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Types of Edits

Before we get started, let's review what changes are okay to make, and what changes are not okay:

Basics

Here is a list of basic wiki information that you will need to know to get started:

• First, to perform edits on the wiki, you must Template:CreateAccount and log in.
• You can create a new page by navigating to http://www.funtoo.org/New_Page_Name. Underscores are the equivalent of spaces. Then select "Create" under the "Actions" menu.
• Whether creating a new page or editing an existing page by clicking "Edit", you will be presented with Web-based text editor that allows you to modify the wikitext of the page. The wikitext is rendered to produce the document you see when you view the page normally.
• Another fun thing you can do is click on your name under the "Account" menu once you have logged in. This will bring you to your "User" page. Then click "Create with Form" unde the "Actions" menu and enter your geographic and other information. This will allow you to be displayed on our Usermap and will also allow your full name to be displayed on Ebuild pages for which you are an author. It's generally a good idea to do this.

Paragraphs

To create a new paragraph, insert a blank line between two lines of text. If a blank line doesn't exist between two lines of wikitext, they will be combined into a single flowing paragraph.

If you leave leading whitespace at the beginning of a line, MediaWiki will render it as pre-formatted text. Beware of this. Here's an example:

foobar

This can rear its ugly head when specifying template parameters, so you will get this:

ugh!

...instead of this:

Page and Section Capitalization

In general, capitalize all words in page names and section heading except:

• Articles: a, an, the
• Coordinating Conjunctions: and, but, or, for, nor, etc.
• Prepositions (fewer than five letters): on, at, to, from, by, etc.

Document Hierarchy

Use section headings to create a document hierarchy for your page. These will define the table of contents that appears at the top of the wiki page. Create chapters, sections and sub-sections as follows:

= Page Title =

== Chapter Title ==

=== Section Title ===

==== SubSection Title ====

In general, when creating new documents, it's best to use level-3 (three "="'s) Section Titles to break up content. Level-2 Section Titles are best used for major sections of larger documents. Use them infrequently. Level-1 Section Titles generally do not need to be used.

Links

Internal links to other wiki pages can be specified as [[pagename]]. To specify an alternate name for the link, use [[pagename|my link name]].

For external links, use [http://funtoo.org my link] to specify a URL. If you want the URL to appear in the wikitext, you can specify it without brackets: http://forums.funtoo.org.

Lists

MediaWiki supports a number of list formats:

• Unordered List
• Unordered Item 2
  • Unordered sub-item

1. Ordered List
2. Ordered Item 2
   1. Ordered sub-item

Term

This is called a "definition list". It is used when defining various terms.

If you need to quote a portion of text from another site, use <blockquote> as follows:

Wikipedia (ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə/ or wɪkiˈpiːdiə/ wik-i-pee-dee-ə) is a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia that is supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Volunteers worldwide collaboratively write Wikipedia's 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.5 million in the English Wikipedia. Anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles, which on the Internet comprise[4] the largest and most popular general reference work.[5][6][7][8][9] In February 2014, The New York Times reported that Wikipedia is ranked fifth globally among all websites stating, "With 18 billion page views and nearly 500 million unique visitors a month..., Wikipedia trails just Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft and Google, the largest with 1.2 billion unique visitors."[10]

Literal Text and HTML Symbols

Here is wikitext for the section above, which I am displaying by placing the literal wikitext between a <pre> and </pre> tag. If you want to disable wikitext processing for an inline span of text, use <nowiki> and </nowiki>. If you want to print out a tag literally, use &#60; and &#62; (In the wikitext, I used &amp;#60; and &amp;#62 to display these!)

* Unordered List
* Unordered Item 2
** Unordered sub-item

# Ordered List
# Ordered Item 2
## Ordered sub-item

;Term: This is called a "definition list". It is used when defining various terms.

If you need to quote a portion of text from another site, use <tt><blockquote></tt> as follows:

<blockquote>
Wikipedia (ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə/ or wɪkiˈpiːdiə/ wik-i-pee-dee-ə) is a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free-access, 
free content Internet encyclopedia that is supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Volunteers
worldwide collaboratively write Wikipedia's 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.5 million in the 
English Wikipedia. Anyone who can access the site can edit almost any of its articles, which on the Internet 
comprise[4] the largest and most popular general reference work.[5][6][7][8][9] In February 2014, The New York 
Times reported that Wikipedia is ranked fifth globally among all websites stating, "With 18 billion page views 
and nearly 500 million unique visitors a month..., Wikipedia trails just Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft and Google, 
the largest with 1.2 billion unique visitors."[10]
</blockquote>

Linking to Packages

To link to a package page, use the Package template:

{{Package|sys-apps/portage}}

This template will create a link to the official wiki page for sys-apps/portage, and render using the official "English" page name, as follows:

{{#vardefine:pkg|{{#cargo_query: tables=ebuilds|default=|where=CatPkg="sys-apps/portage"}}}}{{#var:pkg}}

If you specify a yet-to-be-documented ebuild, it will render like this (which is okay -- it will encourage people to document it):

