer additional text formatting rules. Plugins currently installed are:
+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]]:
-- [[DefaultPlugin]]: The default plugin is used for some depreciated rendering of older TWiki versions.
--
+- **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 `'>'`. <br /> Example: Type `'prog <filename>'` to get `'prog <filename>'`.
+
+- **Q:** Why is the `'&'` character sometimes not displayed?
+ - **A:** The `'&'` character has a special meaning in HTML, it starts a so called character entity, i.e. `'©'` is the `©` copyright character. You need to escape `'&'` to see it as it is, so write `'&'` instead of `'&'`. <br /> Example: Type `'This & that'` to get `'This & that'`.
-Learn more about plugins in [[TWikiPlugins]] and [[TWikiPreferences]].
+-- TWiki:Main.MikeMannix - 02 Dec 2001 <br /> -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 25 Apr 2004
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