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+%TOC\{depth="4"\}% %STARTINCLUDE%
+
+# <a name="TWiki_Shorthand"> TWiki Shorthand </a>
+
+Working in TWiki is as easy as typing in text - exactly like email. You don't need to know HTML, though you can use it if you prefer. Links to topics are created automatically when you enter [[WikiWords]]. And TWiki shorthand gives you all the power of HTML with a simple coding system that takes no time to learn. It's all layed out below - refer back to this page in a pop-up window from the **Edit** screen.
+
+<a name="TWikiShorthand"></a>
+
+## <a name="TWiki_Editing_Rules"> TWiki Editing Rules </a>
+
+<table bgcolor="#000000" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1">
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td><strong>Formatting Command:</strong></td>
+ <td><strong>Example: You write:</strong></td>
+ <td><strong>You get:</strong></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Paragraphs:</strong><br /> Blank lines will create new paragraphs. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+1st paragraph
+
+2nd paragraph
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"> 1st paragraph <p> 2nd paragraph </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Headings:</strong><br /> At least three dashes at the beginning of a line, followed by plus signs and the heading text. One plus creates a level 1 heading (most important), two pluses a level 2 heading; the maximum is level 6. <strong><em>Note:</em></strong> A Table of Content can be created automatically with the <code>%<nop>TOC%</nop></code> variable, see <span style="background:"><font color="">TWiki Variables</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TWikiVariables">?</a>. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+<nop>---++ Sushi
+
+<nop>---+++ Maguro
+</nop></nop></pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <h2>Sushi</h2>
+ <p>
+ </p>
+ <h3>Maguro</h3>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Text:</strong><br /> Words get <strong>bold</strong> by enclosing them in <code>*</code> asterisks. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+*Bold*
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold</strong></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Italic Text:</strong><br /> Words get <em>italic</em> by enclosing them in <code>_</code> underscores. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+_Italic_
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><em>Italic</em></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Italic:</strong><br /> Words get <em>_bold italic</em> by enclosing them in <code>_</code> double-underscores. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+__Bold italic__
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><strong><em>Bold italic</em></strong></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Fixed Font:</strong><br /> Words get shown in <code>fixed font</code> by enclosing them in <code><nop>=<nop></nop></nop></code> equal signs. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+=Fixed font=
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><code>Fixed font</code></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Bold Fixed Font:</strong><br /> Words get shown in <code><b>bold fixed font</b></code> by enclosing them in <code><b><nop></nop></b></code> double equal signs. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+==Bold fixed==
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><code><b>Bold fixed</b></code></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Make sure to "stick" the <code>* _ = <nop>==<nop></nop></nop></code> signs to the words, e.g. take away spaces. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+_This works_,
+_this not _
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><em>This works</em>, _this not _ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Verbatim Mode:</strong><br /> Surround code excerpts and other formatted text with <code>&amp;lt;verbatim&amp;gt;</code> and <code>&amp;lt;/verbatim&amp;gt;</code> tags. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Use <code>&amp;lt;pre&amp;gt;</code> and <code>&amp;lt;/pre&amp;gt;</code> tags instead if you want that HTML code is interpreted. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Each tag must be on a line by itself. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+&amp;lt;verbatim&amp;gt;
+class CatAnimal {
+ void purr() {
+ &amp;lt;code here&amp;gt;
+ }
+}
+&amp;lt;/verbatim&amp;gt;
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><pre>
+class CatAnimal {
+ void purr() {
+ &amp;lt;code here&amp;gt;
+ }
+}
+</pre></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Separator:</strong><br /> At least three dashes at the beginning of a line. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+-------
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <hr />
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>List Item:</strong><br /> Three spaces and an asterisk. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+ * bullet item
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <ul>
+ <li> bullet item </li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Nested List Item:</strong><br /> Six, nine, ... spaces and an asterisk. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+ * nested stuff
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <ul>
+ <li> nested stuff </li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Ordered List:</strong><br /> Three spaces and a number. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+ 1 Sushi
+ 1 Dim Sum
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <ol>
+ <li> Sushi </li>
+ <li> Dim Sum </li>
+ </ol>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Definition List:</strong><br /> Three spaces, the term, a colon, a space, followed by the definition. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Terms with spaces are not supported. In case you do have a term with more then one word, separate the words with dashes or with the <code>&amp;amp;nbsp;</code> non-breaking-space entity. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+ Sushi: Japan
+ Dim&amp;amp;nbsp;Sum: S.F.
