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I was attempting to wiki-author feedback related to documentation. It seems like *bold* formatting doesn't work ... at least for me. ''Italic formatting'' with matched pairs of ' seems to work ok, so I was surprised *bold* didn't result in the expected bolding. <b>Bold</b> worked fine.

I did some fussing on the TestPage without getting various combinations of *bold*, **bold**, etc. to work as expected. Has this been deprecated?

Odd, but looooooow priority to fix. I prefer html tags with <b> and <i> anyway.

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Lynn Allan wrote:
> <alert comment="nit from wiki newbie" priority="low">
> 
> I was attempting to wiki-author feedback related to documentation. It seems like *bold* formatting doesn't work ... at least for me. ''Italic formatting'' with matched pairs of ' seems to work ok, so I was surprised *bold* didn't result in the expected bolding. <b>Bold</b> worked fine.
> 
> I did some fussing on the TestPage without getting various combinations of *bold*, **bold**, etc. to work as expected. Has this been deprecated?
> 
> Odd, but looooooow priority to fix. I prefer html tags with <b> and <i> anyway.
> 
> </alert> 

''This''' is bold. I hope this is close enough.

Helmut Leitner (http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?HelmutLeitner) runs Wiki4D and he might be able to change this, but it might create problems since * is already used for bullet lists.

By the way, this newsgroup is more intended for bugs in the compiler and the D Specification. Since Walter doesn't run Wiki4D, so he can't change how Wiki4D works.

Also, when you're in edit mode, there's a list of hints below the edit box, too (they're easier to read on the page):

<quote>
separator: ---- ; highlights: '''bold''', ''italic'', '''''bold and italic''''';
links: JoinedWords, AnotherWiki:WikiPage, {{link in curly brackets}};
lists: * item; ** item; numbered lists: # item; ## item;
pictures: http://.../file.jpg; web pages: http://...html; books: ISBN: code;
titles: =chapter 1=, ==chapter 2=, ===chapter 3=; e-mail: mailto:name@domain.land
tables: [[table] ...lines of comma-separated columns...];
</quote>

Hope that helps.

-- 
Justin (a/k/a jcc7)
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/

> By the way, this newsgroup is more intended for bugs in the compiler and the D Specification. Since Walter doesn't run Wiki4D, so he can't change how Wiki4D works.
>
> Also, when you're in edit mode, there's a list of hints below the edit box, too (they're easier to read on the page):
>

Noted, and thanks for your patience with this newbie going thru D immersion. :-)

Previously, I wondered if the post about the zlib.uncompress was mis-posted. That seemed ok, and I didn't know where the appropriate place for the wiki4d problem should be. I suppose the dsource forum or the actual wiki4d?

Lynn A.

Lynn Allan wrote:
>>By the way, this newsgroup is more intended for bugs in the compiler and
>>the D Specification. Since Walter doesn't run Wiki4D, so he can't change
>>how Wiki4D works.
>>
>>Also, when you're in edit mode, there's a list of hints below the edit
>>box, too (they're easier to read on the page):
> 
> Noted, and thanks for your patience with this newbie going thru D immersion.
> :-)
No problem. You're catching on pretty quick. :)

> Previously, I wondered if the post about the zlib.uncompress was mis-posted.
> That seemed ok, and I didn't know where the appropriate place for the wiki4d
> problem should be. I suppose the dsource forum or the actual wiki4d?
> 
> Lynn A.

We sometimes talk about wikis in the main D newsgroup, but mostly we just discuss wiki stuff by editing the wiki pages.

You can edit a page and ask a question (e.g., I noticed the bold comment on the TestPage before I even saw this thread). Also, you can leave a message in the WikiHelp section on someone's page (such as JustinCalvarese). Every time a page is changed it shows up in "News" (a/k/a RecentChanges), so it's pretty easy to spot when someone's working on something in the wiki. And the "diff" links quickly shows what changed.

-- 
Justin (a/k/a jcc7)
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/