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+# Welcome to Gitit!
+
+This is the front page of your new gitit wiki. You can edit this
+page by clicking on the "edit" tab at the top of the screen.
+For instructions on how to make a link to another wiki page, see [the
+Help page](Help#wiki-links). To create a new wiki page, just create a
+link to it and follow the link.
+
+Help is always available through the "Help" link in the sidebar.
+More details on installing and configurating gitit are available
+in the [Gitit User's Guide]().
+
+asdf \ No newline at end of file
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+Gitit
+=====
+
+Gitit is a wiki program written in Haskell. It uses [Happstack][]
+for the web server and [pandoc][] for markup processing. Pages and
+uploaded files are stored in a [git][] or [darcs][] repository and may
+be modified either by using the VCS's command-line tools or through the
+wiki's web interface. By default, pandoc's extended version of markdown
+is used as a markup language, but reStructuredText, LaTeX, or HTML
+can also be used. Pages can be exported in a number of different
+formats, including LaTeX, RTF, OpenOffice ODT, and MediaWiki markup.
+Gitit can be configured to display TeX math (using [texmath][]) and
+highlighted source code (using [highlighting-kate][]).
+
+Other features include
+
+* plugins: dynamically loaded page transformations written in Haskell
+ (see "Network.Gitit.Interface")
+
+* categories
+
+* TeX math
+
+* syntax highlighting of source code files and code snippets (using
+ highlighting-kate)
+
+* caching
+
+* Atom feeds (site-wide and per-page)
+
+* a library, "Network.Gitit", that makes it simple to include a gitit
+ wiki in any happstack application
+
+You can see a running demo at <http://gitit.johnmacfarlane.net>.
+
+[git]: http://git.or.cz
+[darcs]: http://darcs.net
+[pandoc]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc
+[Happstack]: http://happstack.com
+[highlighting-kate]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/highlighting-kate/
+[texmath]: http://github.com/jgm/texmath/tree/master
+
+Getting started
+===============
+
+Compiling and installing gitit
+------------------------------
+
+You'll need the [GHC][] compiler and the [cabal-install][] tool. GHC can
+be downloaded [here][]. Note that, starting with release 0.5, GHC 6.10
+or higher is required. For [cabal-install][] on *nix, follow the [quick
+install][] instructions.
+
+[GHC]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
+[here]: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/
+[cabal-install]: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/wiki/CabalInstall
+[quick install]: http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/wiki/CabalInstall#Quick Installation on Unix
+
+Once you've got cabal-install, installing gitit is trivial:
+
+ cabal update
+ cabal install gitit
+
+These commands will install the latest released version of gitit.
+To install a version of gitit checked out from the repository,
+change to the gitit directory and type:
+
+ cabal install
+
+The `cabal` tool will automatically install all of the required haskell
+libraries. If all goes well, by the end of this process, the latest
+release of gitit will be installed in your local `.cabal` directory. You
+can check this by trying:
+
+ gitit --version
+
+If that doesn't work, check to see that `gitit` is in your local
+cabal-install executable directory (usually `~/.cabal/bin`). And make
+sure `~/.cabal/bin` is in your system path.
+
+Optional syntax highlighting support
+------------------------------------
+
+If pandoc was compiled with optional syntax highlighting support,
+this will be available in gitit too. This feature is recommended
+if you plan to display source code on your wiki.
+
+Highlighting support requires the [pcre][] library, so make sure that
+is installed before continuing.
+
+[pcre]: http://www.pcre.org/
+
+To install gitit with highlighting support, first ensure that pandoc
+is compiled with highlighting support, then install gitit as above:
+
+ cabal install pandoc -fhighlighting --reinstall
+ cabal install gitit
+
+Running gitit
+-------------
+
+To run gitit, you'll need [git][] in your system path. (Or
+[darcs][], if you're using darcs to store the wiki data.)
+
+Gitit assumes that the page files (stored in the git repository) are
+encoded as UTF-8. Even page names may be UTF-8 if the file system
+supports this. So you should make sure that you are using a UTF-8 locale
+when running gitit. (To check this, type `locale`.)
