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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
<nowiki>
<nowiki>
Typing this
This is text without an indent
 
:Each colon at the start of a line
 
::causes the line to be indented by three more character positions.
 
:::(The indentation persists
so long as no carriage return or line break is used.)
 
:::Repeat the indentation at any line break.


::::Use an extra colon for each response.
: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>
</nowiki>


Yields this:
Yields this:

Revision as of 11:09, 20 August 2013

You can indent text as follows:

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

Typing this This is text without an indent :Add a colon at the start of a line and it indents :: Add two colons, and you indent even further.

Yields this:

Each colon at the start of a line
causes the line to be indented by three more character positions.
(The indentation persists

so 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 ...