This is a beta list of the elements chosen at WikiSym for Wiki Creole Markup. For a more detailed analysis of each markup, please view Elements. To compare a particular syntax with over 60+ wiki engines, you can use the wiki markup comparison tool
from WikiMatrix or visit List of Wiki Markup. Also see the reasoning for creole's markup decisions.
Ordered Lists#
Whitespace before pound/hash/octothorpe not allowed.# number list
More detail: Lists
Unordered Lists#
Whitespace before dash not allowed.* bullet list
More detail: Lists
Bold#
**bold**
More detail: Bold and Italics
Italics#
//italics//
More detail: Bold and Italics
Headings#
== Level 2 (Largest) === Level 3 ==== Level 4
or:
== Level 2 (Largest) == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ====
More detail: Headings
Internal and External Links#
[[my big page]] [[my big page|Go to my page]] [[http://www.wikicreole.org]] [[http://www.wikicreole.org|Visit the WikiCreole website]]
More detail: Links
Paragraphs#
(blank line makes paragraph)one paragraph next paragraph
More detail: Paragraphs
Linebreaks#
(consensus: treat line breaks as line breaks) (best practice: line continuations made with backslash at end of line)one paragraph and a linebreak
More detail: Linebreaks
Nowiki and preformatted in-line or block#
No wiki markup is interpreted between these characters.
{{{
preformatted
text with linesbreaks
}}}
{{{no wiki markup processing}}}
Watch out when copying the above example: Zero width space was used between the braces to circumvent the wiki formatting rules.
More detail: Preformatted And Nowiki
Placeholder#
also "Native Markup Block". When there is something advanced like extension code of the native wiki that is not supported in creole, a placeholder will show up, so users will not be confused seeing more than one syntax. (optional for wiki developers)<<x>>
Conflicts with OLPC image tag.
More detail: Placeholder
Images#
{{myimage name}}
[[some link|{{myimage name}}]]
[[http://example.com/|{{myimage name}}]]
More detail: Images
Horizontal Line#
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More detail: Horizontal Line