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Table of Contents

Formatting Syntax
Basic Text Formatting
Links
External
Internal
Interwiki
Windows Shares
Image Links
Footnotes
Sectioning
Headline Level 3
Headline Level 3
Images and Other Files
Indentation
Lists
Text Conversions
Text to Image Conversions
Text to HTML Conversions
Quoting
Tables
No Formatting
Code Blocks
Syntax Highlighting
Downloadable Code Blocks
Embedding HTML and PHP
RSS / ATOM Feed Aggregation
Control Macros
Syntax Plugins

Formatting Syntax

doku>DokuWiki supports some simple markup language, which tries to make the datafiles to be as readable as possible. This page contains all possible syntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing "Edit this page". If you want to try something, just use the playground page. The simpler markup is easily accessible via quickbuttons , too.

Basic Text Formatting

DokuWiki supports bold, italic, underlined and ''monospaced'' texts. Of course you can ''combine'' all these.

DokuWiki supports bold, italic, underlined and ''monospaced'' texts.

Of course you can ''combine'' all these.

You can use subscript and superscript, too.

You can use subscript and superscript, too.

You can mark something as deleted as well.

You can mark something as deleted as well.

Paragraphs are created from blank lines. If you want to force a newline without a paragraph, you can use two backslashes followed by a whitespace or the end of line.

This is some text with some linebreaks
Note that the

two backslashes are only recognized at the end of a line

or followed by
a whitespace
this happens without it.

This is some text with some linebreaks
Note that the

two backslashes are only recognized at the end of a line

or followed by
a whitespace
this happens without it.

You should use forced newlines only if really needed.

DokuWiki supports multiple ways of creating links.

External

External links are recognized automagically: http:www.google.com or simply www.google.com - You can set the link text as well: This Link points to google . Email addresses like this one: are recognized, too.

DokuWiki supports multiple ways of creating links. External links are recognized

automagically: http:www.google.com or simply www.google.com - You can set

link text as well: This Link points to google . Email

addresses like this one: are recognized, too.

Internal

Internal links are created by using square brackets. You can either just give a pagename or use an additional link text .

Internal links are created by using square brackets. You can either just give

a pagename or use an additional link text .

Wiki pagenames are converted to lowercase automatically, special characters are not allowed.

You can use some:namespaces by using a colon in the pagename.

You can use some:namespaces by using a colon in the pagename.

For details about namespaces see doku>namespaces .

Linking to a specific section is possible, too. Just add the section name behind a hash character as known from HTML. This links to this Section .

This links to this Section .

Notes:

  • Links to

    existing pages are shown in a different style from nonexisting ones.

  • DokuWiki does not use

    wp>CamelCase to automatically create links by default, but this behavior can be enabled in the doku>config file. Hint: If DokuWiki is a link, then it's enabled.

  • When a section's heading is changed, its bookmark changes, too. So don't rely on section linking too much.

Interwiki

DokuWiki supports doku>Interwiki links. These are quick links to other Wikis. For example this is a link to Wikipedia's page about Wikis: wp>Wiki .

DokuWiki supports doku>Interwiki links. These are quick links to other Wikis.

For example this is a link to Wikipedia's page about Wikis: wp>Wiki .

Windows Shares

Windows shares like this are recognized, too. Please note that these only make sense in a homogeneous user group like a corporate wp>Intranet .

Windows Shares like this are recognized, too.

Notes:

  • For security reasons direct browsing of windows shares only works in Microsoft Internet Explorer per default (and only in the "local zone").
  • For Mozilla and Firefox it can be enabled through different workaround mentioned in the

    Mozilla Knowledge Base . However, there will still be a JavaScript warning about trying to open a Windows Share. To remove this warning (for all users), put the following line in ''conf/userscript.js'':

LANG.nosmblinks = '';

You can also use an image to link to another internal or external page by combining the syntax for links and images (see below) like this:

{{wiki:dokuwiki-128.png}}

{{wiki:dokuwiki-128.png}}

Please note: The image formatting is the only formatting syntax accepted in link names.

The whole image and link syntax is supported (including image resizing, internal and external images and URLs and interwiki links).

Footnotes

You can add footnotes ((This is a footnote)) by using double parentheses.

You can add footnotes ((This is a footnote)) by using double parentheses.

Sectioning

You can use up to five different levels of headlines to structure your content. If you have more than three headlines, a table of contents is generated automatically

  • this can be disabled by including the string ''~~NOTOC~~'' in the document.

    Headline Level 3

    Headline Level 4

    Headline Level 5

    Headline Level 3

    Headline Level 4

    Headline Level 5

    By using four or more dashes, you can make a horizontal line:

    -

    Images and Other Files

    You can include external and internal doku>images with curly brackets. Optionally you can specify the size of them.

