Rendering Shortcuts

Easy ways to save some typing

Some TWiki preferences variables are just shortcuts for convenience, to either save typing or to easily allow line breaks in format strings and the like. These variables are not intended to be customized, though it is not forbidden to do so.

The following variables are classified as rendering shortcuts:

• %BB% - bullet with line break
• %BB2% - level 2 bullet with line break
• %BB3% - level 3 bullet with line break
• %BB4% - level 4 bullet with line break
• %BR% - line break
• %BULLET% - bullet sign
• %CARET% - caret symbol
• %H% - help icon
• %I% - idea icon
• %LAQUO% - left double angle quote
• %M% - moved to... icon
• %N% - "new" icon
• %NBSP% - non-breaking space
• %P% - pencil icon
• %PARENTBC% - parent breadcrumbs for headings
• %Q% - question icon
• %RAQUO% - right double angle quote
• %S% - red star icon
• %T% - tip icon
• %TOPICURL% - shortcut to viewing the current topic
• %U% - "updated" icon
• %VBAR% - vertical bar
• %WIP% - work in progress icon
• %X% - warning icon
• %Y% - "yes" icon

See also:

• TWikiVariables - an alphabetical list of all variables
• TWikiPreferences#RenderingShortcuts - where rendering shortcuts are defined
• TWikiShorthand - summary of the TWiki markup language