+
+Switch to the directory where you want to run gitit. This should be a
+directory where you have write access, since three directories, `static`,
+`templates`, and `wikidata`, and two files, `gitit-users` and `gitit.log`,
+will be created here. To start gitit, just type:
+
+ gitit
+
+If all goes well, gitit will do the following:
+
+ 1. Create a git repository, `wikidata`, and add a default front page.
+ 2. Create a `static` directory containing files to be treated as
+ static files by gitit.
+ 3. Create a `templates` directory containing HStringTemplate templates
+ for wiki pages.
+ 4. Start a web server on port 5001.
+
+Check that it worked: open a web browser and go to
+<http://localhost:5001>.
+
+Using gitit
+===========
+
+Wiki links and formatting
+-------------------------
+
+For instructions on editing pages and creating links, see the "Help" page.
+
+Gitit interprets links with empty URLs as wikilinks. Thus, in markdown
+pages, `[Front Page]()` creates an internal wikilink to the page `Front
+Page`. In reStructuredText pages, `` `Front Page <>`_ `` has the same
+effect.
+
+If you want to link to a directory listing for a subdirectory, use a
+trailing slash: `[foo/bar/]()` creates a link to the directory for
+`foo/bar`.
+
+Page metadata
+-------------
+
+Pages may optionally begin with a metadata block. Here is an example:
+
+ ---
+ format: latex+lhs
+ categories: haskell math
+ toc: no
+ title: Haskell and
+ Category Theory
+ ...
+
+ \section{Why Category Theory?}
+
+The metadata block consists of a list of key-value pairs, each on a
+separate line. If needed, the value can be continued on one or more
+additional line, which must begin with a space. (This is illustrated by
+the "title" example above.) The metadata block must begin with a line
+`---` and end with a line `...` optionally followed by one or more blank
+lines. (The metadata block is a valid YAML document, though not all YAML
+documents will be valid metadata blocks.)
+
+Currently the following keys are supported:
+
+format
+: Overrides the default page type as specified in the configuration file.
+ Possible values are `markdown`, `rst`, `latex`, `html`, `markdown+lhs`,
+ `rst+lhs`, `latex+lhs`. (Capitalization is ignored, so you can also
+ use `LaTeX`, `HTML`, etc.) The `+lhs` variants indicate that the page
+ is to be interpreted as literate Haskell. If this field is missing,
+ the default page type will be used.
+
+categories
+: A space or comma separated list of categories to which the page belongs.
+
+toc
+: Overrides default setting for table-of-contents in the configuration file.
+ Values can be `yes`, `no`, `true`, or `false` (capitalization is ignored).
+
+title
+: By default the displayed page title is the page name. This metadata element
+ overrides that default.
+
+Highlighted source code
+-----------------------
+
+If gitit was compiled against a version of pandoc that has highlighting
+support (see above), you can get highlighted source code by using
+[delimited code blocks][]:
+
+ ~~~ {.haskell .numberLines}
+ qsort [] = []
+ qsort (x:xs) = qsort (filter (< x) xs) ++ [x] ++
+ qsort (filter (>= x) xs)
+ ~~~
+
+To see what languages your pandoc was compiled to highlight:
+
+ pandoc -v
+
+[delimited code blocks]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#delimited-code-blocks
+
+Configuring and customizing gitit
+=================================
+
+Configuration options
+---------------------
+
+You can set some configuration options when starting gitit, using the
+option `-f [filename]`. To get a copy of the default configuration file,
+which you can customize, just type:
+
+ gitit --print-default-config > default.conf
+
+The default configuration file is documented with comments throughout.
+
+The `static` directory
+----------------------
+
+On receiving a request, gitit always looks first in the `static`
+directory (or in whatever directory is specified for `static-dir` in
+the configuration file). If a file corresponding to the request is
+found there, it is served immediately. If the file is not found in
+`static`, gitit next looks in the `static` subdirectory of gitit's data
+file (`$CABALDIR/share/gitit-x.y.z/data`). This is where default css,
+images, and javascripts are stored. If the file is not found there
+either, gitit treats the request as a request for a wiki page or wiki
+command.
+
+So, you can throw anything you want to be served statically (for
+example, a `robots.txt` file or `favicon.ico`) in the `static`
+directory. You can override any of gitit's default css, javascript, or
+image files by putting a file with the same relative path in `static`.
+Note that gitit has a default `robots.txt` file that excludes all
+URLs beginning with `/_`.
