Markup Characters

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The following is a listing of special characters used in PmWiki markup, with references to documentation and examples of usage in context. The list is organized by the location of characters on a qwerty keyboard:

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	Names	Usage in context (start or end of line)	Links to Documentation
`~`	tilde, squiggle, wave	`[[~Author Name]]`, `~~~` and `~~~~`	Links
`	grave, backtick, backquote	`WikiWord (neutralize link)	Text Formatting Rules
`!`	exclamation mark, bang, not, pling,	`!Heading`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`(:if !condition:)` (logical not)	Conditional Markup
		`[[!Category Name]]`	Categories Links
`@`	at sign, each	`@@monospaced@@` and `[@display markup@]`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
`#`	crosshatch, pound, number, hash	`#item` (lists)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`[[#anchor]]` and `[[#anchor\|goto]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`[[Link\|#]]` (incremented numeric alias)	Links
		`&name;` or `{` (generate character)	Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
		`%define=name color=#hexdec%`	Wiki Style Colors
`$`	dollar sign	`$variable`	Variables
		`{$variable}`	PageVariables
		`$[translatable phrase]`	Skin Templates
`%`	percent sign	`%style%` `%%`	Basic Editing Wiki Styles
`%`	percent sign	`%center% Attach:image.gif`	Images
`^`	circumflex, caret	`^\|[[BreadcrumbTrail]]\|^`	WikiTrails
`^`	circumflex, caret	`'^`super`^'`script	Basic Editing Character Markup
`&`	ampersand, and sign	`&name;` or `{` (generate character)	Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
`&`	ampersand, and sign	`(:if expr true && ! false :)` (logical and)	Conditional Markup
`*`	asterisk, star	`*item` (lists)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
`*`	asterisk, star	`(:if group PmWiki* :)`	Conditional Markup
`(`	parenthesis (open or left)	`[[Page (Name)]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`(:comment hiddentext:)`	Comment Markup
		`(:if true:)`	Conditional Markup
		`(:nogroupheader:)` `(:nogroupfooter:)`	Group Headers
		`(:include PageName:)`	Include Other Pages
		`(:pagelist:)` `(:searchbox:)` `(:searchresults:)`	Page Lists
		`(:table:)` `(:cell:)`	Table Directives
		`(:directives:)`	Markup Master Index Page Directives
`)`	parenthesis (close or right)	`[[Page (Name)]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`(:comment hiddentext:)`	Comment Markup
		`(:if true:)`	Conditional Markup
		`(:nogroupheader:)` `(:nogroupfooter:)`	Group Headers
		`(:include PageName:)`	Include Other Pages
		`(:pagelist:)` `(:searchbox:)` `(:searchresults:)`	Page Lists
		`(:table:)` `(:cell:)`	Table Directives
		`(:directives:)`	Markup Master Index Page Directives
`_`	underscore, underline	`'_`sub`_'`script	Basic Editing Character Markup
`+`	plus	`[+`big`+]` and `{+`inserted`+}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`+`	plus	`[[links\|+]]` (display page "title")	Links
`-`	hyphen, dash, minus, negative	`----` (horizontal line)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`(:pagelist apple -pie:)`	PageLists
		`[-`small`-]` and `{-`deleted`-}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`=`	equal	`(:pagelist group=Main:)`	PageLists
`=`	equal	`[=`unformatted`=]`	Text Formatting Rules
`{`	brace, curly bracket, squiggly bracket (open or left)	`{$variable}`	PageVariables
		`{(function args)}`	Markup Expressions
		`{+`inserted`+}` and `{-`deleted`-}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`}`	brace, curly bracket, squiggly bracket (close or right)	`{$variable}`	PageVariables
		`{(function args)}`	Markup Expressions
		`{+`inserted`+}` and `{-`deleted`-}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`\|`	pipe, vertical bar, vertical line	`[[Link\|Alias]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`(:if expr true \|\| false :)` (logical or)	Conditional Markup
		`\|\|` `cell \|\|`	Tables
`[`	bracket, square (open or left)	`[[PageName]]` for links	Basic Editing Links
		[@display markup@] or `[=`plain text`=]`	Text Formatting Rules
		`[+`big`+]` and `[-`small`-]`	Basic Editing Character Markup
		`$[translatable phrase]`	Skin Templates
`]`	bracket, square (close or right)	`[[PageName]]` for links	Basic Editing Links
		[@display markup@] or `[=`plain text`=]`	Text Formatting Rules
		`[+`big`+]` and `[-`small`-]`	Basic Editing Character Markup
		`$[translatable phrase]`	Skin Templates
`\`	backslash, bash	`\` or `\\` (join or break lines)	Basic Editing
`:`	colon	`:term:definition` (lists)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`[[MapPrefix:Page]]`	Basic Editing Inter Map
		Attach:Filename.ext	Images Uploads
		`(:comment hiddentext:)`	Comment Markup
		`(:if true:)`	Conditional Markup
		`(:nogroupheader:)` `(:nogroupfooter:)`	Group Headers
		`(:include PageName:)`	Include Other Pages
		`(:pagelist:)` `(:searchbox:)` `(:searchresults:)`	Page Lists
		`(:table:)` `(:cell:)`	Table Directives
		`(:directives:)`	Markup Master Index Page Directives
`"`	double quote, quotation mark	`http://example/image.jpg"alt text"`	Images
`"`	double quote, quotation mark	`"'variable definition'"` (script)	PageVariables
`;`	semi-colon	`¢` ¢	Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
`'`	apostrophe, single quote, tick	`''italics''` `'''bold'''`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
`<`	left arrow, open angle bracket, less than	`-<Hanging indent`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`<<\|[[TrailIndex]]\|>>` (trail navigation)	WikiTrails
		`[[`<<`]]`	Images
		`>>block style<<`	Basic Editing
`>`	right arrow, inverted arrow, closed angle bracket, greater than	`->indented paragraph`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`<<\|[[TrailIndex]]\|>>` (trail navigation)	WikiTrails
		`>>block style<<`	Basic Editing
`?`	question mark	`?action=edit` (part of URL, not a markup)	Available Actions
		`[[{$FullName}?action=edit]]`	Edit Variables In Text Area
		`(:if name PmCal.200? :)`	Conditional Markup
`,`	comma	`(:pagelist order=group,title:)`	PageLists
`.`	dot, period	`[[Group.Page]]`	Basic Editing Wiki Group
`.`	dot, period	`[[Group.]]` trailing dot	Wiki Group
`/`	slash, forwardslash, stroke, virgule	`[[Group/Page]]`	Basic Editing Wiki Group
`/`	slash, forwardslash, stroke, virgule	`[[Group/]]` trailing slash	Wiki Group
(sp)	space, whitespace	leading space (no word wrap, monspaced)	Text Formatting Rules
(sp)	space, whitespace	`*Item\\` whitespace indentation (newline aligned with item)	Text Formatting Rules

