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  • Filtered HTML with GeSHi:
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6>

      This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.

      For more information see W3C's HTML Specifications or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.

      Tag DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://hypftier.de">*hypf*</a>*hypf*
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
      Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
      Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>
      • First item
      • Second item
      Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>
      1. First item
      2. Second item
      Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description.<dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl>
      First term
      First definition
      Second term
      Second definition
      Header<h3>Subtitle three</h3>

      Subtitle three
      Header<h4>Subtitle four</h4>

      Subtitle four
      Header<h5>Subtitle five</h5>
      Subtitle five
      Header<h6>Subtitle six</h6>
      Subtitle six

      Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.

      If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

      Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
      Ampersand&amp;&
      Greater than&gt;>
      Less than&lt;<
      Quotation mark&quot;"
    • Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.

    • Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:

      • Generic syntax highlighting tags: "[code]", "[blockcode]".
      • Language specific syntax highlighting tags: "[c]" for C source code, "[cpp]" for C++ source code, "[cs]" for C# source code, "[cmd]" for DOS source code, "[java4]" for Java source code, "[java]" for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 source code, "[tex]" for LaTeX source code, "[lua]" for Lua source code, "[pascal]" for Pascal source code, "[ps]" for PowerShell source code, "[python]" for Python source code, "[text]" for Text source code.

      Options and tips:

      • The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language, class. The possible values are: "abap" (for ABAP), "actionscript" (for ActionScript), "ada" (for Ada), "apache" (for Apache configuration), "applescript" (for AppleScript), "asm" (for ASM), "asp" (for ASP), "autoit" (for AutoIt), "bash" (for Bash), "blitzbasic" (for BlitzBasic), "bnf" (for bnf), "c" (for C), "c_mac" (for C (Mac)), "caddcl" (for CAD DCL), "cadlisp" (for CAD Lisp), "cfdg" (for CFDG), "cfm" (for ColdFusion), "cmd" (for DOS), "cpp" (for C++), "cpp-qt" (for C++ (QT)), "cs" (for C#), "csharp" (for C#), "css" (for CSS), "d" (for D), "delphi" (for Delphi), "diff" (for Diff), "div" (for DIV), "dos" (for DOS), "dot" (for dot), "drupal5" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "eiffel" (for Eiffel), "fortran" (for Fortran), "freebasic" (for FreeBasic), "genero" (for genero), "gml" (for GML), "groovy" (for Groovy), "haskell" (for Haskell), "html4strict" (for HTML), "idl" (for Uno Idl), "ini" (for INI), "inno" (for Inno), "io" (for Io), "j2carules" (for JAMES II Rule-based Cellular Automata), "java" (for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0), "java4" (for Java), "java5" (for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0), "javascript" (for Javascript), "latex" (for LaTeX), "lisp" (for Lisp), "lua" (for Lua), "m68k" (for Motorola 68000 Assembler), "matlab" (for Matlab M), "mirc" (for mIRC Scripting), "mpasm" (for Microchip Assembler), "mysql" (for MySQL), "nsis" (for NSIS), "objc" (for Objective-C), "ocaml" (for OCaml), "ocaml-brief" (for OCaml (brief)), "oobas" (for OpenOffice.org Basic), "oracle8" (for Oracle 8 SQL), "pascal" (for Pascal), "per" (for per), "perl" (for Perl), "php" (for PHP), "php-brief" (for PHP (brief)), "plsql" (for PL/SQL), "powershell" (for PowerShell), "ps" (for PowerShell), "python" (for Python), "qbasic" (for QBasic/QuickBASIC), "rails" (for Rails), "reg" (for Microsoft Registry), "robots" (for robots.txt), "ruby" (for Ruby), "sas" (for SAS), "scheme" (for Scheme), "sdlbasic" (for sdlBasic), "smalltalk" (for Smalltalk), "smarty" (for Smarty), "sql" (for SQL), "tcl" (for TCL), "tex" (for LaTeX), "text" (for Text), "thinbasic" (for thinBasic), "tsql" (for T-SQL), "vb" (for Visual Basic), "vbnet" (for vb.net), "vhdl" (for VHDL), "visualfoxpro" (for Visual Fox Pro), "winbatch" (for Winbatch), "xml" (for XML), "xpp" (for X++), "z80" (for ZiLOG Z80 Assembler).
      • Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every nth line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
      • If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.

      Defaults:

      • Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
      • Default line numbering: no line numbers.

      Examples:

      You typeYou get
      [code]foo = "bar";[/code]Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode.
      [code]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/code]      		Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode.
      [code lang="cfdg" linenumbers="normal"]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/code]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for CFDG source code
      and normal line numbers.
      [code language="cfdg" start="23" fancy="7"]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/code]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for CFDG source code,
      line numbers starting from 23
      and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.
      [c]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/c]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for C source code.
      [c start="23" fancy="7"]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [c]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for C source code,
      line numbers starting from 23
      and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.
  • Texy with GeSHi:

    • Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:

      • Generic syntax highlighting tags: "[code]", "[blockcode]".
      • Language specific syntax highlighting tags: "[c]" for C source code, "[cpp]" for C++ source code, "[cs]" for C# source code, "[cmd]" for DOS source code, "[java4]" for Java source code, "[java]" for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 source code, "[tex]" for LaTeX source code, "[lua]" for Lua source code, "[pascal]" for Pascal source code, "[ps]" for PowerShell source code, "[python]" for Python source code, "[text]" for Text source code.

