* Markdown

This wiki's pages are written in
[[http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc][pandoc]]'s extended form of
[[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown][markdown]]. If you're not
familiar with markdown, you should start by looking at the
[[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics][markdown "basics"
page]] and the
[[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax][markdown syntax
description]]. Consult the
[[http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html][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:

#+BEGIN_HTML
  <table>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=*emphasized text*=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

/emphasized text/

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=**strong emphasis**=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

*strong emphasis*

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=`literal text`=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=literal text=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=\*escaped special characters\*=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

*escaped special characters*

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=[external link](http://google.com)=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

[[http://google.com][external link]]

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=![folder](/img/icons/folder.png)=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

[[/img/icons/folder.png]]

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

Wikilink: =[Front Page]()=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

Wikilink: [[][Front Page]]

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=H~2~O=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

H_{2}O

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=10^100^=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

10^{100}

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=~~strikeout~~=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

+strikeout+

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=$x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2 - 4ac} }}{{2a}}$=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

$x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2 - 4ac} }}{{2a}}$ [1]

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

=A simple footnote.^[Or is it so simple?]=

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

A simple footnote. [2]

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
  <pre>
  > an indented paragraph,
  > usually used for quotations
  </pre>
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

#+BEGIN_QUOTE
  an indented paragraph, usually used for quotations
#+END_QUOTE

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  <tr>
  <td>
  <pre>
      #!/bin/sh -e
      # code, indented four spaces
      echo "Hello world"
  </pre>
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

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

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
  <pre>
  * 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
  </pre>
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

-  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

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td>
  <pre>
  Fruit        Quantity
  --------  -----------
  apples         30,200
  oranges         1,998
  pears              42

  Table:  Our fruit inventory
  </pre>
  </td>
  <td>
#+END_HTML

| Fruit     | Quantity   |
|-----------+------------|
| apples    | 30,200     |
| oranges   | 1,998      |
| pears     | 42         |
#+CAPTION: Our fruit inventory

#+BEGIN_HTML
  </td>
  </tr>
  </table>
#+END_HTML

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.

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
    # Markdown

    Text...

    ## Some examples...

    Text...
#+END_EXAMPLE

** 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:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
    Wine/Pinot Noir
    Wine/Burgundy
    Wine/Cabernet Sauvignon
#+END_EXAMPLE

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.

[1] If this looks like code, it's because jsMath is not installed on
    your system. Contact your administrator to request it.

[2] Or is it so simple?