Contents

Moin Wiki Syntax
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

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.

see: HelpOnHeadlines

> Table of contents (up to 2nd level headings only): <> = heading 1st level = == heading 2nd level == === heading 3rd level === ==== heading 4th level ==== ===== heading 5th level ===== ====== no heading 6th level ======]]>

Table of contents:

Contents

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):

Contents

heading 1st level
1. heading 2nd level

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~~

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
`[[PageName#anchorname\|description]]`	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}}`	[Image: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 filename.txt
`user@example.com`	user@example.com

Markup	Result
`Wiki''''''Name`	WikiName
Wiki``Name	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

see: HelpOnDrawings

myexample.tdraw

myexample.adraw

indented text
- text indented to the 2nd level

see: HelpOnLists

item 1
item 2 (preceding white space)
- item 2.1
  - item 2.1.1
item 3
- item 3.1 (bulletless)
item 4 (bulletless)
- item 4.1
  - item 4.1.1 (bulletless)

item 1
1. item 1.1
2. item 1.2
item 2

item 1
1. item 1.1
2. item 1.2
item 2

item A
1. item A. a)
2. item A. b)
item B

termdefinition objectdescription 1 description 2

see: HelpOnRules

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

see: HelpOnTables

A	B	C
1	2	3

maximal width ||]]>

minimal width

maximal width

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

top (combined) ||<:99%> center (combined) || bottom (combined) || ||<)> right || ||<(> left ||]]>

top (combined)	center (combined)	bottom (combined)
right
left

blue ||<#00FF00> green ||<#FF0000> red || ||<#00FFFF> cyan ||<#FF00FF> magenta ||<#FFFF00> yellow ||]]>

blue	green	red
cyan	magenta	yellow

like <|2> || || like <#00FF00> || || like <-2>||]]>

A	like <\|2>
like <#00FF00>
like <-2>

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

see: HelpOnVariables

@SIG@ inserts your login name and timestamp of modification
@TIME@ inserts date and time of modification

see: HelpOnSmileys ]]>
Markup Display Markup Display Markup Display Markup Display
X-( X-( :D :D <:( <:( :o :o
:( :( :) :) B) B) :)) :))
;) ;) /!\ /!\ <!> (!) (!)
:-? :-? :\ :\ >:> >:> |) |)
:-( :-( :-) :-) B-) B-) :-)) :-))
;-) ;-) |-) |-) (./) (./) {OK} {OK}
{X} {X} {i} {i} {1} {1} {2} {2}
{3} {3} {*} {*} {o} {o}
]]>

see: HelpOnParsers

defhello print"Hello World!"

This is wiki markup in a div with css class="red solid".

see: HelpOnAdmonitions

Don't overuse admonitions

Admonitions should be used with care. A page riddled with admonitions will look restless and will be harder to follow than a page where admonitions are used sparingly.

see: HelpOnComments

Click on "Comments" in edit bar to toggle the comments visibility.

This is a wiki parser section with class "comment dashed" (see HelpOnParsers).

Its visibility gets toggled the same way.

Markup	Display	Markup	Display	Markup	Display	Markup	Display
`X-(`	X-(	`:D`	:D	`<:(`	<:(	`:o`	:o
`:(`	:(	`:)`	:)	`B)`	B)	`:))`	:))
`;)`	;)	`/!\`	/!\	`<!>`		`(!)`	(!)
`:-?`	:-?	`:\`	:\	`>:>`	>:>	`\|)`	\|)
`:-(`	:-(	`:-)`	:-)	`B-)`	B-)	`:-))`	:-))
`;-)`	;-)	`\|-)`	\|-)	`(./)`	(./)	`{OK}`	{OK}
`{X}`	{X}	`{i}`	{i}	`{1}`	{1}	`{2}`	{2}
`{3}`	{3}	`{*}`	{*}	`{o}`	{o}