Peter's Blog

Normal Paragraphs

Normal paragraph text is entered normally, Just type away. A blank line is considered the end of a paragraph and the start of a new one.

Wilki format does not support any bold, strong italic etc markup. For that you can use the raw html tags.

<b>Hello Peter</b>

<i>Hello Peter</i>

<u>Hello Peter</u>

<strong>Hello Peter</strong>

<small>Hello Peter</small>

Gives

Hello Peter

Hello Peter

Hello Peter

Hello Peter

Hello Peter

Bullet Points

Asterisks denote bullet lists:

* Bullet Lists
* Good for marketing presentations
  * they can be nested
     * to many levels
     * the text can go on for
       many lines if you
       so desire
  * back to this level
* Back to the start
* The list is terminated by a blank line

Gives

• Bullet Lists
• Good for marketing presentations
  • they can be nested
    • to many levels
    • the text can go on for many lines if you so desire
  • back to this level
• Back to the start
• The list is terminated by a blank line

Numbered Lists

# Much like bullet lists
# but with numbers
   * may contain bullet lists
       # which can themselves contain numbered lists
       # numbered lists can also
         have text that crosses lines
# continuing this numbered list

# This is a new numbered list, because of the blank line.

Gives:

1. Much like bullet lists
2. but with numbers
   • may contain bullet lists
     1. which can themselves contain numbered lists
     2. numbered lists can also have text that crosses lines
3. continuing this numbered list

1. This is a new numbered list, because of the blank line.

Definition Lists

Term: Definition

Note the space at the start of the line and after the colon. Gives:

Term: Definition

There can be many terms:

Term: Definition
Term 2: Definition 2
Term 3: Definition 3

Term: Definition Term 2: Definition 2 Term 3: Definition 3

Term: Definition which may
      cover multiple lines
Bullet Point: A list like this:
      * one
      * two
      * three
Cool?: Could it be more

Gives:

Term: Definition which may cover multiple lines Bullet Point: A list like this:

• one
• two
• three Cool?: Could it be more

Verbatim Blocks

Enter text that is not processed as markup:

Gives:

* an asterisk
# a hash

Code Blocks

<php>
function Fred()
{
   $strPHP = "this is some php code";
}
</php>

<python>
def Fred():
   strPHP = "this is some python code";
</python>

Gives the endlessly cool:

function Fred()
{
   $strPHP = "this is some php code";
}

def Fred():
   strPHP = "this is some python code";

Note that bullet lists, numbered lists and definition terms may have code blocks or verbatim blocks associated with them:

* Why keep on with the bullet points?
<php>
function Fred()
{
   $strPHP = "this is some php code";
}
</php>
* Because I can?
<python>
def Fred():
   strPHP = "this is some python code";
</python>

• Why keep on with the bullet points?

  function Fred()
  {
     $strPHP = "this is some php code";
  }
  

• Because I can

  def Fred():
     strPHP = "this is some python code";
  

Hyperlinks

This is a hyperlink: [my favorite search engine|http://www.google.com]

The title is optional: [http://www.google.com]

As are the brackets: [http://www.google.com]

I can link to nodes in my blog by number: [like this|400]

Node number without title (so the title is filled in for me) like this: [400].

Or I can ask for the node title: [Regular Expression Assertions]

If the URL appears to reference an image (.jpg, .gif, .pgn) then the
image is shown: [images/smileys/smile.png]

This is a hyperlink: my favorite search engine

The title is optional: http://www.google.com

As are the brackets: http://www.google.com

I can link to nodes in my blog by number: like this

Node number without title (so the title is filled in for me) like this: Logrotate failures.

Or I can ask for the node title: Regular Expression Assertions

If the URL appears to reference an image (.jpg, .gif, .pgn) then the image is shown: