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Styles in this Wiki

Hint	Result
Hide long source file The following scripts a well-known message {{pl2| {{hidden|<tt>/path/file.sh</tt> ([{{#filelink: file.sh}} download])|{{#fileanchor: file.sh}} <source lang="bash"> #! /bin/bash echo Hello, World </source>|headerstyle=background:#ccccff;text-align:left;}} }}	The following scripts a well-known message /path/file.sh ([{{#filelink: file.sh}} download]) {{#fileanchor: file.sh}} #! /bin/bash echo Hello, World

Hint and Tips

Hint	Result
Use the template Template:pl2 to intend pre, source... block by 2em: * Some header {{pl2|<pre>A left padded block</pre>}}	Some header A left padded block
... but the template above can't be used for tables: * Some header <div style="padding-left:2em;"> {| |- | hello || world |} </div>	Some header hello world
Use template Template:Hidden to hide some section with toggle button (see [1]). {{hidden|header|hidden message |style=background:#ccccff |headerstyle=text-align:left; |contentstyle=text-align:right}}	header hidden message
Use template Template:Hide for a simpler version Below you can find some hidden text {{hide| '''This is the famous hidden text'''}}	Below you can find some hidden text [show][hide] This is the famous hidden text
Use template Template:Toggle and _toggler class for more elaborate use. _toggler is used to create button to toggle visibility of tags of given class. Note that you can assign several classes to the same tag: * {{toggle|item1|ITEM1|item1 item}} * {{toggle|item2|ITEM2|item2 item}} * <span class="_toggler-item1">toggle item1</span> * <span class="_toggler-item2">toggle item2</span> * <span class="_toggler-item">toggle both items</span>	item1 ITEM1 item2 ITEM2 toggle item1 toggle item2 toggle both items
Use __TOC__ to control the location of the Table Of Content. This is particularly handy when there are some texts before the first heading in a page, and you want the TOC to appear first.
Page REDIRECT - To automatically redirect one page to another: #REDIRECT [[SomePage]]	REDIRECT SomePage

Frequently Used

Description	You type	You get
anywhere
Arrows entities	⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔	⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔
Space	 
only at the beginning of the line
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2

HTML Tags

Description	You type	You get
font tag	Change the <font color="red">font color</font> Change the <font size="3">font size</font> Change the <font face="verdana">font face</font>	Change the font color Change the font size Change the font face

Tables

Basic syntax for table is

{| [opt-table-attr] |- [opt-line-attr] |[opt-cell-attr |]Orange |[opt-cell-attr |]Apple |- [opt-line-attr |[opt-cell-attr |] |[opt-cell-attr |]Pie |- [opt-line-attr |[opt-cell-attr |]Butter |[opt-cell-attr]| Ice cream |}

which gives...

<table [opt-table-attr]> <tr [opt-line-attr]> <td [opt-cell-attr]>Orange</td> <td [opt-cell-attr]>Apple</td> </tr> <tr [opt-line-attr]> <td [opt-cell-attr]></td> <td [opt-cell-attr]>Pie</td> </tr> <tr [opt-line-attr]> <td [opt-cell-attr]>Butter</td><td [opt-cell-attr]>Ice cream</td> </tr> </table>

Table can be easily formatted using templates like: {| {{Prettytable}} |- |{{Hl2}}|First |Second |- |Third |{{Hl2}}|Fourth |}	First Second Third Fourth
Or better yet, using CSS (eg. see MediaWiki:Common.css) class wikitable (see Table): {| class="wikitable" |- !First |Second |- |Third !Fourth |}	First Second Third Fourth
Cell content can be formatted for each cell individually or for all cells on a same row {| class="wikitable" |- !Very long header !Very long header !Very long header |- |align="left"|left |align="center"|center |align="right"|right |- align="center" |center |center |center |} |}	Very long header Very long header Very long header left center right center center center

Using Extensions

Raw File

See reference syntax here

Example without anchor (best choice when block immediately follows the link). Download [{{#file: HelpRawScript.sh}} this file]. <source lang="bash"> #! /bin/bash echo 'Hello, World!' </source>	Download [{{#file: HelpRawScript.sh}} this file]. #! /bin/bash echo 'Hello, World!'
Example with an anchor (necessary when there is intermediate block - but need keeping name in sync!). When anchor is on another page, use notation {{#fileLink: myscript.sh|Another Page}} Download [{{#filelink: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}} this file]. <pre> This block is just to confuse RawFile </pre> {{#fileanchor: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}} <source lang="bash"> #! /bin/bash echo 'Hello, World!' </source>	Download [{{#filelink: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}} this file]. This block is just to confuse RawFile {{#fileanchor: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}} #! /bin/bash echo 'I said "Hello, World!"'
For very long text, it is possible to hide the file content using CSS style="display:none" Download [{{#file: HiddenRawScript.sh}} this file]. <div style="display:none"><source lang="bash"> #! /bin/bash echo 'Hello, Wonderland!' </source></div>	Download [{{#file: HiddenRawScript.sh}} this file]. #! /bin/bash echo 'Hello, Wonderland!'

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