Formatting (Wiki Help)

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The RemObjects Wiki uses the MediaWiki engine (as used by the Wikipedia knowledge base) and this provides extensive text markup facilities.

Simple Formatting

Description	You type	You get
applies anywhere
Italic text	`''italic''`	italic
Bold text	`'''bold'''`	bold
Bold and italic	`'''''bold & italic'''''`	bold & italic
Escape wiki markup	`<nowiki>no ''markup''</nowiki>`	no ''markup''
only at the beginning of the line
Indent text	`:Indent text`	Indent text
Headings of different levels	`==level 1==` `===level 2===` `====level 3====` `=====level 4=====`	Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
Horizontal rule	`----`
Bullet list	* one * two * three three and one-third three and two-thirds	one two three three and one-third three and two-thirds
Numbered list	# one # two<br>spanning several lines<br>without breaking the numbering # three ## three point one ## three point two	one two spanning several lines without breaking the numbering three three point one three point two
Mixture of bulleted and numbered lists	# one # two #* two point one #* two point two	one two two point one two point two
Definition list	;Definition :item 1 :item 2	Definition item 1 item 2
Preformatted text	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line	preformatted text is done with a space at the beginning of the line

Normal line breaks are ignored. To start a new paragraph, leave an empty line.

You can also start a new line with the HTML tags <br> or <br/>.

Some HTML tags are allowed, for example:

The following links take you into the MediaWiki help: