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.

1. Table of Contents

'''Contents''' (up to the 2nd level)
[[TableOfContents(2)]]

Contents (up to the 2nd level)

Contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Headings
  3. heading 1st level
    1. heading 2nd level
  4. Text Formatting
  5. Hyperlinks
    1. Internal Links
    2. External Links
    3. Avoid or Limit Automatical Linking
  6. Blockquotes and Indentions
  7. Lists
    1. Unordered Lists
    2. Ordered Lists
    3. Definition Lists
  8. Horizontal Rules
  9. Tables
    1. Tables
    2. Cell Width
    3. Spanning Rows and Columns
    4. Alignment of Cell Contents
    5. Coulored Table Cells
    6. HTML-like Options for Tables
  10. Macros and Variables
    1. Macros
    2. Variables
  11. Smileys and Icons
  12. Source code
    1. Verbatim Display
    2. Syntax Highlighting

2. Headings

see: HelpOnHeadlines 

= heading 1st level =
== heading 2nd level ==
=== heading 3rd level ===
==== heading 4th level ====
===== heading 5th level =====

3. heading 1st level

3.1. heading 2nd level

3.1.1. heading 3rd level

3.1.1.1. heading 4th level

3.1.1.1.1. heading 5th level

4. Text Formatting

see: HelpOnFormatting 

 * ''emphasized (italics)''
 * '''boldface'''
 * '''''bold italics'''''
 * `monospace`
 * {{{source code}}}
 * __underline__
 * ,,sub,,script
 * ^super^script
 * ~-smaller-~
 * ~+larger+~
 * --(strike through)--

5. Hyperlinks

see: HelpOnLinking

5.1. Internal Links

 * FrontPage
 * ["FrontPage"]
 * HelpOnEditing/SubPages
 * /SubPage
 * ../SiblingPage
 * [:FrontPage:named link]
 * [#anchorname]
 * [#anchorname description]
 * [wiki:Self:PageName#anchorname]
 * [wiki:Self:PageName#anchorname description]
 * attachment:filename.txt

5.2. External Links

 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/]
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ MoinMoin Wiki]
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png]
 * http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png
 * [http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/wiki/moinmoin.png moinmoin.png]
 * MeatBall:InterWiki
 * wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki
 * [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki]
 * [wiki:MeatBall/InterWiki InterWiki page on MeatBall]
 * [file://///servername/share/full/path/to/file/filename%20with%20spaces.txt link to file filename with spaces.txt]
 * user@example.com

5.3. Avoid or Limit Automatical Linking

 * Wiki''''''Name
 * Wiki``Name
 * !WikiName
 * WikiName''''''s
 * WikiName``s
 * `http://www.example.com`

6. Blockquotes and Indentions

 indented text
  text indented to the 2nd level

7. Lists

see: HelpOnLists

7.1. Unordered Lists

 * 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)

7.2. Ordered Lists

7.2.1. with Numbers

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

7.2.2. with Roman Numbers

 I. item 1
   i. item 1.1
   i. item 1.2
 I. item 2
  1. item 1
    1. item 1.1
    2. item 1.2
  2. item 2

7.2.3. with Letters

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

7.3. Definition Lists

 term:: definition
 object:: description 1
 :: description 2
 Action Items::
 :: First Item
 :: Second Item
term
definition
object
description 1
description 2
Action Items
First Item
Second Item

8. Horizontal Rules

see: HelpOnRules 

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

9. Tables

see: HelpOnTables

9.1. Tables

||'''A'''||'''B'''||'''C'''||
||1      ||2      ||3      ||

A

B

C

1

2

3

9.2. Cell Width

||minimal width ||<99%>maximal width ||

minimal width

maximal width

9.3. Spanning Rows and Columns

||<|2> 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

9.4. Alignment of Cell Contents

||<^|3> top (combined) ||<:99%> center (combined) ||<v|3> bottom (combined) ||
||<)> right ||
||<(> left ||

top (combined)

center (combined)

bottom (combined)

right

left

9.5. Coulored Table Cells

||<#0000FF> blue ||<#00FF00> green    ||<#FF0000> red    ||
||<#00FFFF> cyan ||<#FF00FF> magenta  ||<#FFFF00> yellow ||

blue

green

red

cyan

magenta

yellow

9.6. HTML-like Options for Tables

||A ||<rowspan="2"> like <|2> ||
||<bgcolor="#00FF00"> like <#00FF00> ||
||<colspan="2"> like <-2>||

A

like <|2>

like <#00FF00>

like <-2>

10. Macros and Variables

10.1. Macros

see: HelpOnMacros

10.2. Variables

see: HelpOnVariables

11. Smileys and Icons

see: HelpOnSmileys

Markup Display Filename Markup Display Filename Markup Display Filename
(!) (!) idea.png (./) (./) checkmark.png /!\ /!\ alert.png
:( :( sad.png :) :) smile.png :)) :)) smile3.png
:-( :-( sad.png :-) :-) smile.png :-)) :-)) smile3.png
:-? :-? tongue.png :D :D biggrin.png :\ :\ ohwell.png
:o :o redface.png ;) ;) smile4.png ;-) ;-) smile4.png
<!> <!> attention.png <:( <:( frown.png >:> >:> devil.png
B) B) smile2.png B-) B-) smile2.png X-( X-( angry.png
{*} {*} star_on.png {1} {1} prio1.png {2} {2} prio2.png
{3} {3} prio3.png {OK} {OK} thumbs-up.png {X} {X} icon-error.png
{i} {i} icon-info.png {o} {o} star_off.png |) |) tired.png
|-) |-) tired.png              

12. Source code

see: HelpOnParsers

12.1. Verbatim Display

{ { {
def hello():
    print "Hello World!"
} } }

/!\ Remove spaces between "{ { {" and "} } }". 

def hello():
    print "Hello World!"

12.2. Syntax Highlighting

{ { {#!python
def hello():
    print "Hello World!"
} } }

/!\ Remove spaces between "{ { {" and "} } }". 

   1 def hello():
   2     print "Hello World!"