• SyntaxReference

This page aims to introduce the most important elements of MoinMoin's syntax at a glance, showing first the markup verbatim and then how it is rendered by the wiki engine. Additionally, you'll find links to the relative help pages. Please note that some of the features depend on your configuration.

Table of Contents

'''Contents''' (up to the 2nd level)
[[TableOfContents(2)]]

Contents (up to the 2nd level) TableOfContents(2)

Headings

see: HelpOnHeadlines

= heading 1st level =
== heading 2nd level ==
=== heading 3rd level ===
==== heading 4th level ====
===== heading 5th level =====

heading 1st level

heading 2nd level

heading 3rd level

heading 4th level

heading 5th level

Text Formatting

see: HelpOnFormatting

 * ''emphasized (italics)''
 * '''boldface'''
 * '''''bold italics'''''
 * `monospace`
 * {{{source code

• underline

• _subscript

• ^superscript

• smaller

• larger

• strike through

}}}

• emphasized (italics)

• boldface

• bold italics

• monospace

• source code

• underline

• _subscript

• ^superscript

• smaller

• larger

• strike through

Hyperlinks

see: HelpOnLinking

Internal Links

 * FrontPage
 * ["FrontPage"]
 * HelpOnEditing/SubPages
 * /SubPage
 * ../SiblingPage
 * [:FrontPage:named link]
 * [#anchorname]
 * [#anchorname description]
 * [wiki:Self:PageName#anchorname]
 * [wiki:Self:PageName#anchorname description]
 * attachment:filename.txt

• FrontPage

• ["FrontPage"]

• HelpOnEditing/SubPages

• /SubPage

• ../SiblingPage

• [:FrontPage:named link]

• [#anchorname]
• [#anchorname description]

• [wiki:PageName]

• [wiki:PageName description]

• attachment:filename.txt

External Links

 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/]
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ MoinMoin Wiki]
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png]
 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png moinmoin.png]
 * MeatBall:InterWiki
 * wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki
 * [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki]
 * [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki InterWiki page on MeatBall]
 * [file://///servername/share/full/path/to/file/filename%20with%20spaces.txt link to file filename with spaces.txt]
 * user@example.com

• http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/

• [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/]

• [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ MoinMoin Wiki]

• [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png]

• http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png

• [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png moinmoin.png]

• InterWiki

• wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki

• [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki]

• [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki InterWiki page on MeatBall]

• [file://///servername/share/full/path/to/file/filename%20with%20spaces.txt link to file filename with spaces.txt]

• user@example.com

Avoid or Limit Automatical Linking

 * Wiki''''''Name
 * Wiki``Name
 * !WikiName
 * WikiName''''''s
 * WikiName``s
 * `http://www.example.com`

• WikiName

• WikiName

• WikiName

• WikiNames

• WikiNames

• http://www.example.com

Blockquotes and Indentions

 indented text
  text indented to the 2nd level

• indented text
  • text indented to the 2nd level

Lists

see: HelpOnLists

Unordered Lists

 * item 1

 * item 2 (preceding white space)
  * item 2.1
   * item 2.1.1
 * item 3
  . item 3.1 (bulletless)
 . item 4 (bulletless)
  * item 4.1
   . item 4.1.1 (bulletless)

• item 1
• item 2 (preceding white space)
  • item 2.1
    • item 2.1.1
• item 3
  • item 3.1 (bulletless)
• item 4 (bulletless)
  • item 4.1
    • item 4.1.1 (bulletless)

Ordered Lists

with Numbers

 1. item 1
   1. item 1.1
   1. item 1.2
 1. item 2

1. item 1
   1. item 1.1
   2. item 1.2
2. item 2

with Roman Numbers

 I. item 1
   i. item 1.1
   i. item 1.2
 I. item 2

1. item 1
   1. item 1.1
   2. item 1.2
2. item 2

with Letters

 A. item A
   a. item A. a)
   a. item A. b)
 A. item B

1. item A
   1. item A. a)
   2. item A. b)
2. item B

Definition Lists

 term:: definition
 object:: description 1
 :: description 2
 Action Items::
 :: First Item
 :: Second Item

term

definition

object

description 1

description 2

Action Items

First Item

Second Item

Horizontal Rules

see: HelpOnRules

----
-----
------
-------
--------
---------
----------

Tables

see: HelpOnTables

Tables

||'''A'''||'''B'''||'''C'''||
||1      ||2      ||3      ||

Cell Width

||minimal width ||<99%>maximal width ||

Spanning Rows and Columns

||<|2> cell spanning 2 rows ||cell in the 2nd column ||
||cell in the 2nd column of the 2nd row ||
||<-2> cell spanning 2 columns ||
||||use empty cells as a shorthand ||

Alignment of Cell Contents

||<^|3> top (combined) ||<:99%> center (combined) ||<v|3> bottom (combined) ||
||<)> right ||
||<(> left ||

Coulored Table Cells

||<#0000FF> blue ||<#00FF00> green    ||<#FF0000> red    ||
||<#00FFFF> cyan ||<#FF00FF> magenta  ||<#FFFF00> yellow ||

HTML-like Options for Tables

||A ||<rowspan="2"> like <|2> ||
||<bgcolor="#00FF00"> like <#00FF00> ||
||<colspan="2"> like <-2>||

Macros and Variables

Macros

see: HelpOnMacros

• [[Anchor(anchorname)]] inserts a link anchor anchorname

• [[BR]] inserts a hard line break

• [[FootNote(Note)]] inserts a footnote saying Note

• [[Include(HelpOnMacros/Include)]] inserts the contents of the page HelpOnMacros/Include inline

• [[MailTo(user AT example DOT com)]] obfuscates the email address user@example.com to users not logged in

Variables

see: HelpOnVariables

• @SIG@ inserts your login name and timestamp of modification

• @TIME@ inserts date and time of modification

Smileys and Icons

see: HelpOnSmileys ShowSmileys

Source code

see: HelpOnParsers

Verbatim Display

{ { {
def hello():
    print "Hello World!"
} } }

Remove spaces between "{ { {" and "} } }".

def hello():
    print "Hello World!"

Syntax Highlighting

{ { {#!python
def hello():
    print "Hello World!"
} } }

Remove spaces between "{ { {" and "} } }".

   1 def hello():
   2     print "Hello World!"