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.

Sommaire

  1. Headings and table of contents
  2. Text Formatting
  3. Hyperlinks
    1. Internal Links
    2. External Links
    3. Avoid or Limit Automatic Linking
  4. Drawings
    1. TWikiDraw
    2. AnyWikiDraw
  5. Blockquotes and Indentations
  6. Lists
    1. Unordered Lists
    2. Ordered Lists
      1. with Numbers
      2. with Roman Numbers
      3. with Letters
    3. Definition Lists
  7. Horizontal Rules
  8. Tables
    1. Tables
    2. Cell Width
    3. Spanning Rows and Columns
    4. Alignment of Cell Contents
    5. Coloured Table Cells
    6. HTML-like Options for Tables
  9. Macros and Variables
    1. Macros
    2. Variables
  10. Smileys and Icons
  11. Parsers
    1. Verbatim Display
    2. Syntax Highlighting
    3. Using the wiki parser with css classes
  12. Admonitions
  13. Comments

Headings and table of contents

see: HelpOnHeadlines 

Table of contents:
<<TableOfContents()>>

Table of contents (up to 2nd level headings only):
<<TableOfContents(2)>>

= heading 1st level =
== heading 2nd level ==
=== heading 3rd level ===

==== heading 4th level ====
===== heading 5th level =====
====== no heading 6th level ======

Table of contents:

Sommaire

  1. heading 1st level
    1. heading 2nd level
      1. heading 3rd level
        1. heading 4th level
          1. heading 5th level
          2. no heading 6th level

Table of contents (up to 2nd level headings only):

Sommaire

  1. heading 1st level
    1. heading 2nd level

heading 1st level

heading 2nd level

heading 3rd level

heading 4th level

heading 5th level

no heading 6th level

Text Formatting

see: HelpOnFormatting

Markup

Result

''italic''

italic

'''bold'''

bold

`monospace`

monospace

{{{code}}}

code

__underline__

underline

^super^script

superscript

,,sub,,script

subscript

~-smaller-~

smaller

~+larger+~

larger

--(stroke)--

stroke

Hyperlinks

see: HelpOnLinking

Markup

Result

FrontPage

FrontPage

[[FrontPage]]

FrontPage

HelpOnEditing/SubPages

HelpOnEditing/SubPages

/SubPage

?/SubPage

../SiblingPage

?../SiblingPage

[[FrontPage|named link]]

named link

[[#anchorname]]

#anchorname

[[#anchorname|description]]

description

[[PageName#anchorname]]

?PageName#anchorname

?description

[[attachment:filename.txt]]

filename.txt

Markup

Result

http://moinmo.in/

http://moinmo.in/

[[http://moinmo.in/]]

http://moinmo.in/

[[http://moinmo.in/|MoinMoin Wiki]]

MoinMoin Wiki

[[http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png]]

http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png

{{http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png}}

http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png

[[http://static.moinmo.in/logos/moinmoin.png|moinmoin.png]]

moinmoin.png

MeatBall:InterWiki

InterWiki

[MeatBall:InterWiki|InterWiki page on MeatBall]]

InterWiki page on MeatBall

[[file://///server/share/filename%20with%20spaces.txt|link to filename.txt]]

link to file filename with spaces.txt

user@example.com

user@example.com

Avoid or Limit Automatictr>

WikiName

WikiName

!WikiName

WikiName

WikiName''''''s

WikiNames

WikiName``s

WikiNames

http://www.example.com

http://www.example.com

[[http://www.example.com/]]notlinked

http://www.example.com/notlinked

Drawings

see: HelpOnDrawings

TWikiDraw

AnyWikiDraw

Blockquotes and Indentations

 indented text
  text indented to the 2nd level

Lists

see: HelpOnLists

Unordered Lists

item 3.1 (bulletless)

  • item 4 (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
    term
    definition
    object
    descrine-211">

    Tables

    see: HelpOnTables

    Tables

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

    A

    B

    C

    1

    2

    3

    Cell Width

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

    minimal width

    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 ||

    cell spanning 2 rows

    cell in the 2nd column

    cell in the 2nd column of the 2nd row

    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 ||

    blue

    green

    red

    cyan

    magenta

    yellow

    HTML-like Options for Tables

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

||<colspan="2"> like <-2>||

    A

    like <|2>

    like <#00FF00>

    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

    :( :( :) :) B) B) :)) :)) ;) ;) /!\ /!\ <!> <!> (!) (!) :-? :-? :\ :\ >:> >:> |) |) :-( :-( :-) :-) B-) B-) :-)) :-)) ;-) ;-) |-) |-) (./) (./) {OK} {OK} {X} {X}    

    Parsers

    see: HelpOnParsers

    Verbatim Display

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

}}}

    def hello():
    print "Hello World!"

    Syntax Highlighting

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