TALK pages are stored internally in a simple content-formatting language called
Wiki Markup, based on
Textile.
The Wiki Markup Editor allows you to edit pages directly in wiki markup language. This has the advantage of being faster than the Rich Text Editor for some formatting tasks.
A quick notation guide, Notation Help, appears beside the edit screen when you choose the Wiki Markup edit tab. You can then click the full notation guide link in the help window to view the Full Notation Guide. This shows you the entire list of formatting and other complex operations that wiki notation permits, along with the markup detailing how to perform them.
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Because wiki markup is designed to be simple to learn, the quickest way to learn wiki markup is to edit an existing page, switch to the wiki markup editor and experiment. |
Below are some links to more information on wiki markup editing:
Full Notation Guide
Examples of Markup
Here's a short example of some typical markup:
| What you type |
What you get |
h4. Wiki Markup
Ideally, the markup should be _readable_ and even *clearly understandable* when you are
editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought.
* Kinds of Markup
** Text Effects
** Headings
** Text Breaks
** Links
** Other
|
Wiki Markup
Ideally, the markup should be readable and even clearly understandable when you are
editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought.
After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets
should go.
- Kinds of Markup
- Text Effects
- Headings
- Text Breaks
- Links
- Other
|
Here, in comparison, is how that would look if you had to edit the page in HTML:
<h4>Wiki Markup</h4>
<p>Ideally, the markup should be <em>readable</em> and even <strong>clearly understandable</strong>
when you are editing it. Inserting formatting should require few keystrokes, and little thought</p>
<p>After all, we want people to be concentrating on the words, not on where the angle-brackets should
go.</p>
<ul>
<li>Kinds of Markup
<ul>
<li>Text Effects</li>
<li>Headings</li>
<li>Text Breaks</li>
<li>Links</li>
<li>Other</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
RELATED TOPICS
Full Notation Guide
Rich Text Editor Overview
[TALKHelp:Writing TALK pages]
[TALKHelp:Creating a New Page]