+
+Note: if you set `static-dir` to be a subdirectory of `repository-path`,
+and then add the files in the static directory to your repository, you
+can ensure that others who clone your wiki repository get these files
+as well. It will not be possible to modify these files using the web
+interface, but they will be modifiable via git.
+
+Using darcs instead of git
+--------------------------
+
+By default, gitit will store wiki pages in a git repository in the
+`wikidata` directory. If you'd prefer to use darcs instead of git,
+you need to add the following field to the configuration file:
+
+ repository-type: Darcs
+
+This program may be called "darcsit" instead of "gitit" when a darcs
+backend is used.
+
+Note: we recommend that you use gitit/darcsit with darcs version
+2.3.0 or greater. If you must use an older version of darcs, then
+you need to compile the filestore library without the (default)
+maxcount flag, before (re)installing gitit:
+
+ cabal install --reinstall filestore -f-maxcount
+ cabal install --reinstall gitit
+
+Otherwise you will get an error when you attempt to access your
+repository.
+
+Changing the theme
+------------------
+
+To change the look of the wiki, you can modify `custom.css` in
+`static/css`.
+
+To change the look of printed pages, copy gitit's default `print.css`
+to `static/css` and modify it.
+
+The logo picture can be changed by copying a new PNG file to
+`static/img/logo.png`.
+
+To change the footer, modify `templates/footer.st`.
+
+For more radical changes, you can override any of the default
+templates in `$CABALDIR/share/gitit-x.y.z/templates` by copying
+the file into `templates` and modifying it. The `page.st` template is
+the master template; it includes the others. Interpolated variables are
+surrounded by `$`s, so `literal $` must be backslash-escaped.
+
+Adding support for math
+-----------------------
+
+To write math on a markdown-formatted wiki page, just enclose it
+in dollar signs, as in LaTeX:
+
+ Here is a formula: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{c^2}}$
+
+You can write display math by enclosing it in double dollar signs:
+
+ $$\frac{1}{\sqrt{c^2}}$$
+
+Gitit can display TeX math in three different ways, depending on the
+setting of `math` in the configuration file:
+
+1. `mathml` (default): Math will be converted to MathML using
+ [texmath][]. This method works with IE+mathplayer, Firefox, and
+ Opera, but not Safari.
+
+2. `jsMath`: Math will be rendered using the [jsMath][] javascript.
+ If you want to use this method, download `jsMath` and `jsMath
+ Image Fonts` from the [jsMath download page][]. You'll have two
+ `.zip` archives. Unzip them both in the `static/js` directory (a new
+ subdirectory, `jsMath`, will be created). This works with all
+ browsers, but is slower and not as nice looking as MathML.
+
+3. `raw`: Math will be rendered as raw LaTeX codes.
+
+[jsMath download page]: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=172663
+
+Plugins
+=======
+
+Plugins are small Haskell programs that transform a wiki page after it
+has been converted from Markdown or RST. See the example plugins in the
+`plugins` directory. To enable a plugin, include the path to the plugin
+(or its module name) in the `plugins` field of the configuration file.
+(If the plugin name starts with `Network.Gitit.Plugin.`, gitit will assume that
+the plugin is an installed module and will not look for a source file.)
+
+Plugin support is enabled by default. However, plugin support makes
+the gitit executable considerably larger and more memory-hungry.
+If you don't need plugins, you may want to compile gitit without plugin
+support. To do this, unset the `plugins` Cabal flag:
+
+ cabal install --reinstall gitit -f-plugins
+
+Note also that if you compile gitit for executable profiling, attempts
+to load plugins will result in "internal error: PAP object entered!"
+
+Accessing the wiki via git or darcs
+===================================
+
+All the pages and uploaded files are stored in a git or darcs
+repository. By default, this lives in the `wikidata` directory (though
+this can be changed through configuration options). So you can interact
+with the wiki using git command line tools:
+
+ git clone ssh://my.server.edu/path/of/wiki/wikidata
+ cd wikidata
+ vim Front\ Page.page # edit the page
+ git commit -m "Added message about wiki etiquette" Front\ Page.page
+ git push
+
+If you now look at the Front Page on the wiki, you should see your changes
+reflected there. Note that the pages all have the extension `.page`.
