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Formatting#

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Special characters can be applied to text to change its formatting.

Formatting Source Code Appears As Resulting HTML
Italics //text// text <em>text</em\>
Boldface ''text'' text <strong>text</strong\>
Underline __text__ text <u>text</u\>
Strikethrough ==text== ~~text~~ <strike>text</strike\>
Subscript H~~2~~O H2O H<sub>2</sub>O
Superscript meters/second^^2^^ meters/second2 meters/second<sup\>2</sup\>
Monospace {{{a //word//}}} a //word// <code>a //word//</code\>
Comment /%a comment%/
Error @@error@@ error <span class="marked">error</span\>
Inline styling @@font-weight:bold;text@@ text <span style="font-weight:bold">text</span\>

Additional Syntax#

Formatting Source Code Resulting HTML
Bulleted list * one * two <ul><li>one</li><li>two</li></ul>
Numbered list # one # two <ol><li>one</li><li>two</li></ol>
Horizontal line ---- <hr>
Indented text >Text <blockquote>Text</blockquote>
Doubly indented text >>Text <blockquote><blockquote>Text</blockquote></blockquote>
Heading 1 !Title <h1>Title</h1>
Heading 2 !!Title <h2>Title</h2>
Heading 3 !!!Title <h3>Title</h3>
Heading 4 !!!!Title <h4>Title</h4>
Heading 5 !!!!!Title <h5>Title</h5>

Escaped Line Breaks#

One extra piece of syntax, separate from the above tables, is available: ending a line with a backslash \ will cause both the backslash and the line break to be removed from the passage, thus "joining together" both lines. The main purpose of this will become apparent when you use macros.