    Real size:

    wiki:dokuwiki-128.png

    Resize to given width:

    wiki:dokuwiki-128.png?50

    Resize to given width and height((when the aspect ratio of the given width and height doesn't match that of the image, it will be cropped to the new ratio before resizing)):

    wiki:dokuwiki-128.png?200x50

    Resized external image:

    http://de3.php.net/images/php.gif?200x50

    Real size:

    wiki:dokuwiki-128.png

    Resize to given width:

    wiki:dokuwiki-128.png?50

    Resize to given width and height:

    wiki:dokuwiki-128.png?200x50

    Resized external image:

    http://de3.php.net/images/php.gif?200x50

    By using left or right whitespaces you can choose the alignment.

     wiki:dokuwiki-128.png wiki:dokuwiki-128.png wiki:dokuwiki-128.png  wiki:dokuwiki-128.png wiki:dokuwiki-128.png wiki:dokuwiki-128.png

    Of course, you can add a title (displayed as a tooltip by most browsers), too.

    This is the caption This is the caption

    If you specify a filename (external or internal) that is not an image (''gif, jpeg, png''), then it will be displayed as a link instead.

    For linking an image to another page see #Image Links above.

    Indentation

    Indenting lines may be accomplished by using Lists or Code Blocks (see below), or by forcing extra spaces to appear to the left of the text (as seen on our Index page).

    Unlike most other text editors, you cannot simply press the Tab or Spacebar to indent text at the left margin. Pressing the Tab key has no effect, pressing the Spacebar once has no effect, while pressing it twice turns any following text into a Code Block. The only way of inserting one or more extra spaces is to force them to appear by inserting Non-Breaking SPaces (abbreviated to NBSP) when you really need them. To do this, press Alt+255 as follows. Holding down the Alt key, press 2,5,5 on the Numerical Keypad (number pad), usually located to the right of your main keyboard, then release the Alt key. On releasing the Alt key a NBSP will appear. E.g., typing

    Line 1

    [Alt+255][Alt+255]Line 2

    displays as

    Line 1

      Line 2

    Unfortunately NBSPs cannot be copied & pasted from one part of a Wiki to another. They must be added individually each time. Thus, if you notice that your previously two-space indented line now appears as a Code Block, you should delete the spaces to the left of the text and reinsert two NBSP as described above. Any improvement to this rather primitive feature would be welcome.

    Lists

    Dokuwiki supports ordered and unordered lists. To create a list item, indent your text by two spaces and use a ''*'' for unordered lists or a ''-'' for ordered ones.

    • This is a list
    • The second item
      • You may have different levels
    • Another item

    - The same list but ordered

    - Another item

    - Just use indention for deeper levels

    - That's it

    • This is a list
    • The second item
      • You may have different levels
    • Another item

    - The same list but ordered

    - Another item

    - Just use indention for deeper levels

    - That's it

    Also take a look at the FAQ on list items .

    Text Conversions

    DokuWiki can convert certain pre-defined characters or strings into images or other text or HTML.

    The text to image conversion is mainly done for smileys. And the text to HTML conversion is used for typography replacements, but can be configured to use other HTML as well.

    Text to Image Conversions

    DokuWiki converts commonly used wp>emoticon s to their graphical equivalents. Those doku>Smileys and other images can be configured and extended. Here is an overview of Smileys included in DokuWiki:

    • 8-) %% 8-) %%
    • 8-O %% 8-O %%
    • :-( %% :-( %%
    • :-) %% :-) %%
    • =) %% =) %%
    • :-/ %% :-/ %%
    • :-\ %% :-\ %%
    • :-? %% :-? %%
    • :-D %% :-D %%
    • :-P %% :-P %%
    • :-O %% :-O %%
    • :-X %% :-X %%
    • :-
    • ;-) %% ;-) %%
    • :?: %% :?: %%
    • :!: %% :!: %%
    • LOL %% LOL %%
    • FIXME %% FIXME %%
    • DELETEME %% DELETEME %%
    • %% :- %%
      _ %% _ %%

      Text to HTML Conversions

      Typography: DokuWiki can convert simple text characters to their typographically correct entities. Here is an example of recognized characters.

      -> <- <-> => <= <=> >> <<

    • 640x480 (c) (tm) (r)

      "He thought 'It's a man's world'..."

      -> <- <-> => <= <=> >> <<

    • 640x480 (c) (tm) (r)

      "He thought 'It's a man's world'..."

      The same can be done to produce any kind of HTML, it just needs to be added to the pattern file .

