This page aims to introduce the most important elements of MoinMoin's syntax at a glance, showing first the markup verbatim and then how it is rendered by the wiki engine. Additionally, you'll find links to the relative help pages. Please note that some of the features depend on your configuration.

Table of Contents

'''Contents''' (up to the 2nd level)
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Contents (up to the 2nd level)

Contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Headings
  3. heading 1st level
    1. heading 2nd level
  4. Text Formatting
  5. Hyperlinks
    1. Internal Links
    2. External Links
    3. Avoid or Limit Automatical Linking
  6. Blockquotes and Indentions
  7. Lists
    1. Unordered Lists
    2. Ordered Lists
    3. Definition Lists
  8. Horizontal Rules
  9. Tables
    1. Tables
    2. Cell Width
    3. Spanning Rows and Columns
    4. Alignment of Cell Contents
    5. Coulored Table Cells
    6. HTML-like Options for Tables
  10. Macros and Variables
    1. Macros
    2. Variables
  11. Smileys and Icons
  12. Source code
    1. Verbatim Display
    2. Syntax Highlighting

Headings

see: HelpOnHeadlines 

= heading 1st level =
== heading 2nd level ==
=== heading 3rd level ===
==== heading 4th level ====
===== heading 5th level =====

heading 1st level

heading 2nd level

heading 3rd level

heading 4th level

heading 5th level

Text Formatting

see: HelpOnFormatting 

 * ''emphasized (italics)''
 * '''boldface'''
 * '''''bold italics'''''
 * `monospace`
 * {{{source code}}}
 * __underline__
 * ,,sub,,script
 * ^super^script
 * ~-smaller-~
 * ~+larger+~
 * --(strike through)--

Hyperlinks

see: HelpOnLinking

Internal Links

 * FrontPage
 * ["FrontPage"]
 * HelpOnEditing/SubPages
 * /SubPage
 * ../SiblingPage
 * [:FrontPage:named link]
 * [#anchorname]
 * [#anchorname description]
 * [wiki:Self:PageName#anchorname]
 * [wiki:Self:PageName#anchorname description]
 * attachment:filename.txt

External Links

 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/]
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ MoinMoin Wiki]
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png]
 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png moinmoin.png]
 * MeatBall:InterWiki
 * wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki
 * [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki]
 * [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki InterWiki page on MeatBall]
 * [file://///servername/share/full/path/to/file/filename%20with%20spaces.txt link to file filename with spaces.txt]
 * user@example.com

Avoid or Limit Automatical Linking

 * Wiki''''''Name
 * Wiki``Name
 * !WikiName
 * WikiName''''''s
 * WikiName``s
 * `http://www.example.com`

Blockquotes and Indentions

 indented text
  text indented to the 2nd level

Lists

see: HelpOnLists

Unordered Lists

 * item 1

 * item 2 (preceding white space)
  * item 2.1
   * item 2.1.1
 * item 3
  . item 3.1 (bulletless)
 . item 4 (bulletless)
  * item 4.1
   . item 4.1.1 (bulletless)

Ordered Lists

with Numbers

 1. item 1
   1. item 1.1
   1. item 1.2
 1. item 2
  1. item 1
    1. item 1.1
    2. item 1.2
  2. item 2

with Roman Numbers

 I. item 1
   i. item 1.1
   i. item 1.2
 I. item 2
  1. item 1
    1. item 1.1
    2. item 1.2
  2. item 2

with Letters

 A. item A
   a. item A. a)
   a. item A. b)
 A. item B
  1. item A
    1. item A. a)
    2. item A. b)
  2. item B

Definition Lists

 term:: definition
 object:: description 1
 :: description 2
 Action Items::
 :: First Item
 :: Second Item
term
definition
object
description 1
description 2
Action Items
First Item
Second Item

Horizontal Rules

see: HelpOnRules 

----
-----
------
-------
--------
---------
----------

Tables

see: HelpOnTables

Tables

||'''A'''||'''B'''||'''C'''||
||1      ||2      ||3      ||

A

B

C

1

2

3

Cell Width

||minimal width ||<99%>maximal width ||

minimal width

maximal width

Spanning Rows and Columns

||<|2> cell spanning 2 rows ||cell in the 2nd column ||
||cell in the 2nd column of the 2nd row ||
||<-2> cell spanning 2 columns ||
||||use empty cells as a shorthand ||

cell spanning 2 rows

cell in the 2nd column

cell in the 2nd column of the 2nd row

cell spanning 2 columns

use empty cells as a shorthand

Alignment of Cell Contents

||<^|3> top (combined) ||<:99%> center (combined) ||<v|3> bottom (combined) ||
||<)> right ||
||<(> left ||

top (combined)

center (combined)

bottom (combined)

right

left

Coulored Table Cells

||<#0000FF> blue ||<#00FF00> green    ||<#FF0000> red    ||
||<#00FFFF> cyan ||<#FF00FF> magenta  ||<#FFFF00> yellow ||

blue

green

red

cyan

magenta

yellow

HTML-like Options for Tables

||A ||<rowspan="2"> like <|2> ||
||<bgcolor="#00FF00"> like <#00FF00> ||
||<colspan="2"> like <-2>||

A

like <|2>

like <#00FF00>

like <-2>

Macros and Variables

Macros

see: HelpOnMacros

Variables

see: HelpOnVariables

Smileys and Icons

see: HelpOnSmileys

Markup Display Filename Markup Display Filename Markup Display Filename
(!) (!) idea.png (./) (./) checkmark.png /!\ /!\ alert.png
:( :( sad.png :) :) smile.png :)) :)) smile3.png
:-( :-( sad.png :-) :-) smile.png :-)) :-)) smile3.png
:-? :-? tongue.png :D :D biggrin.png :\ :\ ohwell.png
:o :o redface.png ;) ;) smile4.png ;-) ;-) smile4.png
<!> <!> attention.png <:( <:( frown.png >:> >:> devil.png
B) B) smile2.png B-) B-) smile2.png X-( X-( angry.png
{*} {*} star_on.png {1} {1} prio1.png {2} {2} prio2.png
{3} {3} prio3.png {OK} {OK} thumbs-up.png {X} {X} icon-error.png
{i} {i} icon-info.png {o} {o} star_off.png |) |) tired.png
|-) |-) tired.png              

Source code

see: HelpOnParsers

Verbatim Display

{ { {
def hello():
    print "Hello World!"
} } }

/!\ Remove spaces between "{ { {" and "} } }". 

def hello():
    print "Hello World!"

Syntax Highlighting

{ { {#!python
def hello():
    print "Hello World!"
} } }

/!\ Remove spaces between "{ { {" and "} } }". 

   1 def hello():
   2     print "Hello World!"

SyntaxReference (last modified 2006-11-07 01:53:56)