Compose tips
input formats:- Filtered HTML:
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.
For more information see W3C's HTML Specifications or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.
Tag Description You Type You Get Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="http://osteele.com">Oliver Steele</a>Oliver Steele Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedUnordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>- First item
- Second item
Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>- First item
- Second item
Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description. <dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl>- First term
- First definition
- Second term
- Second definition
Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.
If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like & for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:
Character Description You Type You Get Ampersand && Greater than >> Less than << Quotation mark "" - Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:
- Generic syntax highlighting tags: "
[code]", "[blockcode]". - Language specific syntax highlighting tags: .
Options and tips:
- The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language. The possible values are: "
abap" (for ABAP), "actionscript" (for ActionScript), "ada" (for Ada), "apache" (for Apache Log), "applescript" (for AppleScript), "asm" (for ASM), "asp" (for ASP), "autoit" (for AutoIt), "bash" (for Bash), "blitzbasic" (for BlitzBasic), "bnf" (for bnf), "c" (for C), "c_mac" (for C (Mac)), "caddcl" (for CAD DCL), "cadlisp" (for CAD Lisp), "cfdg" (for CFDG), "cfm" (for ColdFusion), "cpp" (for C++), "cpp-qt" (for C++ (QT)), "csharp" (for C#), "css" (for CSS), "d" (for D), "delphi" (for Delphi), "diff" (for Diff), "div" (for DIV), "dos" (for DOS), "dot" (for dot), "drupal5" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "eiffel" (for Eiffel), "fortran" (for Fortran), "freebasic" (for FreeBasic), "genero" (for genero), "gml" (for GML), "groovy" (for Groovy), "haskell" (for Haskell), "html4strict" (for HTML), "idl" (for Uno Idl), "ini" (for INI), "inno" (for Inno), "io" (for Io), "java" (for Java), "java5" (for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0), "javascript" (for Javascript), "latex" (for LaTeX), "lisp" (for Lisp), "lua" (for Lua), "m68k" (for Motorola 68000 Assembler), "matlab" (for Matlab M), "mirc" (for mIRC Scripting), "mpasm" (for Microchip Assembler), "mysql" (for MySQL), "nsis" (for NSIS), "objc" (for Objective C), "ocaml" (for OCaml), "ocaml-brief" (for OCaml), "oobas" (for OpenOffice.org Basic), "oracle8" (for Oracle 8 SQL), "pascal" (for Pascal), "per" (for per), "perl" (for Perl), "php" (for PHP), "php-brief" (for PHP), "plsql" (for PL/SQL), "python" (for Python), "qbasic" (for QBasic/QuickBASIC), "rails" (for Rails), "reg" (for Microsoft Registry), "robots" (for robots.txt), "ruby" (for Ruby), "sas" (for SAS), "scheme" (for Scheme), "sdlbasic" (for sdlBasic), "smalltalk" (for Smalltalk), "smarty" (for Smarty), "sql" (for SQL), "tcl" (for TCL), "text" (for Text), "thinbasic" (for thinBasic), "tsql" (for T-SQL), "vb" (for Visual Basic), "vbnet" (for vb.net), "vhdl" (for VHDL), "visualfoxpro" (for Visual Fox Pro), "winbatch" (for Winbatch), "xml" (for XML), "xpp" (for X++), "z80" (for ZiLOG Z80 Assembler). - Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every nth line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
- If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.
Defaults:
- Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
- Default line numbering: no line numbers.
Examples:
You type You get [code]foo = "bar";[/code]Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode. [code]
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
[/code]Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode. [code lang="latex" linenumbers="normal"]
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
[/code]Code block with syntax highlighting for LaTeX source code
and normal line numbers.[code language="latex" start="23" fancy="7"]
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
[/code]Code block with syntax highlighting for LaTeX source code,
line numbers starting from 23
and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.- Generic syntax highlighting tags: "
- Textile:
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Textile Help
Block modifier syntax:
CSS attributes can be applied to blocks (paragraphs, headers, etc.). CSS classes are specifed with "
(class)"; CSS IDs are specified with "(#id)"; both can be specified with "(class#id)". An arbtirary CSS style can be applied by using "{style}". Finally, language attributes are applied using "[language]".Additionally, alignment and indentation shorthands are provided. To left-align, right-align, center, and justify text, use "
<", ">", "=", and "<>", respectively. "(" left-indents a block 1em for each occurrence, and ")" right-indents similarly.Tables have additional options. "
^", "-", and "~" specify top, middle, and bottom vertical alignment. The "_" attribute on a cell indicates that it is a table header.The examples below illustrate these attributes.
textile input output Headings
hx.(where x is 1 - 6)h1. Heading Heading
h2(class). Heading with class Heading with class
Paragraphs
p=. Centered text Centered text
p())(#id). Indented text with ID Indented text with ID
Block quotes
bq(class#id). Quote with class and ID Quote with class and ID
bq[en]. English quote English quote
Ordered lists
{color: blue}# Attributes specified
# before the first item
# affect the whole list- Attributes specified
- before the first item
- affect the whole list
Unordered lists
* Lists can have
## subitems or
## sublists
* too- Lists can have
- subitems or
- sublists
- too
Footnotes
fnx.(where x is 1 - 100)fn17. Footnote 17 Footnote
Tables
|_. A|_. B|_. C|
(dark). |very|simple|table|
|<. left|=. center|>. right|
|^{height:3em}. top|-. middle|~. bottom|A B C very simple table left center right top middle bottom Phrase modifier syntax:
The class, ID, style, and language attributes described above also apply to the span phrase modifier as shown below.
textile input output _emphasis_ emphasis __italic__ italic *strong* strong **bold** bold ??citation?? citation -delete text- deleted text+inserted text+ inserted text ^superscript^ superscript ~subscript~ subscript @code@ code%(class)span% span %{color:red;}span% span ==no textile== no textile "link text":url link text "link text(title)":url link text !imageurl! !imageurl(alt text)! !imageurl!:url ABC(Always Be Closing) ABC Footnote reference[17] Footnote reference17
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