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This page aims to introduce the most important elements of MoinMoin's syntax at a glance, showing first the markup verbatim and then how it is rendered by the wiki engine. Additionally, you'll find links to the relative help pages. Please note that some of the features depend on your configuration.

Table of Contents

'''Contents''' (up to the 2nd level)
<<TableOfContents(2)>>

Contents (up to the 2nd level)

Contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Headings
  3. heading 1st level
    1. heading 2nd level
  4. Text Formatting
  5. Hyperlinks
    1. Internal Links
    2. External Links
    3. Avoid or Limit Automatic Linking
  6. Drawings
  7. Blockquotes and Indentations
  8. Lists
    1. Unordered Lists
    2. Ordered Lists
    3. Definition Lists
  9. Horizontal Rules
  10. Tables
    1. Tables
    2. Cell Width
    3. Spanning Rows and Columns
    4. Alignment of Cell Contents
    5. Coloured Table Cells
    6. HTML-like Options for Tables
  11. Macros and Variables
    1. Macros
    2. Variables
  12. Smileys and Icons
  13. Parsers
    1. Verbatim Display
    2. Syntax Highlighting
    3. Using the wiki parser with css classes
  14. Admonitions
  15. Comments

Headings

see: HelpOnHeadlines 

= heading 1st level =
== heading 2nd level ==
=== heading 3rd level ===
==== heading 4th level ====
===== heading 5th level =====

heading 1st level

heading 2nd level

heading 3rd level

heading 4th level

heading 5th level

Text Formatting

see: HelpOnFormatting 

 * ''emphasized (italics)''
 * '''boldface'''
 * '''''bold italics'''''
 * `monospace`
 * {{{source code}}}
 * __underline__
 * ,,sub,,script
 * ^super^script
 * ~-smaller-~
 * ~+larger+~
 * --(strike through)--

Hyperlinks

see: HelpOnLinking 

 * FrontPage
 * [[FrontPage]]
 * HelpOnEditing/SubPages
 * /SubPage
 * ../SiblingPage
 * [[FrontPage|named link]]
 * [[#anchorname]]
 * [[#anchorname|description]]
 * [[PageName#anchorname]]
 * [[PageName#anchorname|description]]
 * [[attachment:filename.txt]]

 * http://moinmo.in/
 * [[http://moinmo.in/]]
 * [[http://moinmo.in/|MoinMoin Wiki]]
 * [[http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png]]
 * {{http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png}}
 * [[http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png|moinmoin.png]]
 * MeatBall:InterWiki
 * [[MeatBall:InterWiki|InterWiki page on MeatBall]]
 * [[file://///servername/share/full/path/to/file/filename%20with%20spaces.txt|link to file filename with spaces.txt]]
 * user@example.com

Avoid or Limit Automatic Linking

 * Wiki''''''Name
 * Wiki``Name
 * !WikiName
 * WikiName''''''s
 * WikiName``s
 * `http://www.example.com`
 * [[http://www.example.com/]]notlinked

Drawings

Blockquotes and Indentations

 indented text
  text indented to the 2nd level

Lists

see: HelpOnLists

Unordered Lists

 * item 1

 * item 2 (preceding white space)
  * item 2.1
   * item 2.1.1
 * item 3
  . item 3.1 (bulletless)
 . item 4 (bulletless)
  * item 4.1
   . item 4.1.1 (bulletless)