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In this page you'll learn about '''Mediawiki markup'''. Mediawiki is the software behind Wikipedia (for which it was created), Camera-wiki.org, and many other wikis; you may find what follows familiar from one of these. And if you're used to HTML or XHTML, what the explanation will be easy to follow, as Mediawiki is a preprocessor for XHTML and its markup is thus similar. | In this page you'll learn about '''Mediawiki markup'''. Mediawiki is the software behind Wikipedia (for which it was created), Camera-wiki.org, and many other wikis; you may find what follows familiar from one of these. And if you're used to HTML or XHTML, what the explanation will be easy to follow, as Mediawiki is a preprocessor for XHTML and its markup is thus similar. | ||
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| + | ==Characters== | ||
| + | ===Characters on your keyboard=== | ||
| + | You should be able to type just about any character that's on your keyboard, and in the normal way. Exceptions are: | ||
| + | *combinations of characters that most people would never want (such as pairs of single quotation marks) | ||
| + | *the two inequality signs "<" and ">" | ||
| + | The last pair will seldom be useful in the context of cameras; but if you do need them, type "&lt;" and "&gt;" respectively. (Mnemonics: "lt" and "gt" for "less than" and "greater than" respectively.) | ||
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| + | ===Characters not on your keyboard=== | ||
==Text formatting== | ==Text formatting== | ||
Revision as of 12:31, 31 March 2011
This may eventually grow into something worth moving into a new "Help:" ... but it has a hell of a long way to go first.
In this page you'll learn about Mediawiki markup. Mediawiki is the software behind Wikipedia (for which it was created), Camera-wiki.org, and many other wikis; you may find what follows familiar from one of these. And if you're used to HTML or XHTML, what the explanation will be easy to follow, as Mediawiki is a preprocessor for XHTML and its markup is thus similar.
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Characters
Characters on your keyboard
You should be able to type just about any character that's on your keyboard, and in the normal way. Exceptions are:
- combinations of characters that most people would never want (such as pairs of single quotation marks)
- the two inequality signs "<" and ">"
The last pair will seldom be useful in the context of cameras; but if you do need them, type "<" and ">" respectively. (Mnemonics: "lt" and "gt" for "less than" and "greater than" respectively.)
Characters not on your keyboard
Text formatting
| What it looks like | What you type | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Italics: Asahi Camera is helpful | ''Asahi Camera'' is helpful |
Two (plain) apostrophes to start, two to finish. |
| Bold: It is marked SP | It is marked '''SP''' |
Three (plain) apostrophes to start, three to finish. |
| Bold italics: It is marked SP | It is marked '''''SP''''' |
Five (plain) apostrophes to start, five to finish. |
