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PmWiki uses [[WikiStyles]] for styling text with color and other attributes.  PmWiki 2.0 introduced the ability to control the styling further and to even place styles on blocks.

A  style is specified within a pair of %-signs and styles the text that follows, as in:

(:markup:) [=
This text is %color=red% red, %color=blue% blue, %% and normal (black).
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There are a wide number of available style properties, borrowed primarily from HTML and CSS.  In addition, an author can define a style "shortcut" by using the [@define=@] property.  For example, to define a style of [@%red%@], one can use:

(:markup:) [=
%color=red define=mystyle%
Here is some %mystyle% red text created using a style shortcut.
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Shortcuts can be combined with other styles, including other shortcuts:

(:markup:) [=
%color=red define=lovelyred%
%bgcolor=yellow define=likegrapefruit%

%red% This text is red, %red bgcolor=#ccc% red on a grey background, and %lovelyred likegrapefruit% red on a yellow background.  
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So far, this is all basically the same as what was available in PmWiki 1.0.  PmWiki 2.0 includes the capability to style blocks, by using the [@apply=@] style property.  Specifying [@apply=block@] in a `WikiStyle will cause that style to be applied to the entire block, instead of just the text that follows:

(:markup:) [=
This entire block %apply=block bgcolor=yellow% has a yellow background, even though the `WikiStyle appears in the middle of the line.  %bgcolor=pink% Other inline (non-block) WikiStyles can appear in the middle of the line,%% as before.
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This means it's now possible to do right-aligned and centered text:

(:markup:) [=
%block text-align=right% The text of this paragraph is right-aligned. 

%block text-align=center% The text of this paragraph is centered.  
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In fact, PmWiki predefines [@%right%@] and [@%center%@] style shortcuts so that you can do this more simply:

(:markup:) [=
%right% This is right-aligned.

%center% This is centered.
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Authors can define their own custom styles:

(:markup:) [=
%block bgcolor=#fdf define=Pm%
%center bgcolor=#dfd border='3px dotted green' define=goofy%
%right bgcolor=#ffffcc border='1px dotted red' padding=5px define=rediguana%
%define=strike text-decoration=line-through%

%Pm% Any text that is on a light purple background is a comment from "Pm".

%goofy% Here's some text from Goofy.

%rediguana% bla bla by rediguana!

%goofy%Hello, I am %strike%upset%% %strike%disheartened%% happy to meet you.
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Styles can be applied to almost any kind of block:

(:markup:) [=
* %block bgcolor=yellow% Here is a list item
* Here's another list item

* Here's more of a list

# A new list
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In particular, this means that outlines are now possible using the predefined [@%ROMAN%@], [@%roman%@], [@%ALPHA%@], and [@%alpha%@] list-block styles.  The style has to be specified on the first item in the list (and we may develop an alternate syntax for this sort of ordered list):

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# %ROMAN% Top level
## %ALPHA% second-level
## second-level
## second-level
### third-level
### third-level
## second-level
### third-level
#### %alpha% fourth-level
##### %roman% fifth-level
##### fifth-level
#### fourth-level
# top-level
# top-level
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[[WikiStyles]] can be combined with CSS stylesheets to do this automatically -- see [[Cookbook:OutlineLists]].


!! Q & A

!!! How do I get a block of preformatted text?

Use something similar to this (assuming you want markup within the block to be interpreted as wiki markup and URIs to be recognized).

(:markup:)
>>white-space=pre<<
This block of text is ''preformatted'', see all   the   white-space
and   linebreaks
are preserverd. Links such as [[wiki styles]] etc still work.
>><<
(:markupend:)

!!! How do I get a block of preformatted text with a colored background and a border?

Use something similar to this (note that wiki markup etc is not recognized within the block):

(:markup:)
%block bgcolor=#f0f9ff border='1px solid gray' padding=5px%[@
ip access-list extended example-acl
remark ** This is an example acl **
deny ip any host 10.0.0.1
permit ip any any
@]
(:markupend:)


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