      There are three exceptions which do not come from that pattern file: multiplication entity (640x480), 'single' and "double quotes". They can be turned off through a config option .

      Quoting

      Some times you want to mark some text to show it's a reply or comment. You can use the following syntax:

      I think we should do it

      > No we shouldn't

      >> Well, I say we should

      > Really?

      >> Yes!

      >>> Then lets do it!

      I think we should do it

      > No we shouldn't

      >> Well, I say we should

      > Really?

      >> Yes!

      >>> Then lets do it!

      Tables

      DokuWiki supports a simple syntax to create tables.

      Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3
      Row 1 Col 1 Row 1 Col 2 Row 1 Col 3
      Row 2 Col 1 some colspan (note the double pipe)
      Row 3 Col 1 Row 3 Col 2 Row 3 Col 3

      Table rows have to start and end with a ''

      '' for normal rows or a '' '' for headers.
      Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3
      Row 1 Col 1 Row 1 Col 2 Row 1 Col 3
      Row 2 Col 1 some colspan (note the double pipe)
      Row 3 Col 1 Row 3 Col 2 Row 3 Col 3

      To connect cells horizontally, just make the next cell completely empty as shown above. Be sure to have always the same amount of cell separators!

      Vertical tableheaders are possible, too.

      Heading 1 Heading 2
      Heading 3 Row 1 Col 2 Row 1 Col 3
      Heading 4 no colspan this time
      Heading 5 Row 2 Col 2 Row 2 Col 3

      As you can see, it's the cell separator before a cell which decides about the formatting:

      Heading 1 Heading 2
      Heading 3 Row 1 Col 2 Row 1 Col 3
      Heading 4 no colspan this time
      Heading 5 Row 2 Col 2 Row 2 Col 3

      You can have rowspans (vertically connected cells) by adding '':::'' into the cells below the one to which they should connect.

      Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3
      Row 1 Col 1 this cell spans vertically Row 1 Col 3
      Row 2 Col 1 ::: Row 2 Col 3
      Row 3 Col 1 ::: Row 2 Col 3

      Apart from the rowspan syntax those cells should not contain anything else.

      Heading 1 Heading 2 Heading 3
      Row 1 Col 1 this cell spans vertically Row 1 Col 3
      Row 2 Col 1 ::: Row 2 Col 3
      Row 3 Col 1 ::: Row 2 Col 3

      You can align the table contents, too. Just add at least two whitespaces at the opposite end of your text: Add two spaces on the left to align right, two spaces on the right to align left and two spaces at least at both ends for centered text.

      Table with alignment
      right center left
      left right center
      xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx

      This is how it looks in the source:

      Table with alignment
      right center left
      left right center
      xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx

      Note: Vertical alignment is not supported.

      No Formatting

      If you need to display text exactly like it is typed (without any formatting), enclose the area either with ''%%%%'' tags or even simpler, with double percent signs ''%%''.

      This is some text which contains addresses like this: http:www.splitbrain.org and formatting, but nothing is done with it.

      The same is true for %%this text with a smiley ;-)%%.

      This is some text which contains addresses like this: http:www.splitbrain.org and formatting, but nothing is done with it.

      The same is true for %%this text with a smiley ;-)%%.

      Code Blocks

      You can include code blocks into your documents by either indenting them by at least two spaces (like used for the previous examples) or by using the tags ''%%%%'' or ''%%%%''.

      This is text is indented by two spaces.

      This is preformatted code all spaces are preserved: like <-this

      This is pretty much the same, but you could use it to show that you quoted a file.

      Those blocks were created by this source:

      This is text is indented by two spaces.

      This is preformatted code all spaces are preserved: like <-this

      This is pretty much the same, but you could use it to show that you quoted a file.

      Syntax Highlighting

      wiki:DokuWiki can highlight sourcecode, which makes it easier to read. It uses the GeSHi Generic Syntax Highlighter

    • so any language supported by GeSHi is supported. The syntax uses the same code and file blocks described in the previous section, but this time the name of the language syntax to be highlighted is included inside the tag, e.g. '''' or ''''.

      /

      * The HelloWorldApp class implements an application that

      * simply displays "Hello World!" to the standard output.

      */

      class HelloWorldApp {

      public static void main(String[] args) {

      System.out.println("Hello World!"); Display the string.