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <dl>
+ <dt> Sushi</dt>
+ <dd> Japan </dd>
+ <dt> Dim Sum</dt>
+ <dd> S.F. </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Table:</strong><br /> Optional spaces followed by the cells enclosed in vertical bars. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>| <nop>*bold*<nop> |</nop></nop></code> cells are rendered as table headers. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>|   spaced   |</code> cells are rendered center aligned. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>|     spaced |</code> cells are rendered right aligned. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> <code>| 2 colspan ||</code> cells are rendered as multi-span columns. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> In case you have a long row and you want it to be more readable when you edit the table you can split the row into lines that end with a <code>'\'</code> backslash character. <br />
+ </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+| *L* | *C* | *R* |
+| A2 | 2 | 2 |
+| A3 | 3 | 3 |
+| multi span |||
+| A4 \<nop>
+ | next \<nop>
+ | next |
+</nop></nop></pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top">
+ <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
+ <tr>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>L</strong></th>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>C</strong></th>
+ <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>R</strong></th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> A2 </td>
+ <td align="center"> 2 </td>
+ <td align="right"> 2 </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> A3 </td>
+ <td align="center"> 3 </td>
+ <td align="right"> 3 </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td colspan="3"> multi span </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td> A4 </td>
+ <td> next </td>
+ <td> next </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong><nop>WikiWord Links:</nop></strong><br /><nop>CapitalizedWordsStuckTogether (or <span style="background:"><font color="">Wiki Words</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WikiWords">?</a>) will produce a link automatically. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> In case you want to link to a topic in a different %WIKITOOLNAME% web write <code>Webname.TopicName</code>. </nop></td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+WebNotify
+
+Know.ReadmeFirst
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background:"><font color="">Web Notify</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WebNotify">?</a><p><span style="background:"><font color="">Readme First</font></span><a href="http://LOCATIONKnow/ReadmeFirst">?</a></p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><a name="SquareBrackets"></a> <strong>Forced Links:</strong><br /> You can create a forced internal link by enclosing words in double square brackets. <br /><strong><em>Note:</em></strong> Text within the brackets may contain optional spaces; the topic name is formed by capitalizing the initial letter and by removing the spaces; i.e. <code>[<nop>[text formatting FAQ]]</nop></code> links to topic <span style="background:"><font color="">Text Formatting FAQ</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/TextFormattingFAQ">?</a>. You can also refer to a different web and use anchors. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+[[wiki syntax]]
+
+[[%MAINWEB%.TWiki users]]
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background:"><font color="">wiki syntax</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WikiSyntax">?</a><p><span style="background:"><font color="">%MAINWEB%.TWiki users</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/MAINWEBTWikiUsers">?</a></p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Specific Links:</strong><br /> Create a link where you can specify the link text and the link reference separately, using nested square brackets like <code>[<nop>[reference][text]]</nop></code>. Internal link references (i.e. <span style="background:"><font color="">Wiki Syntax</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WikiSyntax">?</a>) and external link references (i.e. <a href="http://TWiki.org/)" target="_top">http://TWiki.org/)</a> are supported. The same <strong><em>Forced Links</em></strong> rules apply for internal link references. Anchor names can be added as well, like <code>[<nop>[WebHome#MyAnchor][go home]]</nop></code> and <code>[<nop>[http://www.yahoo.com/#somewhere][Yahoo!]]</nop></code>. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+[[WikiSyntax][syntax]]
+
+[[http://gnu.org][GNU]]
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background:"><font color="">syntax</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WikiSyntax">?</a><p><a href="http://gnu.org" target="_top">GNU</a></p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Anchors:</strong><br /> You can define a link reference inside a %WIKITOOLNAME% topic (called an anchor name) and link to that. To <strong><em>define</em></strong> an anchor write <code>#AnchorName</code> at the beginning of a line. The anchor name must be a <span style="background:"><font color="">Wiki Word</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WikiWord">?</a>. To <strong><em>link to</em></strong> an anchor name use the <code>[<nop>[MyTopic#MyAnchor]]</nop></code> syntax. You can omit the topic name if you want to link within the same topic. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+[[WebHome#NotThere]]
+
+[[#MyAnchor][Jump]]
+
+#MyAnchor To here
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background:"><font color="">Web Home#Not There</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WebHome">?</a><p> Jump </p>
+ <p><a name="MyAnchor"></a> To here </p>
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr bgcolor="#ffffff">
+ <td valign="top"><strong>Prevent a Link:</strong><br /> Prevent a <span style="background:"><font color="">Wiki Word</font></span><a href="http://LOCATION/WikiWord">?</a> from being linked by prepending it with the <code>&amp;lt;nop&amp;gt;</code> tag. </td>
+ <td valign="top"><span style="background: #FFFFCC"><font color="#990000"> <pre>
+&amp;lt;nop&amp;gt;SunOS
+</pre> </font></span></td>
+ <td valign="top"><nop>SunOS </nop></td>
+ </tr>
+</table>
+
+## <a name="Using_HTML"> </a> Using HTML
+
+You can use just about any HTML tag without a problem - however, to keep in mind:
+
+* On collaboration pages, it's preferable NOT to use HTML, and to use TWiki shorthand instead - this keeps the text uncluttered and easy to edit.