      Options and tips:

      • The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language, class. The possible values are: "abap" (for ABAP), "actionscript" (for ActionScript), "ada" (for Ada), "apache" (for Apache configuration), "applescript" (for AppleScript), "asm" (for ASM), "asp" (for ASP), "autoit" (for AutoIt), "bash" (for Bash), "blitzbasic" (for BlitzBasic), "bnf" (for bnf), "c" (for C), "c_mac" (for C (Mac)), "caddcl" (for CAD DCL), "cadlisp" (for CAD Lisp), "cfdg" (for CFDG), "cfm" (for ColdFusion), "cmd" (for DOS), "cpp" (for C++), "cpp-qt" (for C++ (QT)), "cs" (for C#), "csharp" (for C#), "css" (for CSS), "d" (for D), "delphi" (for Delphi), "diff" (for Diff), "div" (for DIV), "dos" (for DOS), "dot" (for dot), "drupal5" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "eiffel" (for Eiffel), "fortran" (for Fortran), "freebasic" (for FreeBasic), "genero" (for genero), "gml" (for GML), "groovy" (for Groovy), "haskell" (for Haskell), "html4strict" (for HTML), "idl" (for Uno Idl), "ini" (for INI), "inno" (for Inno), "io" (for Io), "j2carules" (for JAMES II Rule-based Cellular Automata), "java" (for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0), "java4" (for Java), "java5" (for Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0), "javascript" (for Javascript), "latex" (for LaTeX), "lisp" (for Lisp), "lua" (for Lua), "m68k" (for Motorola 68000 Assembler), "matlab" (for Matlab M), "mirc" (for mIRC Scripting), "mpasm" (for Microchip Assembler), "mysql" (for MySQL), "nsis" (for NSIS), "objc" (for Objective-C), "ocaml" (for OCaml), "ocaml-brief" (for OCaml (brief)), "oobas" (for OpenOffice.org Basic), "oracle8" (for Oracle 8 SQL), "pascal" (for Pascal), "per" (for per), "perl" (for Perl), "php" (for PHP), "php-brief" (for PHP (brief)), "plsql" (for PL/SQL), "powershell" (for PowerShell), "ps" (for PowerShell), "python" (for Python), "qbasic" (for QBasic/QuickBASIC), "rails" (for Rails), "reg" (for Microsoft Registry), "robots" (for robots.txt), "ruby" (for Ruby), "sas" (for SAS), "scheme" (for Scheme), "sdlbasic" (for sdlBasic), "smalltalk" (for Smalltalk), "smarty" (for Smarty), "sql" (for SQL), "tcl" (for TCL), "tex" (for LaTeX), "text" (for Text), "thinbasic" (for thinBasic), "tsql" (for T-SQL), "vb" (for Visual Basic), "vbnet" (for vb.net), "vhdl" (for VHDL), "visualfoxpro" (for Visual Fox Pro), "winbatch" (for Winbatch), "xml" (for XML), "xpp" (for X++), "z80" (for ZiLOG Z80 Assembler).
      • Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every nth line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
      • If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.

      Defaults:

      • Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
      • Default line numbering: no line numbers.

      Examples:

      You typeYou get
      [code]foo = "bar";[/code]Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode.
      [code]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/code]      		Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode.
      [code lang="cfdg" linenumbers="normal"]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/code]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for CFDG source code
      and normal line numbers.
      [code language="cfdg" start="23" fancy="7"]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/code]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for CFDG source code,
      line numbers starting from 23
      and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.
      [c]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [/c]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for C source code.
      [c start="23" fancy="7"]
      foo = "bar";
      baz = "foz";
      [c]      		Code block with syntax highlighting for C source code,
      line numbers starting from 23
      and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.

    • This site uses Texy! to format and alter entered content. Texy! provides an intuitive and easy to read syntax which is automatically filtered into XHTML upon content submission.

      Paragraphs and line breaks
      Just add two line breaks to create a paragraph. Put a space at the start of a new line to preserve a line break.
      Emphasized
      *Emphasized*
      Emphasized
      Strong
      **Strong**
      Strong
      Hyperlink
      "Hyperlink":http://drupal.org
      Hyperlink
      Block quoted
      > Block quoted

      Block quoted

      Quoted inline
      >>Quoted inline<<
      Quoted inline
      Acronym
      "SLA"((Some Lengthy Acronym))
      SLA
      Source code
      /---code html
      <em>Texy!</em>
      \---code
      <em>Texy!</em>
      Unordered list
      - First item
      - Second item
      • First item
      • Second item
      Ordered list
      1) First item
      2) Second item
      1. First item
      2. Second item
      Subscripted
      Sub__scripted__ or Sub_2 for numbers
      Subscripted or Sub2 for numbers
      Superscripted
      Super^^scripted^^ or Super^2 for numbers
      Superscripted or Super2 for numbers

      More information can be found at the official Texy! page.