Difference: TextFormattingFAQ (9 vs. 10)

Revision 102001-09-15 - MikeMannix

 Text Formatting FAQ

The most frequently asked questions about text formatting are answered. Also, TextFormattingRules contains the complete TWiki shorthand system on one quick reference page.
  How do I make a separator?
-<
<
+You can make a horizontal separator by entering three dashes at the beginning of a line: ---.
->
>
+Create a separator - a horizontal rule - by entering three dashes at the beginning of a blank line: ---. You can enter more than three if you like, for a more visible separator in edit mode: 

--------------
-<
<
->
>
  How do I create a heading? 

You can create six sizes of headings - <h1>...<h6> in HTML - by typing, from the beginning of a line, three dashes (-), from one to six plus signs (+), a space, and your heading text. The FAQ questions on this page are created with: ---+++ Have a question?.
  Text enclosed in angle brackets like <filename> is not displayed. How can I show it as it is?
-<
<
+TWiki interprets text as HTML. The '<' and '>' characters are used to define HTML commands. Text contained in angle brackets is interpreted by the browser if it's a valid HTML instruction, or ignored if it isn't - either way, the brackets and its contents are not displayed.
->
>
+TWiki interprets text as HTML, and the '<' and '>' characters define where HTML commands start and end. Text inside angle brackets is treated as HTML, and ignored if it doesn't actually do anything - either way, the brackets and its contents are not displayed.
 If you want to display angle brackets, enter them as HTML codes instead of typing them in directly: 
 &lt; = <
  Text I enter gets wrapped around. How can I keep the formatting as it is?
-<
<
+TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML text option to keep the new line of text as is. Enclose the text in <pre> </pre>, or in TWiki's own <verbatim> </verbatim> tags:
->
>
+TWiki interprets text as HTML, so you can use the preformatted HTML option to keep the new line of text as is. Enclose the text in <pre> </pre>, or in TWiki's own <verbatim> </verbatim> tag:
 This text will keep its format as it is:
<verbatim>
 </verbatim>
-<
<
+The pre tag is standard HTML; verbatim is a special TWiki tag that also forces text to fixed font mode, and also prevents other tags and TWiki shortcuts from being expanded.
->
>
+The pre tag is standard HTML; verbatim is a special TWiki tag that forces text to fixed font mode, and also prevents other tags and TWiki shortcuts from being expanded.
  How do I create tables?
 See "Text enclosed..."
-<
<
+ Can I include images and pictures?
->
>
+ Can I include images on a page?
-<
<
+Yes, this is possible. The easiest way of including images is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to include it with text %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif . FileAttachment has more.
->
>
+Yes. The easiest way is to attach a GIF, JPG or PNG file to a topic and then to place it with: %ATTACHURL%/myImage.gif. This works only for the page that the image is attached to.
-<
<
+There are actually two ways of including inline images.
->
>
+To place an image on any page, ther are two ways of including inline images.
 . Using URL ending in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .png
-<
<
+This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. Note: The images must be accessible as a URL.
->
>
+This is a simple and automatic way of including inline images. Simply write the URL of the image file, this will create the inline image for you. NOTE: The images must be accessible as a URL.
  You enter:  TWiki https://cds.kuhep.kreonet.net/wiki/twiki-6.1.0/pub/wikiHome.gif logo. 
	  Result: TWiki  logo.
->
>
+You can upload images directly to your server with FTP access. You can also attach image files to a topic - you could even create a dedicated image topic, like ImageLibrary - and then link to the images directly: 
 Attach pic.gif to Someweb.SomeTopic 
	  Display with https://cds.kuhep.kreonet.net/wiki/twiki-6.1.0/pub/Someweb/SomeTopic/pic.gif
 . Using <img> tag
-<
<
+This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
->
>
+This is a manual process where you have more control over the rendering of the image. Use the <img> tag of HTML to include GIF, JPG and PNG files. Note: The display of the topic is faster if you include the WIDTH and HEIGHT parameters that have the actual image size. http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/special/img.html has more on inline images.
-<
<
+ You enter: TWiki <img src="https://cds.kuhep.kreonet.net/wiki/twiki-6.1.0/pub/wikiHome.gif" width="46" height="50" /> logo.
	  Result: 
 TWiki  logo.
->
>
+ You enter: TWiki <img src="https://cds.kuhep.kreonet.net/wiki/twiki-6.1.0/pub/wikiHome.gif" width="46" height="50" border="0" alt="logo" /> logo.
	  Result: 
 TWiki  logo.
  Can I write colored text?
-<
<
+Sure. The quickest way is to use the <font color="colorCode"> and </font> tags - they're HTML tags that work in any browser, (although they've been phased in the latest version).
->
>
+Sure. The quickest way is to go <font color="colorCode">colorize</font> - font is an HTML tag that works in any browser, although it's been phased out in the latest HTML specs.
-<
<
+You can also use a style attribute: style="color:#ff0000", placed in most HTML tags - span is an all-purpose choice: "<span style="color:#ff0000">.
->
>
+You can also use the up-to-date style attribute - ex:  style="color:#ff0000" - placed in most HTML tags. span is an all-purpose choice: "<span style="color:#ff0000">CoLoR</span>. Only old (like 3.x IE & NS) browsers have a problem with style.
 "colorCode" is the hexadecimal RGB color code, which is simply Red, Green and Blue values in hex notation (base 16, 0-F). For pure red, the RGB components are 255-0-0 - full red (255), no green or blue. That's FF-0-0 in hex, or "#ff000=" for Web page purposes. For a basic color selection (you can StandardColor names instead of hex code in the =font tag only):

View topic | History: r23 < r22 < r21 < r20 | More topic actions...

Copyright © 1999-2025 by the contributing authors. All material on this collaboration platform is the property of the contributing authors.
Ideas, requests, problems regarding TWiki? Send feedback
Note: Please contribute updates to this topic on TWiki.org at TWiki:TWiki.TextFormattingFAQ.