# Markdown

This wiki's pages are written in pandoc's extended form of markdown. If you're not familiar with markdown, you should start by looking at the markdown "basics" page and the markdown syntax description. Consult the pandoc User's Guide for information about pandoc's syntax for footnotes, tables, description lists, and other elements not present in standard markdown.

Markdown is pretty intuitive, since it is based on email conventions. Here are some examples to get you started:

`*emphasized text*` | emphasized text
`**strong emphasis**` | strong emphasis
``literal text`` | `literal text`
`\*escaped special characters\*` | *escaped special characters*
`[external link](http://google.com)` | external link
`![folder](/img/icons/folder.png)` |
Wikilink: `[Front Page]()` | Wikilink: Front Page
`H~2~O` | H2O
`10^100^` | 10100
`~~strikeout~~` | strikeout
`$x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2 - 4ac} }}{{2a}}$` | $x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2 - 4ac} }}{{2a}}$ If this looks like code, it's because jsMath is not installed on your system. Contact your administrator to request it.
`A simple footnote.^[Or is it so simple?]` | A simple footnote. Or is it so simple?

      > an indented paragraph,
      > usually used for quotations

> an indented paragraph, usually used for quotations

          #!/bin/sh -e
          # code, indented four spaces
          echo "Hello world"

    #!/bin/sh -e
    # code, indented four spaces
    echo "Hello world"

      * a bulleted list
      * second item
          - sublist
          - and more
      * back to main list
          1. this item has an ordered
          2. sublist
              a) you can also use letters
              b) another item

- a bulleted list

- second item

  - sublist

  - and more

- back to main list

  1. this item has an ordered

  2. sublist

     1. you can also use letters

     2. another item

      Fruit        Quantity
      --------  -----------
      apples         30,200
      oranges         1,998
      pears              42

      Table:  Our fruit inventory

## Our fruit inventory

Fruit | Quantity
--- | ---
apples | 30,200
oranges | 1,998
pears | 42

For headings, prefix a line with one or more `#` signs: one for a major heading, two for a subheading, three for a subsubheading. Be sure to leave space before and after the heading.

    # Markdown

    Text...

    ## Some examples...

    Text...

## Wiki links

Links to other wiki pages are formed this way: `[Page Name]()`. (Gitit converts markdown links with empty targets into wikilinks.)

To link to a wiki page using something else as the link text: `[something else](Page Name)`.

Note that page names may contain spaces and some special characters. They need not be CamelCase. CamelCase words are not automatically converted to wiki links.

Wiki pages may be organized into directories. So, if you have several pages on wine, you may wish to organize them like so:

    Wine/Pinot Noir
    Wine/Burgundy
    Wine/Cabernet Sauvignon

Note that a wiki link `[Burgundy]()` that occurs inside the `Wine` directory will link to `Wine/Burgundy`, and not to `Burgundy`. To link to a top-level page called `Burgundy`, you'd have to use `[Burgundy](/Burgundy)`.

To link to a directory listing for a subdirectory, use a trailing slash: `[Wine/]()` will link to a listing of the `Wine` subdirectory.