//part of the [[start|GtC documentation]]//

====== MediaWiki and DokuWiki ======

If you are familiar with editing any MediaWiki wiki, this table will help you find some of the basic equivalents in DokuWiki syntax.

^ **Syntax Examples** ^ [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting|MediaWiki]] ^ [[doku>wiki:syntax|DokuWiki]] ^ DokuWiki result ^
^ Internal Link | <code>[[a link]]
[[a link|with title]]
</code> | <code>[[start]]
[[ints:start]]
[[ints:start|a long list]]
</code> |[[start]]\\ [[ints:start]]\\ [[ints:start|a long list]] |
^ External Link |<code>
[http://example.org With a title]
</code> |<code>
[[http://example.com]]
[[http://example.com|With a Title]]
</code> | (see [[links]]) |
^ Headlines | <code>= Page title (h1) =
== Section (h2) ==
=== Subsection (h3) ===
==== Sub-subsection (h4) ====
</code> | <code>====== Level 1 (h1) ======
===== Level 2 (h2) =====
==== Level 3 (h3) ====
=== Level 4 (h4) ===
== Level 5 (h5) ==
</code> |(see\\ [[page section headings]]) |
^ Bold Format |`'''bold'''` |`**bold**` |**bold** |
^ Italics Format | `''italic''`|`//italics//` |//italics// |
^ Bold italics | `'''''bolditalic'''''`|`//**bolditalic**//` |//**bolditalic**// |
^ Underline Format |`<u>underlined</u>` | `__underlined__` |__underlined__ |
^ Monospace Format |`<tt>monospace</tt>` |`''monospace''`|''monospace'' |
^ Strikethrough Format|`<s>strikethrough</s>`|`<del>strikethrough</del>`|<del>strikethrough</del>|
^ Superscript Format |`A<sup>superscript</sup>` |`A<sup>superscript</sup>` |A<sup>superscript</sup> |
^ Subscript Format |`A<sub>subscript</sub>` |`A<sub>subscript</sub>` |A<sub>subscript</sub> |
^  (See [[basic text formatting]] for the above)  ||||
^ Images |`[[Image:wiki.png]]` |`{{local.jpg}}, {{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg}}` ||  
^ Images with text |`[[Image:wiki.png|displayed text]]` |`{{local.jpg|displayed text}}, {{http://foo.bar/baz.jpg|text}}` ||
^ Bulleted Lists |<code>* Bulleted point
** sub-point
* another bulleted point
</code>|<code>
  * DokuWiki lists need two spaces on the left
    * and for sub-items, 4 spaces (and so on)
  * main list again
</code> |(See [[lists]]) |
^ Numbered Lists|<code>
# Item 1
## Item 1.2
# Item 2
</code>|<code>
  - DokuWiki uses `-` for ordered lists
    - again, 4 indented spaces for sub-items
  - 2 spaces again
</code> |(See [[lists]]) |
^ No formatting |`<nowiki>''**#-''</nowiki>` |`<nowiki>''**#-''</nowiki>` |<nowiki>''**#-''</nowiki> |
^ Horizontal Rule |`----` |`----` (look, below) |

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