Help:Editing
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If you want to edit a page in this wiki, just click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the page. If you want to experiment with editing pages, the sandbox is a good place to do it. While editing, you can open this help page by clicking on the "Editing help" link at the bottom of the page.
Although you can edit pages anonymously (your IP address is logged), you may want to create an account. To do that, click on "log in / create account" in the upper-right hand corner of the screen (if there is a "log out" link, you are already logged in). Then, when you edit pages, it will record that you were the one to make the changes, and you can find a record of the changes you made by clicking on "my contributions" (also in the top right corner when you are logged in).
This page contains some examples of basic formatting. Click on the "edit" tab for this page (or the little [edit] link on the right hand side) to see how they were done. For more detailed information, see one of the following:
- Wikipedia:How to edit a page: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page>
- The MediaWiki Handbook: <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User's_Guide#For_editors>.
- Wikipedia:Tutorial: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial>
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[edit] Headings
Headings for each section on a page should be surrounded with three === on each side. If there are enough headings on a page, a table of contents will be created automatically.
[edit] Pre-formatted Text (like programming examples)
Just indenting the text with spaces while editing makes it show up
in a box with a fixed space font, like this.
You can get the same effect by surrounding the section with <pr e> and </pr e> HTML tags (omit the spaces), like this (you can edit this page to see how it was done):
; Macro 500 056 500 000 12 ; Connect ports 1 and 2
[edit] Lists
A list can be made with "*" or "#" characters. More "**"s cause it to be indented more levels:
- This is
- an indented
- list using "*"
- It automatically
- numbers the items
- if you use "#"
[edit] Tables
To make a table, press the edit tab for this page, copy the template below, and edit it:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| aaaaa | bbbbbbbbb | cccccc | ddddddddd |
| A | B | C | D |
[edit] Uploading Files
To upload a file, use the "Upload file" link in the "toolbox" (near the bottom at the left side of the screen). Only certain types of files (mostly image and PDF files) can be uploaded. If you are uploading a programming example, consider putting it inline on the web page; see the "Pre-formatted Text" section above.
From http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Print_versions - the same thing probably applies here:
- PDF files can be uploaded to Wikibooks just like images. But remember: don't link to PDF like this: Image:File.pdf. This causes the entire PDF to be downloaded when loading the page. Use Image:file.pdf — this will link to the PDF's description page — or Media:file.pdf for a direct download link. Remember to tag the file as GFDL and include the edition number in the comment. Also remember not to use a simple URL link to download the PDF, because the PDF will be shown in unused images list. Instead, use Media: link (for instance: Media:special_relativity.pdf).
[edit] Linking to Other Wiki Pages
Links to other wiki pages can be entered using the name of the wiki page, like this Wiki Home:
[[Wiki Home]]
[edit] Linking to Other Web Pages
Links to other web pages can be entered any of three different ways:
- As plain text with no brakets or anything, like this: http://www.link-comm.com:
http://www.link-comm.com
- It is also possible to surround URLs with angle brackets. This is probably preferable, as it solves line-wrapping problems when URLs are copied into email messages. Example: <http://www.link-comm.com>.
<http://www.link-comm.com>
- If you want to display a description rather than the URL itself for the link like this Linkcomm's Home Page, you can use the following format:
[http://www.link-comm.com Linkcomm's Home Page]
Note that the URL must be the first thing after the opening square braket. Everything following the first space becomes the description. If you use single square brackets without a description, you just get a link icon with a number, [1], which isn't very descriptive.
