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location: HelpOnMoinWikiSyntax

Moin Wiki Syntax

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.

Headings and table of contents

see: HelpOnHeadlines

Table of contents:
<<TableOfContents()>>

Table of contents (up to 2nd level headings only):
<<TableOfContents(2)>>

= heading 1st level =
== heading 2nd level ==
=== heading 3rd level ===
==== heading 4th level ====
===== heading 5th level =====
====== no heading 6th level ======

Table of contents:

Table of contents (up to 2nd level headings only):

heading 1st level

heading 2nd level

heading 3rd level

heading 4th level

heading 5th level

no heading 6th level

Text Formatting

see: HelpOnFormatting

Markup

Result

''italic''

italic

'''bold'''

bold

`monospace`

monospace

{{{code}}}

code

__underline__

underline

^super^script

superscript

,,sub,,script

subscript

~-smaller-~

smaller

~+larger+~

larger

--(stroke)--

stroke

see: HelpOnLinking

Markup

Result

FrontPage

FrontPage

[[FrontPage]]

FrontPage

HelpOnEditing/SubPages

HelpOnEditing/SubPages

/SubPage

/SubPage

../SiblingPage

../SiblingPage

[[FrontPage|named link]]

named link

[[#anchorname]]

#anchorname

[[#anchorname|description]]

description

[[PageName#anchorname]]

PageName#anchorname

[[PageName#anchorname|description]]

description

[[attachment:filename.txt]]

filename.txt

Markup

Result

http://moinmo.in/

http://moinmo.in/

[[http://moinmo.in/]]

http://moinmo.in/

[[http://moinmo.in/|MoinMoin Wiki]]

MoinMoin Wiki

[[http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png]]

http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png

{{http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png}}

http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png

[[http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png|moinmoin.png]]

moinmoin.png

MeatBall:InterWiki

InterWiki

[MeatBall:InterWiki|InterWiki page on MeatBall]]

InterWiki page on MeatBall

[[file://///server/share/filename%20with%20spaces.txt|link to filename.txt]]

link to filename.txt

user@example.com

user@example.com

Avoid or Limit Automatic Linking

Markup

Result

Wiki''''''Name

WikiName

Wiki``Name

WikiName

!WikiName

WikiName

WikiName''''''s

WikiNames

WikiName``s

WikiNames

`http://www.example.com`

http://www.example.com

[[http://www.example.com/]]notlinked

http://www.example.com/notlinked

Drawings

see: HelpOnDrawings

TWikiDraw

AnyWikiDraw

Blockquotes and Indentations

 indented text
  text indented to the 2nd level

  • 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)

  • 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

term
definition
object
description 1
description 2

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

Coloured 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 Markup Display Markup Display Markup Display
X-( X-( :D :D <:( <:( :o :o
:( :( :) :) B) B) :)) :))
;) ;) /!\ /!\ <!> <!> (!) (!)
:-? :-? :\ :\ >:> >:> |) |)
:-( :-( :-) :-) B-) B-) :-)) :-))
;-) ;-) |-) |-) (./) (./) {OK} {OK}
{X} {X} {i} {i} {1} {1} {2} {2}
{3} {3} {*} {*} {o} {o}    

Parsers

see: HelpOnParsers

Verbatim Display

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

def hello():
    print "Hello World!"

Syntax Highlighting

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

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

Using the wiki parser with css classes

{{{#!wiki red/solid
This is wiki markup in a '''div''' with __css__ `class="red solid"`.
}}}

This is wiki markup in a div with css class="red solid".

Admonitions

see: HelpOnAdmonitions

{{{#!wiki caution
'''Don't overuse admonitions'''

Admonitions should be used with care. A page riddled with admonitions will look restless and will be harder to follow than a page where admonitions are used sparingly.
}}}

Don't overuse admonitions

Admonitions should be used with care. A page riddled with admonitions will look restless and will be harder to follow than a page where admonitions are used sparingly.

Comments

see: HelpOnComments

Click on "Comments" in edit bar to toggle the /* comments */ visibility.

Click on "Comments" in edit bar to toggle the visibility.

{{{#!wiki comment/dashed
This is a wiki parser section with class "comment dashed" (see HelpOnParsers).

Its visibility gets toggled the same way.
}}}