+ * **_NOTE:_** TWiki converts shorthand notation to XHTML 1.0 for display. To copy a fully marked-up page, simply view source in your browser and save the contents.
+ * **_NOTE:_** The standard installation TWiki is compatible across a wide range of browsers and computer platforms. If this is important to you, remember that using browser-specific tags or any other mark-up that doesn't degrade well will reduce compatibility.
+
+## <a name="Hyperlinks"> Hyperlinks </a>
+
+Being able to create links without any formatting required is a core TWiki feature, made possible with [[WikiWords]]. New TWiki linking rules are a simple extension of the syntax that provide a new set of flexible options.
+
+### <a name="Internal_Links"> Internal Links </a>
+
+* [[GoodStyle]] is a [[WikiWord]] that links to the GoodStyle topic located in the current %WIKITOOLNAME% web.
+
+* [[NotExistingYet]] is a topic waiting to be written. Create the topic by clicking on the **?**. (Try clicking, but then, **Cancel** - creating the topic would wreck this example!)
+
+### <a name="External_Links"> External Links </a>
+
+* `http://...`, `https://...`, `ftp://...` and `mailto:...@...` are linked automatically.
+
+* Email addresses like `name@domain.com` are linked automatically.
+
+* <code>[[Square bracket rules]]</code> let you easily create non-WikiWord links.
+
+## <a name="TWiki_Variables"> TWiki Variables </a>
+
+Variables are names that are enclosed in percent signs `%` that are expanded on the fly.
+
+* <code>%TOC%</code> : Automatically generates a table of contents based on headings in a topic - see the top of this page for an example.
+
+* <code>%WEB%</code> : The current web, is **%WEB%**.
+
+* <code>%TOPIC%</code> : The current topic name, is **%TOPIC%**.
+
+* <code>%ATTACHURL%</code> : The attachment URL of the current topic. Example usage: If you attach a file to a topic you can refer to it as <code>**%ATTACHURL%/image.gif**</code> to show the URL of the file or the image in your text.
+
+* <code>%INCLUDE\{"SomeTopic"\}%</code> : Server side include, includes another topic. The current %WIKITOOLNAME% web is the default web. Example: <code>**%INCLUDE\{"%TWIKIWEB%.TWikiWebsTable"\}%**</code>
+
+* There are many more variables, see **[[TWikiVariables]]**.
+
+## <a name="Common_Editing_Errors"> Common Editing Errors </a>
+
+TWiki formatting rules are fairly simple to use and quick to type. However, there are some things to watch out for, taken from the [[TextFormattingFAQ]]:
+
+* **Q:** Text enclosed in angle brackets like `<filename>` is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?
+ * **A:** The `'<'` and `'>'` characters have a special meaning in HTML, they define HTML tags. You need to escape them, so write `'&lt;'` instead of `'<'`, and `'&gt;'` instead of `'>'`. <br /> Example: Type `'prog &lt;filename&gt;'` to get `'prog <filename>'`.
+
+* **Q:** Why is the `'&'` character sometimes not displayed?
+ * **A:** The `'&'` character has a special meaning in HTML, it starts a so called character entity, i.e. `'&copy;'` is the `©` copyright character. You need to escape `'&'` to see it as it is, so write `'&amp;'` instead of `'&'`. <br /> Example: Type `'This &amp; that'` to get `'This & that'`.
+
+## <a name="TWiki_Plugins"> TWiki Plugins </a>
+
+Plugins provide additional text formatting capabilities and can extend the functionality of %WIKITOOLNAME% into many other areas. For example, one optional Plugin lets you create a basic spreadsheet in a similar way to tables. Available Plugins are located in the [[TWikiPlugins]] web on TWiki.org. Currently enabled plugins on here:
+
+%PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS%
+
+Check on current Plugin status and settings for this site in [[TWikiPreferences]].
+
+-- [[MikeMannix]] - 01 Oct 2001 <br />