Documentation pages referenced in this page

AvailableActions All PmWiki page actions (?action=) and other query parameters
Basic PmWiki editing rules PmWiki's basic edit syntax
Categories Categories are a way to organize and find related pages
CharacterMarkup inline markup character combinations summary
CommentMarkup various forms of comments and how to achieve them for wiki pages
ConditionalMarkup The if directive allows portions of a page to be included or excluded from rendering
Documentation Index PmWiki documentation index
EditVariablesInTextArea Collection of some edit tricks
GroupHeaders and GroupFooters Group Header and Group Footer page usage
Images Placing images in pages
IncludeOtherPages Include contents from other PmWiki pages
InterMap Interwiki links definition and use
Links Multiple mechanisms for creating links
MarkupExpressions String and formatting operations
Markup Master Index Tabulation of all PmWiki markup
PageDirectives Directives to specify page titles, descriptions, keywords, and display
PageLists Searching and listing pages by multiple criteria with templated output
Page specific variables variables that are associated with pages
SkinTemplates Skin templates (.tmpl files)
SpecialCharactersList Entities defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-lat1.ent from the rss.php script
Table directives Directives for table processing
Tables Simple tables with double pipe markup, one row per line
TextFormattingRules A list of some of the markup sequences available
Uploads Allow authors to upload files, also known as page attachments
Variables Variables available for local customisation
WikiGroup Organising pages into related groups
WikiStyleColors Standard and additional wiki colour styles
WikiStyles Modifying the style of page contents
WikiTrails Trails from lists items from a single page

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