Text Formatting Experiments

When you find something useful (like SixSingleQuotes), consider noting it in TextFormattingRules.


Some experiments, with plain text:

Three single quotes before Middle, and three single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Four single quotes before Middle, and Four single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Five single quotes before Middle, and five single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

SixSingleQuotes before Middle, and SixSingleQuotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Eight single quotes before Middle, and eight single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Nine single quotes before Middle, and nine single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Ten single quotes before Middle, and ten single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Eleven single quotes before Middle, and Eleven single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Twelve single quotes before Middle, and twelve single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

(This is getting ridiculous...)


'SixSingleQuote?s' seem to work well. Thisparagraph has lots of them, justToTryOut TheEffect. Ihope this TurnsOutOK, and it does.


Some experiments, with italicized text:

Three single quotes before Middle, and three single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Four single quotes before Middle, and four single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Five single quotes before Middle, and five single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

SixSingleQuotes before Middle, and SixSingleQuotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Eight single quotes before Middle, and eight single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Nine single quotes before Middle, and nine single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Ten single quotes before Middle, and ten single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Eleven single quotes before Middle, and Eleven single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Twelve single quotes before Middle, and twelve single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

(This is getting ridiculous...)


SixSingleQuote?s seem to work well. Thisparagraph has has lots of them, justToTryOut TheEffect. Ihope this TurnsOutOK, and it does.


Some experiments, with bold text:

Three single quotes before Middle, and three single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Four single quotes before Middle, and four single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Five single quotes before Middle, and five single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

SixSingleQuotes before Middle, and SixSingleQuotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Eight single quotes before Middle, and eight single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Nine single quotes before Middle, and nine single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Ten single quotes before Middle, and ten single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Eleven single quotes before Middle, and Eleven single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Twelve single quotes before Middle, and twelve single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

(This is getting ridiculous...)


SixSingleQuote?s seem to work well. Thisparagraph has lots of them, justToTryOut TheEffect. Ihope this TurnsOutOK, and it does.


Some experiments, with bold italic text:

Three single quotes before Middle, and three single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Four single quotes before Middle, and four single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Five single quotes before Middle, and five single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

SixSingleQuotes before Middle, and SixSingleQuotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Eight single quotes before Middle, and eight single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Nine single quotes before Middle, and nine single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Ten single quotes before Middle, and ten single quotes after Middle: Beginning'Middle'End

Eleven single quotes before Middle, and Eleven single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

Twelve single quotes before Middle, and twelve single quotes after Middle: BeginningMiddleEnd

(This is getting ridiculous...)


SixSingleQuote?s do NOT seem to work for bold italic text. Thisparagraph has lots of them, justToTryOut TheEffect. Ihope this TurnsOutOK, but it does NOT.

Note the difference between SixSingleQuotes and SixSingleQuotes.


Just a LinkPattern test: LinkPattern_TextFormattingExperiments


This is getting ridiculous.

This whole page is ridiculous.

'It may be ridiculous but it sure helps to explain the formatting rules'


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  2. b
    1. aa
    2. ab
  3. c
  4. d
    1. da
    2. db


One can prevent a BumpyWord from being a Wiki link by putting four single quote characters (') after the first letter. This also works for longer Wiki Words: OneTwo OneTwoThree OneTwoThreeFour OneTwoThreeFourFive

But, due to the way the parser/translator works, you can't do this multiple times in a line. And the spelling checker doesn't like it. And future changes to Wiki could break it.


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