WikiPageFormattingExample

ChrisWhitehead

Comprehensive example of wiki formatting

The Knowledge of Paul Graham
The Wisdom of Joel Spolsky https://www.joelonsoftware.com/

Header 5

Header 4

Header 3

Header 2

Header 1

Main body text

Bold

Italic

Normal text. But to continue this on
next line, use line break. Without formatting, the text will just wrap to the current width of the current browser window.

If you want to represent a formatting code directly, use 6 single quotes and the codes will print.
{{{ }}}
~%
----

Verbatim text

Type all characters, codes and formatting freely in mono font in a Verbatim box ~% '''space''' ''mono''
# item *Header [https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ Wisdom]

Call out

 A space at the beginning of the line will 
call out the text and use a mono font. Normal text formatting also works in a call out box.
 
 But...
 - bullet
 -- another bullet
 ----
 # item
 ## another item
 :item:description
 ||Table||Item||
 * Header boxes, lists, tables and lines do not work in a call out box.

Unordered list

• bullet
• etc
  • hollow bullet
  • etc
    • square bullet
    • etc
      • just more square bullets
        • etc
          • etc
            • etc

Ordered list

1. Numeric
2. etc
   1. Cap Alpha
   2. etc
      1. Cap Roman
      2. etc
         1. Lower Alpha
            1. Lower Roman
               1. Greek
               2. etc
               3. etc
                  1. Hebrew
                  2. etc
                  3. etc

Definition

item 1

definition 1

item 2:

another definition : that includes colons

AND Table

Add a code box

 (define (square y) 
   (* y y)) 
  
 (define (average x y) 
   (/ (+ x y) 2)) 
  
 (define (improve y x) 
   (average y (/ x y))) 
  
 (define (test? y x) 
   (< (abs (- (square y) x)) 0.0001)) 
  
 (define (iterate y x) 
   (if (test? y x) 
       y 
       (iterate (improve y x) x))) 
  
  
 (define (root x) 
   (iterate 1.0 x)) 

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