Click on EditText (it's ok to try, really! :) to see the formatting stuff, but please don't change the page - use WikiWikiSandbox for testing these rules.
A few tabulated examples:
The formatted result. | The raw text
strong man. | strong man.
Strong Man | Strong Man
----------------------------------Italicized text here. | ''Italicized text here.''
Strong emphasized | '''Strong emphasized'''
Strong italic text:-) | '''Strong ''italic text'':-) '''
ISBN 020171499X | ISBN 020171499X
leading space. | leading space.(Where <tab> denotes a tab character.)
two single quotes
now two single quotes and three single quotes (total of 5)
Bold text -- three single quotes
Bold italic text -- two plus three single quotes Quoted bold italic maybe?
two quotes -- Italic 2 plus
three quotes -- BOLD 3 equals
Italic Bold 5
'Trying four quotes'
'Trying many quotes'
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Note that "mind your p's and q's" is awkward to produce.
SixSingleQuotes: SixSingleQuotes or SixSingleQuotes
monospace preformatted stuff begins with a spaceHello
Hello AgainLink to FrontPage
Horizontal line with front space:
---------Horizontal lines without front space:
<TAB><SPACE>:<TAB>text also seems to be the best format for poems (copy-and-paste from GreatPoemsList):
William Shakespeare, The Tempest act IV scene 1.
Edit (but don't change, please) this page to see the formatting stuff.
'single quote' "double quote" 3 single quotes
If you indent your paragraph, it will be monospaced and won't line-wrap. This is a very common mistake, but trying to rectify it by inserting new lines into the paragraph doesn't work.
Example:
Our [many] revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.Monospaced text is also handy for showing tables (since HtmlTables are not supported). However, be wary of TabMunging.
Person Pickles picked ------ -------------- Mary 0.35 peck Peter 1.00 peck
See also TipForTypingTab