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ELCode is a special set of tags to format an ELOG entry. It is similar to HMTL, but simpler. Tags are enclosed in braces [ and ] rather than < and >. Some tags change the formatting of the text like boldface, size and color, while other tags allow the embedding of URLs and images. The ELCode tags are similar to the BBCode tags, sometimes also referred as vB code. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Text formatting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Following tags in ELCode allow the basic formatting of the text:
Tags can be nested, such as [size=5][color=red][b]Hello[/b][/color][/size] which would produce Hello. Note that tags have to be nested correctly, things like [b][color=red]This is wrong![/b][/color] are incorrect, since the [b] tag is opened first and therefore must be closed last, after the closing [/color] tag, such as in
[b][color=red]This is correct[/color][/b] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Escape character | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sometimes one does not want ELCode tags to be interpreted, like in a discussion forums where one wants to explain some tags for example. In order to avoid interpretation of tags, one puts a backslash "\" in front of the tag, like \[b] instead of [b]. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anchor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An anchor can be put into an entry with [anchor]anchor_name[/anchor]. This is equivalent to a HTML anchor like <a name="anchor_name"></a>. Such anchors can be referenced inside an entry with elog:<id>#anchor_name where <id> is the ID number of the entry (the number from the left column in the list display). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smileys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smileys, or Emoticons, are small graphical images which can be used to express some feeling using a short code, e.g. :) means happy. They are converted by elog automatically into small graphical images, such as
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Quoting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There are two ways of quoting, with a reference and without:
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Fixed width text [CTRL+O] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
To output text with fixed width using a Courier-type font, enclose it in [code]Hello[/code] This might be useful in computer code listings or tables to increase the readability, like
versus
Item Price Availability Note that all other ELCode tags are disabled inside the [code] tags. This might be helpful to display some program code or similar which contains characters which would wrongly be interpreted as tags or smileys. If this behaviour is not wanted, like if some program code should be annotated with bold face etc. the tags [code1]...[/code1] can be used which allows other ELCode tags inside.
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Lists [CTRL+L] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An unordered list can be created with the tags [list][/list] like
[list] to produce
A new list item starts with [*], which can be entered via the keyboard shortcut CTRL-N. In an ordered list one can specify what is used before each item. To create a numbered list one can use [list=1][/list]:
[list=1] to produce
for an alphabetical list [list=a][/list] like
[list=a] to produce
Other possibilities are [list=A] for capital letters and [list=I] for Roman numbering.
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Tables | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tables can be created with the tags [table][/table] like
[table border="1"] to produce
The parameters after [table ...] are directly used in the HTML <table> tag. To increase the cell padding, on can add for example
[table border="1" cellpadding="20"] to produce
Table headings are not supported, but can be simulated by embedding the cell contents with a [B]...[/B] tag.
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Creating links | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hyperlinks or Uniform Resouce Locators (URLs) can be created in various ways:
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