+
+Caching
+=======
+
+By default, gitit does not cache content. If your wiki receives a lot of
+traffic or contains pages that are slow to render, you may want to activate
+caching. To do this, set the configuration option `use-cache` to `yes`.
+By default, rendered pages and highlighted source files will be cached
+in the `cache` directory. (Another directory can be specified by setting
+the `cache-dir` configuration option.)
+
+Cached pages are updated when pages are modified using the web
+interface. They are not updated when pages are modified directly through
+git or darcs. However, the cache can be refreshed manually by pressing
+Ctrl-R when viewing a page, or by sending an HTTP GET or POST request to
+`/_expire/path/to/page`, where `path/to/page` is the name of the page to
+be expired.
+
+Users who frequently update pages using git or darcs may wish to add a
+hook to the repository that makes the appropriate HTTP request to expire
+pages when they are updated. To facilitate such hooks, the gitit cabal
+package includes an executable `expireGititCache`. Assuming you are
+running gitit at port 5001 on localhost, and the environment variable
+`CHANGED_FILES` contains a list of the files that have changed, you can
+expire their cached versions using
+
+ expireGititCache http://localhost:5001 $CHANGED_FILES
+
+Or you can specify the files directly:
+
+ expireGititCache http://localhost:5001 "Front Page.page" foo/bar/baz.c
+
+This program will return a success status (0) if the page has been
+successfully expired (or if it was never cached in the first place),
+and a failure status (> 0) otherwise.
+
+The cache is persistent through restarts of gitit. To expire all cached
+pages, simply remove the `cache` directory.
+
+Using gitit with apache
+=======================
+
+Most users who run a public-facing gitit will want gitit to appear
+at a nice URL like `http://wiki.mysite.com` or
+`http://mysite.com/wiki` rather than `http://mysite.com:5001`.
+This can be achieved using apache's `mod_proxy`.
+
+Proxying to `http://wiki.mysite.com`
+------------------------------------
+
+Set up your DNS so that `http://wiki.mysite.com` maps to
+your server's IP address. Make sure that the `mod_proxy` module is
+loaded, and set up a virtual host with the following configuration:
+
+ <VirtualHost *>
+ ServerName wiki.mysite.com
+ DocumentRoot /var/www/
+ RewriteEngine On
+ ProxyPreserveHost On
+ ProxyRequests Off
+
+ <Proxy *>
+ Order deny,allow
+ Allow from all
+ </Proxy>
+
+ ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:5001
+ RewriteRule ^(.*) http://127.0.0.1:5001$1 [P]
+
+ ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
+ LogLevel warn
+
+ CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
+ ServerSignature On
+
+ </VirtualHost>
+
+Reload your apache configuration and you should be all set.
+
+Proxying to `http://mysite.com/wiki`
+------------------------------------
+
+Make sure the `mod_proxy`, `mod_headers`, `mod_proxy_http`,
+and `mod_proxy_html` modules are loaded. `mod_proxy_html`
+is an external module, which can be obtained [here]
+(http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/). It rewrites URLs that
+occur in web pages. Here we will use it to rewrite gitit's links so that
+they all begin with `/wiki/`.
+
+First, tell gitit not to compress pages, since `mod_proxy_html` needs
+uncompressed pages to parse. You can do this by setting the gitit
+configuration option
+
+ compress-responses: no
+
+Second, modify the link in the `reset-password-message` in the
+configuration file: instead of
+
+ http://$hostname$:$port$$resetlink$
+
+set it to
+
+ http://$hostname$/wiki$resetlink$
+
+Restart gitit.
+
+Now add the following lines to the apache configuration file for the
+`mysite.com` server:
+
+ # These commands will proxy /wiki/ to port 5001
+
+ ProxyRequests Off
+
+ <Proxy *>
+ Order deny,allow
+ Allow from all
+ </Proxy>
+
+ ProxyPass /wiki/ http://127.0.0.1:5001/
+
+ <Location /wiki/>
+ SetOutputFilter proxy-html
+ ProxyPassReverse /
+ ProxyHTMLURLMap / /wiki/
+ RequestHeader unset Accept-Encoding
+ </Location>
+
+Reload your apache configuration and you should be set.
+
+For further information on the use of `mod_proxy_http` to rewrite URLs,
+see the [`mod_proxy_html` guide].
