Help:Editing

If you are uncertain how a special markup looks like or if you want to try out things, go to the sandbox.

general wiki markup

The markup used in this wiki is described in the MediaWiki User Guide (esp. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Editing )

local addons

references to texshow-web

<cmd> ... </cmd>
and
<api> ... </api>: those link to the definition of the command in texshow-web. Example: <cmd>about</cmd> gives \about

prettyprinting

<texcode> ... </texcode> prettyprinting TeX source. Use like

<texcode>
 ...
</texcode>

same with <xmlcode>

inline ConTeXt

<context>
\setupcolors [state=start]
\framed [background=color,
         backgroundcolor=green,
         offset=1cm ]{hello world!}
</context>

runs ConTeXt on the fly. See also http://live.contextgarden.net/ for an online ConTeXt.