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Contents 1 Sandbox 2 Basic Editing 2.1 Links 2.1.1 InterWiki Links 3 Features Available on this Wiki 3.1 Edit Toolbar 3.2 Code Highlighting 3.2.1 Inline Fixed-Width Font 3.2.2 Code Block Without Coloring 3.2.3 Code Block With Coloring 3.3 Toggle Sections 3.3.1 Advanced Usage 3.4 Math 3.5 Parser Functions and Variables 3.6 SubPage List

Sandbox

Please use Sandbox to test edits.

Basic Editing

Links

You can link to a web page by simply typing its URL: http://example.com/

Alternatively, you can format your links as follows:

Description	Source	Renders As
Simple External Link	[http://example.com]	[1]
External Link with Description	[http://example.com RFC 2606]	RFC 2606
Simple Internal Link	[[Main Page]]	Main Page
Renamed Internal Link	[[Main Page|Home]]	Home

InterWiki Links

InterWiki links allow you to link to other useful wikis available on the Internet.

The format of an InterWiki link is similar to that of an internal link. For example: [[Wikipedia:InterWiki]] renders as Wikipedia:InterWiki. You can rename the link as well: [[Wikipedia:InterWiki|InterWiki]] renders as InterWiki.

To view a list of available InterWiki links, see Special:InterWiki.

Features Available on this Wiki

Edit Toolbar

I have added many useful tools to the edit toolbar. Hover over each button to see what it does.

Code Highlighting

There are several ways of inserting code.

Inline Fixed-Width Font

If you simply want to reference a variable or file name, surround it with <code>...</code> tags. Example of the result:

Set the variable $wgUploadPath so it is equal to /w/images.

Code Block Without Coloring

To show code in a block without applying syntax highlighting, surround it with <pre>...</pre> tags. Example of the result:

// Set the upload path
$wgUploadPath = "/w/images";

Code Block With Coloring

To show code in a block and apply syntax highlighting, surround it with <source lang=LANGUAGE>...</source> tags, where LANGUAGE is the name of the language of the code you are inserting. Example of the result:

// Set the upload path
$wgUploadPath = "/w/images";

A list of supported languages is provided here.

Toggle Sections

Toggle sections allow you to hide a section of content by default, and allow the user to show it with a single click. This uses JavaScript so no page reloads are necessary. If a user has JavaScript disabled, the section will be shown by default.

This is particularly useful for long sections of code.

To create a toggle section, enclose it with <toggle>...</toggle> tags. Example of the result:

Toggle sections also work "inline" like this:

Advanced Usage

There are several attributes you can set to customize the toggle section.

Parameter	Default	Explanation
status	hide	Initial state when the page is first displayed. May be hide or show.
showtext	[show details]	Link text when hidable area is hidden.
hidetext	[hide details]	Link text when hidable area is shown.
linkstyle	font-size:smaller	CSS style specification for the link.

Math

Parser Functions and Variables

SubPage List