{{#vardefine:pkg|{{#cargo_query: tables=ebuilds|default=|where=CatPkg="sys-foo/undocumented-ebuild"}}}}{{#var:pkg}}

Tables

Instead of using traditional MediaWiki table wikitext, use the following format:

{{TableStart}}
<tr class="info"><th>Header 1</th><th>Header 2</th></tr>
<tr><td>Value 1</td><td>Value 2</td></tr>
<tr><td>Value 3</td><td>Value 4</td></tr>
{{TableEnd}}

This wil render as follows:

Some helper macros are now available which make it easier to define two and three-column tables. Use 2Col for normal two-column row, 2ColHead for 2-column header, and 3Col for 3-column row and 3ColHead for 3-column header:

{{TableStart}}
{{2ColHead|Sub-Profile|Description}}
{{2Col|{{c|arch}}|One arch profile is enabled, at build time, and is not changed. This defines CPU architecture-specific settings.}}
{{2Col|{{c|subarch}}|One subarch profile is typically enabled at build time, and defines the CPU optimizations in use.}}
{{2Col|{{c|build}}|One build profile is enabled, at build time, and is generally not changed. It defines the type of build, such as {{c|current}} or {{c|stable}}, and associated settings.}}
{{2Col|{{c|flavor}}|One flavor is enabled per system, and can be changed by the user. This defines the general use of the system, such as {{c|minimal}}, {{c|core}}, {{c|workstation}} or {{c|desktop}}}}
{{2Col|{{c|mix-ins}}|Zero or more mix-ins can be enabled that enable settings specific to a particular subset of features, such as {{c|gnome}}, {{c|kde}}, {{c|media}}, {{c|mate}}, {{c|X}}, {{c|hardened}}.}}
{{TableEnd}}

Which renders as follows:

It is possible to use the following CSS classes with tr (rows) and td/th elements to color them as desired:

Displaying Source Code

To display source code, use can use the file template, specifying a lang= parameter:

{{file|name=foobar|lang=python|desc=foobarosity|body=
import system
}}

This will produce:

The parameters name (filename), lang (language for syntax highlighting) and desc (Description, appearing as a caption) are optional. For a list of supported languages, see this list.

Displaying Text File Contents

For displaying the contents of non-programming language text files (like config files), you have two options. You can enclose your lines within <pre> tags, or use the new file template. The file template is used like so:

{{file|name=/etc/foo.conf|desc=My foo.conf file|body=
# /etc/host.conf:
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/extra/etc/host.conf,v 1.1 2006/09/29
}}

This will produce:

# /etc/host.conf:
# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/src/patchsets/glibc/extra/etc/host.conf,v 1.1 2006/09/29

Console

To display console output, use the {{console}} template:

For a root console:

{{console|body=
###i## run a command as root
}}

Produces: <console>###i## run a command as root</console>

For a non-root console:

{{console|body=
$ ##i##run a command as user
}}

Produces: <console>$ ##i##run a command as user</console>

If you need to end highlighting of user input prior to the end of a line, use ##!i## to mark the end of the highlighted area.

The following special character sequences are also available:

• ##g## - Green
• ##y## - Yellow
• ##bl## - Blue
• ##r## - Red
• ##b## - Bold

Please use the above coloring options sparingly. It is sometimes nice to use them to get wiki console output to match the colors that are displayed on a Linux console. Also note that for every color above, there is a matching ##!(colorcode)## option to turn color off prior to end of line.

Here is an example of its use:<console># ##i##bluetoothctl [##g##NEW##!g##] Controller 00:02:72:C9:62:65 antec [default]

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##power on

Changing power on succeeded

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##agent on

Agent registered

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##scan on

Discovery started

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##devices

Device 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 Logitech K760

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##pair 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75

Attempting to pair with 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 [##y##CHG##!y##] Device 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 Connected: yes

1. 1. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: 454358
   2. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: ##i##4##!i##54358
   3. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: ##i##45##!i##4358
   4. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: ##i##454##!i##358
   5. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: ##i##4543##!i##58
   6. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: ##i##45435##!i##8
   7. r##[agent]##!r## Passkey: ##i##454358##!i##

[##y##CHG##!y##] Device 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 Paired: yes Pairing successful [##y##CHG##!y##] Device 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 Connected: no

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##connect 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75

Attempting to connect to 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 [##y##CHG##!y##] Device 00:1F:20:3D:1E:75 Connected: yes Connection successful

1. 1. bl##[bluetooth]##!bl### ##i##quit

[##r##DEL##!r##] Controller 00:02:72:C9:62:65 antec [default]

1. </console>

Informational Messages

Notes, warnings, tips, and important templates can be used for informational messages that need to be offset from the regular text flow:

{{note|this is a note}}

{{important|this is important}}

{{warning|this is a warning}}

{{tip|this is a tip}}

Note that these templates used to be called fancynote, fancytip, etc. The "fancy" names have been deprecated but will still be supported for the forseeable future.

