EmacsWiki: How To Edit (original) (raw)

A wiki is a collaborative web site. You can contribute. Before doing so, take a moment to visit WikiOrganization to learn how EmacsWiki is organized.

How to edit and contribute

• Edit an existing wiki page by clicking the “Edit this page” link at the bottom of the page or by pressing a keyboard shortcut.
  • In most browsers: Alt e,
  • Firefox in Mac OS X: Ctrl Alt e.
  • Firefox in Windows/Linux: Alt Shift e.
  • See AccessKey for a complete list of shortcuts and more information.
• Yaoddmuse mode– edit EmacsWiki in Emacs. It is a rewrite of OddmuseMode and should work in other Oddmuse wikis as well.
• TextFormattingRules – How to format a wiki page, create links, and so on. The Emacs Wiki uses the Oddmuse wiki engine, which defines the formatting rules.
• CreateNewPages – How to create new wiki pages. A good way to start your first page is by adding your UserName to CategoryHomepage.
• DeletedPage – Deleting pages.
• StyleGuide – how to write well and help your neighbour
• ElispArea – How to upload an Emacs Lisp file.
• UploadingImages – How to add images to wiki pages.
• UserName – How to sign your wiki contributions with your user name.
• UsingPortraits – How to use an image (“avatar”) for discussion

Policy

• MinorEdit – About the “This change is a minor edit” checkbox.
• IfYouRenameOrDeletePages – If you rename or delete an EmacsWiki page you’re responsible for fixing any links that pointed to the page.
• PageRedirection – Redirecting requests for a page to another page.
• TranslationHelp – How to translate pages, and how to link to translations
• AppropriateMedia – When to use the wiki.
• CrossPosting – About crossposting messages from other discussion media.

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