Instiki/Redcloth Escaping

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I need to use * in my wiki, set to use Textile. How can I escape it, so it's not considered the start of a bold sequence? Thanks.

James Edward Gray II

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James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> [2005-05-11 04:06]:

I need to use * in my wiki, set to use Textile. How can I escape it, so it's
not considered the start of a bold sequence? Thanks.

<notextile>* foo</notextile>

Had a hard time finding this myself :slight_smile:

Regards,
Tilman

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Perfect. Thank you.

James Edward Gray II

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On May 10, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Tilman Sauerbeck wrote:

James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> [2005-05-11 04:06]:

I need to use * in my wiki, set to use Textile. How can I escape it, so it's
not considered the start of a bold sequence? Thanks.

<notextile>* foo</notextile>

Had a hard time finding this myself :slight_smile:

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Tilman Sauerbeck wrote:

James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> [2005-05-11 04:06]:

I need to use * in my wiki, set to use Textile. How can I escape

it,

so it's not considered the start of a bold sequence? Thanks.

<notextile>* foo</notextile>

<notextile> is handled by RedCloth to prevent processing of the
enclosed content. There's also the more generic <nowiki> in Instiki
that will escape all wiki transformation (like linking WikiWords).
(But note that in Instiki 0.10.1 there is a bug where the <nowiki>
cannot span multiple lines; a bug that has been fixed in svn :slight_smile:

HTH,
Assaph

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Assaph Mehr wrote:

<notextile> is handled by RedCloth to prevent processing of the
enclosed content. There's also the more generic <nowiki> in Instiki
that will escape all wiki transformation (like linking WikiWords).
(But note that in Instiki 0.10.1 there is a bug where the <nowiki>
cannot span multiple lines; a bug that has been fixed in svn :slight_smile:

Quite a number of new bugs were introduced in the 0.10 version, but <nowiki/> tag was single-line since ever - not just in 0.10.1. Looks like it was unnoticed for several months :slight_smile:
Otherwise, it is a bug that has been fixed in SVN, indeed :slight_smile:

By the way, it is even documented. Here: http://instiki.org/show/WikiSyntax

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