Kernelop

To display kernel configuration options, we encourage you to use the kernelop template. To use the kernelop template, create an entry similar to the following example:

{{kernelop|title=foo,bar|desc=
kernel options pasted from "make menuconfig"
}} 

Adding this entry will give you the following output: Under {{#replace:foo,bar|,| --> }}:

kernel options

Here's a more concrete example: Under {{#replace:File systems|,| --> }}:

<M> Second extended fs support          
[ ]   Ext2 extended attributes          
[ ]   Ext2 execute in place support     
<M> Ext3 journalling file system support

Examples of usage:

• Package:AMD Catalyst Video Drivers
• Package:ACPI Daemon
• Microcode

Discussion Pages

In MediaWiki, every "regular" wiki page has a corresponding "Talk" or "Discussion" page which has a page name prefixed by "Talk:" -- you can get to this page by going to the "Action" menu, and then choosing the "Discussion" menu item. These talk pages are typically used to discuss the edits that are going on in the "main" wiki page. The problem with talk pages is that they are kind of a pain to use. However, we have a way to fix that. If you want to enable a DISQUS-based mini-forum on a talk page, insert the following wikitext on the Talk page:

{{DISQUS}}

...and presto! You will now have DISQUS-powered mini-forums to discuss whatever you want about your wiki page.

Marking Pages as Needing Updates

If you find outdated wiki content, but you don't have the time or ability to update it, add one of the following templates to the wikitext of the page. This will add the page to the Needs Updates Category so we can identify pages that need updating:

{{PageNeedsUpdates}}
{{SectionNeedsUpdates}}

Examples of usage:

• UEFI Install Guide
• Package:MediaWiki
• Clang

Inline Code

To emphasize commands, and other technical jargon when they appear inline in a paragraph, use the {{c}} template. When referencing files, use the {{f}} template.

The {{f|/etc/fstab}} file is an important one. Another important file is {{f|/boot/grub/grub.cfg}}. The {{c|emerge}} command is really nifty.

This example produces the following output:

The /etc/fstab{{#cargo_store: _table=files |Filename={{#explode:/etc/fstab|/|-1}} }} file is an important one. Another important file is /boot/grub/grub.cfg{{#cargo_store: _table=files |Filename={{#explode:/boot/grub/grub.cfg|/|-1}} }}. The emerge command is really nifty.

Translations

We are starting to use the official MediaWiki Translate extension for translating page contents. To get a page ready for translation, add the following text around the existing wikitext and save it:

<languages/>
<translate>
... existing wikitext
</translate>

Then save the page. In practice, you can use multiple <translate> tags to surround the text that actually needs translation, and leave code excerpts and console output outside these tags. The page can now be marked for translation on a "snippet by snippet" basis. The Translate extension automatically manages this process, so that anyone can join in on the translation effort, and changes to the original English wikitext are tracked, so that updated versions of documents are tagged as needing re-translation.

Slideshow

Any page has the capability of displaying a slideshow. Adding a slideshow to a page involves three steps:

1. Upload Images
2. Define Slides
3. Add Slideshow to page

Upload Images

To upload images, head to Special:Upload and upload a file. It is highly recommended to upload JPEG format images in high resolution -- MediaWiki will handle scaling JPEG automatically, saving bandwidth, but does not do this for PNG. Make sure that all images you upload have the same dimensions. When you upload, make note of the Destination Filename field -- this is the name that the upload will use when you reference it in your slide. It is recommended that you choose a simple descriptive name ending in ".jpg" for the Destination Filename.

Define Slides

Once images have been uploaded, you must define slides. To define slides on a page, you enter special semantic information about the slide on the page that it will be displayed, in the following format:

{{#subobject:|slideIndex=0|slideCaption=
== Wikitext Here ==
This is a fantastic slide!
|slideImage=File:Fruit.jpg|slideLink=PageName}}

Here are some important instructions regarding defining slides:

• slideIndex must be 0 for the first slide, 1 for the second slide, etc. Numbers must be unique and incrementing from zero, and not doing this will result in slideshow display errors (but can be easily fixed by correcting the wikitext.)
• slideCaption= can contain wikitext, such as headings and links. The best way to enter slideCaption is as above -- type a literal slideCaption=, followed by enter, then specify your wikitext, and terminate the caption by a single pipe character on the following line. Pipe characters are used to separate arguments from each other.
• Specify your image name in the slideImage field. Your slideImage will have a name of File:myname.jpg, where myname.jpg is the Destination Filename you used when uploading the image.
• An optional parameter called slideLink= can be provided to allow the image to be clickable and link to another wiki page. If it is omitted, then the image will not be clickable.

Add Slideshow to Page

Once the slides have been added to the page, you can add the following text to your page at the point you'd like the slideshow to appear:

{{Slideshow}}

YouTube Videos (Screencasts, etc.)

Screencasting is an easy method to explain complex tasks. Take for instance youtu.be/5KDei5mBfSg and chop off the id and insert it into the following syntax to produce a video example.

{{#widget:YouTube16x9|id=5KDei5mBfSg}}

{{#widget:YouTube16x9|id=5KDei5mBfSg}}

Most YouTube videos are in 16x9 format and should use the YouTube16x9 widget. There is also a YouTube4x3 widget for videos with a 4x3 aspect ratio.