XWiki Syntax Guide

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XWiki Syntax 2.1: General

Introduction

2.1 Introduction

The XWiki Syntax 2.0 has proven to be quite useful and robust in general; however since its introduction a few shortcomings have been found. The corresponding improvements have been consolidated in XWiki Syntax 2.1. Some new features of this syntax are:

Homogenize the link and image syntax for better clarity, consistency and extensibility.
Added ability to display icons, to embed images via the Data URI scheme, to link to files using the UNC notation and to link to relative URLs.

Since XWiki Syntax 2.1 is based on XWiki Syntax 2.0 all syntax from XWiki Syntax 2.0 is valid unless the 2.1 specifications suggest differently.

General Remarks

2.0 General Remarks

XWiki Syntax 2.1 corrects some errors or ambiguous syntax entered by the user as shown in the examples in the table below.

Description	Example of invalid or ambiguous syntax	Fixed XWiki Syntax 2.1
Unclosed text styles	**bold	bold
Two standalone elements not separated by 2 new lines	\| table cell * list item	\| table cell * list item
Two standalone elements not separated by 2 new lines	paragraph ---- paragraph	paragraph ---- paragraph
Ignored new line at beginning of document	<new line at beginning of document> paragraph	paragraph
Not closed heading syntax	=== heading	=== heading ===

Other Syntaxes

1.0 Other Syntaxes

Other syntaxes are also available.