Indent text: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:14, 20 August 2013

You can indent text by putting a colon in front of it.

Typing this:

:Each colon at the start of a line

::causes the line to be indented by three more character positions.
:::(The indentation persistsso long as no carriage return or line break is used.)

:::Repeat the indentation at any line break.

::::Use an extra colon for each response.

:::::And so forth ...

::::::And so on ...

Yields this:

Each colon at the start of a line

causes the line to be indented by three more character positions.

(The indentation persistsso long as no carriage return or line break is used.)

Repeat the indentation at any line break.

Use an extra colon for each response.

And so forth ...

And so on ...

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-You can indent text as follows:
+You can indent text by putting a colon in front of it.
-You can indent text by putting a colon in front of it.
+'''Typing this:'''
+ :Each colon at the start of a line
+ ::causes the line to be indented by three more character positions.
+ :::(The indentation persistsso long as no carriage return or line break is used.)
+ :::Repeat the indentation at any line break.
-Typing this
+ ::::Use an extra colon for each response.
-<nowiki>
-This is text without an indent
-:Add a colon at the start of a line and it indents
+ :::::And so forth ...
-:: Add two colons, and you indent even further.
+ ::::::And so on ...
-</nowiki>
-Yields this:
+'''Yields this:'''
 :Each colon at the start of a line