      }

      }

      The following language strings are currently recognized: 4cs, 6502acme, 6502kickass, 6502tasm, 68000devpac, abap, actionscript-french, actionscript, actionscript3, ada, algol68, apache, applescript, asm, asp, autoconf, autohotkey, autoit, avisynth, awk, bascomavr, bash, basic4gl, bf, bibtex, blitzbasic, bnf, boo, c, c_loadrunner, c_mac, caddcl, cadlisp, cfdg, cfm, chaiscript, cil, clojure, cmake, cobol, coffeescript, cpp, cpp-qt, csharp, css, cuesheet, d, dcs, delphi, diff, div, dos, dot, e, epc, ecmascript, eiffel, email, erlang, euphoria, f1, falcon, fo, fortran, freebasic, fsharp, gambas, genero, genie, gdb, glsl, gml, gnuplot, go, groovy, gettext, gwbasic, haskell, hicest, hq9plus, html, html5, icon, idl, ini, inno, intercal, io, j, java5, java, javascript, jquery, kixtart, klonec, klonecpp, latex, lb, lisp, llvm, locobasic, logtalk, lolcode, lotusformulas, lotusscript, lscript, lsl2, lua, m68k, magiksf, make, mapbasic, matlab, mirc, modula2, modula3, mmix, mpasm, mxml, mysql, newlisp, nsis, oberon2, objc, objeck, ocaml-brief, ocaml, oobas, oracle8, oracle11, oxygene, oz, pascal, pcre, perl, perl6, per, pf, php-brief, php, pike, pic16, pixelbender, pli, plsql, postgresql, povray, powerbuilder, powershell, proftpd, progress, prolog, properties, providex, purebasic, pycon, python, q, qbasic, rails, rebol, reg, robots, rpmspec, rsplus, ruby, sas, scala, scheme, scilab, sdlbasic, smalltalk, smarty, sql, systemverilog, tcl, teraterm, text, thinbasic, tsql, typoscript, unicon, uscript, vala, vbnet, vb, verilog, vhdl, vim, visualfoxpro, visualprolog, whitespace, winbatch, whois, xbasic, xml, xorg_conf, xpp, yaml, z80, zxbasic

      Downloadable Code Blocks

      When you use the ''%%%%'' or ''%%%%'' syntax as above, you might want to make the shown code available for download as well. You can do this by specifying a file name after language code like this:

      If you don't want any highlighting but want a downloadable file, specify a dash (''-'') as the language code: ''%%%%''.

      Embedding HTML and PHP

      You can embed raw HTML or PHP code into your documents by using the ''%%%%'' or ''%%%%'' tags. (Use uppercase tags if you need to enclose block level elements.)

      HTML example:

      This is some inline HTML

      And this is some block HTML

      This is some inline HTML

      And this is some block HTML

      PHP example:

      echo 'A logo generated by PHP:';

      echo 'PHP Logo !';

      echo '(generated inline HTML)';

      echo '

      ';

      echo '

      ';

      echo '

      The same, but inside a block level element: PHP Logo !
      ';

      echo 'A logo generated by PHP:';

      echo 'PHP Logo !';

      echo '(inline HTML)';

      echo '

      ';

      echo '

      ';

      echo '

      The same, but inside a block level element: PHP Logo !
      ';

      Please Note: HTML and PHP embedding is disabled by default in the configuration. If disabled, the code is displayed instead of executed.

      RSS/ATOM Feed Aggregation

      DokuWiki can integrate data from external XML feeds. For parsing the XML feeds, SimplePie is used. All formats understood by SimplePie can be used in DokuWiki as well. You can influence the rendering by multiple additional space separated parameters:

      Parameter Description
      any number will be used as maximum number items to show, defaults to 8
      reverse display the last items in the feed first
      author show item authors names
      date show item dates
      description show the item description. If HTML is disabled all tags will be stripped
      n[dhm] refresh period, where d=days, h=hours, m=minutes. (e.g. 12h = 12 hours).

      The refresh period defaults to 4 hours. Any value below 10 minutes will be treated as 10 minutes. wiki:DokuWiki will generally try to supply a cached version of a page, obviously this is inappropriate when the page contains dynamic external content. The parameter tells wiki:DokuWiki to re-render the page if it is more than refresh period since the page was last rendered.

      Example:

      Control Macros

      Some syntax influences how DokuWiki renders a page without creating any output it self. The following control macros are availble:

      Macro Description
      %%~~NOTOC~~%% If this macro is found on the page, no table of contents will be created
      %%~~NOCACHE~~%% DokuWiki caches all output by default. Sometimes this might not be wanted (eg. when the %%%% syntax above is used), adding this macro will force DokuWiki to rerender a page on every call

      Syntax Plugins

      DokuWiki's syntax can be extended by Plugins . How the installed plugins are used is described on their appropriate description pages. The following syntax plugins are available in this particular DokuWiki installation:

      ~~INFO:syntaxplugins~~


      Last edited by GeoffM on 15/09/2016 at 03:01


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