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Due to the inherent coding within our wiki's software, you cannot use the double colon marker to denote actions within a SIM. Therefore, you will want to follow the instructions below for how to format a SIM on the wiki.  
Due to the inherent coding within our wiki's software, you cannot use the double colon marker to denote actions within a SIM. Therefore, you will want to follow the instructions below for how to format a SIM on the wiki.  


==Double Colons -> Italicizing==
==Double Colons==
You cannot use double colons at the beginning of a line, because it forces the wiki to think you're attempting to indent the line, like so:
You cannot use double colons at the beginning of a line, because it forces the wiki to think you're attempting to indent the line, like so:


::Joe moved to the window.::
::Joe moved to the window.::


Thus, instead of using a double colon on the wiki to denote actions, instead simply use italicizing to get the desired effect. Here's an example:  
The quick fix is to simply put the following tags before and after the colons: <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki>


<nowiki>''Joe moved to the window.''</nowiki>
Like so:
 
<nowiki><nowiki>::</nowiki></nowiki>Joe moved to the window.::


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Revision as of 17:17, 16 July 2005

Due to the inherent coding within our wiki's software, you cannot use the double colon marker to denote actions within a SIM. Therefore, you will want to follow the instructions below for how to format a SIM on the wiki.

Double Colons

You cannot use double colons at the beginning of a line, because it forces the wiki to think you're attempting to indent the line, like so:

Joe moved to the window.::

The quick fix is to simply put the following tags before and after the colons: <nowiki></nowiki>

Like so:

<nowiki>::</nowiki>Joe moved to the window.::