Wiki Syntax

Plan 9 wiki documents are written using a simple markup notation. Text is free format with the following exceptions.

BLANK LINE FOR NEW PARAGRAPH

• A blank line begins a new paragraph.
• If a paragraph contains only capital letters, it is a section heading.
• If a line begins with a *, it begins a new item in a bulleted list.
• If a line begins with a !, it is formatted in typewriter font and uninterpreted. This is useful for typescripts and program listings.
• A link is denoted by putting text in square brackets. The text can be "name of local link" or "url" or "text | url". Local link names are not case sensitive.
• Plan 9 manual page references are automatically made into links, as in man(1).
• To insert a separation line enter five or more ----- in a single line.

That's all. Note in particular that arbitrary HTML tags are not valid, so as to make the pages friendly to those using the Acme client rather than a web browser.

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EXAMPLE

If you're looking at this page in Acme, this _is_ the example. If you want to play around with the syntax, try the sandbox. Just try it! Enjoy.

TIPS

• When using '!' to preformat lines, use spaces instead of tabs because tabs are interpreted differently in different web browsers; also use a fixed font in acme to get the proper layout.