TWikiShorthand Basics

If you can enter text, you're ready for TWiki. With a few simple, intuitive TWikiShorthand rules, you'll be able to use plain text to create well-styled postings, instantly. Here's a fast-track guide to shorthand basics...

• Separate each paragraph with a blank line.

• To display a word or phrase in bold type, put it in asterisks: *bold type*.

• To display a word or phrase in italic, put it in underscores: _italic_.

• To display a word or phrase in bold italic, put it in double underscores: __bold italic__.

• To link to another Wiki topic, type the WikiWord for that topic. To link to a Wiki topic in another web, type the name of the web, and a dot, first: Test.WebHome.

• If you enter a WikiWord for a topic that doesn't exist, it'll appear highlighted, with question mark at the end, prompting you (or someone else) to start off the new topic by clicking the ? - NewTopic? (click the ?, but don't save, to preserve the example!).

• When entering WikiName signatures - like, guest - include the Main as a prefix, since all TWiki member pages are in the Main web: Main.YourName.

• For an external link, type the full URL: http://twiki.org.

• To prevent a WikiWord from becoming a link, type <nop> first, <nop>NoLinkPlease.

• To indent with a bullet, enter [space][space][space][asterisk][space].
  • Use multiples of 3 spaces to start nested bullets.
    • That's 3-6-9-...

1. Start items in a numbered list with [space][space][space][1][space].
2. The "1" (or any number) will be replaced by the correct number, in order.

• Always start counting for bullets and such from the beginning of a new line.

• To include an image, type its URL. You also can Attach an image to the page and display it with text
  =%ATTACHURL%/yourimagefilename.jpg=.

• To display a word or phrase in MONOSPACED TYPE, put it in equal signs: =like this=.
  Use ==two== for bold: bold mono.

• Use <pre> to enclose code excerpts, filenames, and other unformatted text, with the opening and closing tags on their own separate lines:

<pre>
unformatted text!
</pre>

• Use three (or more) consecutive hyphens expands into a horizontal rule: ---

• See TWikiShorthand for the complete set of formatting rules.