User:Hans/Examples2

Basic formatting

Section headings

You type	You get
== Level 2 == === Level 3 === ==== Level 4 ==== ===== Level 5 ===== ====== Level 6 ======	Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6

Section headings define the structure of the page and is used to generate the Table of Contents. They are created by putting two or more = characters at each end of the section heading.

Remember

= Level 1 = is reserved for page titles and should not be used.

Paragraphs and newlines

You type	You get
This is a paragraph. This belongs to the same paragraph. This starts a new paragraph. You can manually insert a newline like this. <br /> Use this feature sparingly.	This is a paragraph. This belongs to the same paragraph. This starts a new paragraph. You can manually insert a newline like this. Use this feature sparingly.

Paragraphs are created by separating two blocks of text with at least one empty line.

Text formatting

You type	You get
'''Bold text'''	Bold text
''Italic text''	Italic text
''Bold and italic text''	Bold and italic text

See Typographical Guidelines for more information about when to use what.

Lists

Description	You type	You get
Bulleted lists	* One * Two ** Two point one * Three	One Two Two point one Three
Numbered lists	# One # Two ## Two point one # Three	One Two Two point one Three
Definition lists	;item 1 : definition 1 ;item 2 : definition 2-1 : definition 2-2	item 1 definition 1 item 2 definition 2-1 definition 2-2

Note

Please remember, that long lists are a problem for translators. With single level bulleted lists, place each bullet in a section of its own, i.e. make a blank line between bullets. With two levels of bullets the subitems must be kept in the same section as their top level bullet; if you have to use subbullets, please keep the sublists short! With enumerations involved, you must keep everything in one unit. Please try to avoid enumerations, and if you find that you must use them try to keep them short.

Indenting text

You type	You get
No indent (normal) :First indent	No indent (normal) First indent

Note

Multiple indents can cause problems and should not be used anymore.

Escape wiki markup

You type	You get
To make '''bold text''', use <nowiki>'''bold text'''</nowiki>	To make bold text, use '''bold text'''

Sometimes it is useful to not apply the wiki markup, for example when you want to demonstrate how to use it. In such cases you can put <nowiki> and </nowiki> between the text that should remain unformatted.

Common elements

Code

In running text code is written like this.

The code in this box is input by the user
  Indent with whitespace 

This is some output the user would read from e.g. Konsole
It works in a similar way as the input box above

# The input and output box also support syntax highlighting
# This is useful for displaying source code, see example below

# Initialise common code
$preIP = dirname( __FILE__ );
require_once( "$preIP/includes/WebStart.php" );

Links

This is a link to a wiki page: Dolphin

A link with custom text

An external link

Images

A single centered image

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Thumbnail with caption

This is a caption

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Multiple images in a grid

More examples

More detailed examples can be found on http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Images.

Icons

Click on to open the desktop Tool Box.

Tip

(to be rewritten) The argument should be the same as the icon name in icon themes. If the icon doesn't exist yet, see ?? for more information about how to upload it.

Quotes

This is a quote from another page

Information, Note, Tip and Warning box

Information

This is general information

Note

Some important information at this point

Tip

A helpful piece of advice, something to remember

Warning

Take care - this is a dangerous thing to do

Special text?

Dates

Dates are written as 18 Mar 2011. The month is either spelled out completely or in abbreviated form (first three letters), and the year is in 4-digit format. The day may be single or double-digit.

Keyboard keys and shortcuts

Press Enter

You can use Alt + Shift + E to edit a page in UserBase.

Menus and sequence of choices?

A sequence of menu choices should look like this: File -> Create New -> Folder...

Other sequences have a similar look, for example System Settings -> Hardware -> Multimedia

Filenames and paths

This is an example of a filename: some_file.txt

A path is written in a similar way: ~/some/path/

Application pages

Application screenshot and description

The dedicated file manager focusing on usability

KDE3 and KDE SC 4 versions

If you write about the KDE3 version of an application, you should use this icon.

If information about the KDE SC 4 version appears an the same page, you can use this icon.

Community applications

For community applications not distributed as core KDE applications, add {{Community-app}} to the bottom of the page. It shows up like this:

 See footnote