Hi, Vivian,
On 3/18/2011 19:38, Vivian Yi-Ching Chen wrote:
Hi,
Thanks everyone who answered the Wiki language tab function email.
It's HTML, not Wiki language as T.J. Frazier pointed out. And I still
need to verify my question.
I want to make my code nicely indented as the following:
<TD>
* one <BR/> * <BR/> <I>(In order to start the bullet list, type an
asterisk,
press <Space>, type a word and hit <Enter>. The
<Space> is critical.)</I>
</TD>
In order to make the above code two lines regardless of the <TD> table
cell commands, I hit Enter after the words "type an asterisk,". Then the
preview result is not good. Please see the attached picture to see what
I mean.
I just want to know the way to make the code two lines. I don't think
Enter key is the correct way to do it. Please help. Thank you so much
and have a good weekend.
Sincerely,
Vivian Chen
You already know how to break a line, because you are doing that, with
the HTML break tag, <br>. Technically, the <br /> form is the new, XML
way of doing things. Put a break where you want the output to break, and
just let the input (your source, that you type) wander on however it
wants to.
In view of what I see in your copy of my email, I think your email
client is doing a lot of interpreting of HTML, which mine (Tb) will
leave alone on a text email. Let me spell out a couple of things in a
way that should make it past any conversions.
The reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Special_characters
The bullet character can be entered as an HTML character entity, which
look like an ampersand character, followed by text, followed by a
semicolon. The text for a bullet is, "bull". Omit the quotes. It might
look like &_bull_; omitting the underscores.
An error of mine: a stray asterisk preceded my example of the
hexadecimal character reference. Those also start with an ampersand and
end with a semicolon. The inside looks like a hash-mark, followed by an
'x' (no quotes), followed by the four-digit hex number. That is,
&_#_x2022_; with the underscores omitted.
FYI, what you got (as pictured) is the result of starting a line with a
space character: the wiki treats the line as pre-formatted text, putting
it in a shaded box.
Have fun!
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