+
+[`mod_proxy_html` guide]: http://apache.webthing.com/mod_proxy_html/guide.html
+
+Using gitit as a library
+========================
+
+By importing the module `Network.Gitit`, you can include a gitit wiki
+(or several of them) in another happstack application. There are some
+simple examples in the haddock documentation for `Network.Gitit`.
+
+Reporting bugs
+==============
+
+Bugs may be reported (and feature requests filed) at
+<http://code.google.com/p/gitit/issues/list>.
+
+There is a mailing list for users and developers at
+<http://groups.google.com/group/gitit-discuss>.
+
+Acknowledgements
+================
+
+A number of people have contributed patches:
+
+- Gwern Branwen helped to optimize gitit and wrote the
+ InterwikiPlugin. He also helped with the Feed module.
+- Simon Michael contributed the patch adding RST support.
+- Henry Laxen added support for password resets and helped with
+ the apache proxy instructions.
+- Anton van Straaten made the process of page generation
+ more modular by adding Gitit.ContentTransformer.
+- Robin Green helped improve the plugin API and interface, and
+ fixed a security problem with the reset password code.
+- Thomas Hartman helped improve the index page, making directory
+ browsing persistent.
+- Justin Bogner improved the appearance of the preview button.
+- Kohei Ozaki contributed the ImgTexPlugin.
+- mightybyte suggested making gitit available as a library,
+ and contributed a patch to ifLoggedIn that was needed to
+ make gitit usable with a custom authentication scheme.
+
+I am especially grateful to the darcs team for using darcsit for
+their public-facing wiki. This has helped immensely in identifying
+issues and improving performance.
+
+Gitit's default visual layout is shamelessly borrowed from Wikipedia.
+The stylesheets are influenced by Wikipedia's stylesheets and by the
+bluetrip CSS framework (see BLUETRIP-LICENSE). Some of the icons in
+`img/icons` come from bluetrip as well.
+
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+# Navigating
+
+The most natural way of navigating is by clicking wiki links that
+connect one page with another. The "Front page" link in the navigation
+bar will always take you to the Front Page of the wiki. The "All pages"
+link will take you to a list of all pages on the wiki (organized into
+folders if directories are used). Alternatively, you can search using
+the search box. Note that the search is set to look for whole words, so
+if you are looking for "gremlins", type that and not "gremlin".
+The "go" box will take you directly to the page you type.
+
+# Creating and modifying pages
+
+## Registering for an account
+
+In order to modify pages, you'll need to be logged in. To register
+for an account, just click the "register" button in the bar on top
+of the screen. You'll be asked to choose a username and a password,
+which you can use to log in in the future by clicking the "login"
+button. While you are logged in, these buttons are replaced by
+a "logout so-and-so" button, which you should click to log out
+when you are finished.
+
+Note that logins are persistent through session cookies, so if you
+don't log out, you'll still be logged in when you return to the
+wiki from the same browser in the future.
+
+## Editing a page
+
+To edit a page, just click the "edit" button at the bottom right corner
+of the page.
+
+You can click "Preview" at any time to see how your changes will look.
+Nothing is saved until you press "Save."
+
+Note that you must provide a description of your changes. This is to
+make it easier for others to see how a wiki page has been changed.
+
+## Page metadata
+
+Pages may optionally begin with a metadata block. Here is an example:
+
+ ---
+ format: latex+lhs
+ categories: haskell math
+ toc: no
+ title: Haskell and
+ Category Theory
+ ...
+
+ \section{Why Category Theory?}
+
+The metadata block consists of a list of key-value pairs, each on a
+separate line. If needed, the value can be continued on one or more
+additional line, which must begin with a space. (This is illustrated by
+the "title" example above.) The metadata block must begin with a line
+`---` and end with a line `...` optionally followed by one or more blank
+lines.
+
+Currently the following keys are supported:
+
+format
+: Overrides the default page type as specified in the configuration file.
+ Possible values are `markdown`, `rst`, `latex`, `html`, `markdown+lhs`,
+ `rst+lhs`, `latex+lhs`. (Capitalization is ignored, so you can also
+ use `LaTeX`, `HTML`, etc.) The `+lhs` variants indicate that the page
+ is to be interpreted as literate Haskell. If this field is missing,
+ the default page type will be used.
+
+categories
+: A space or comma separated list of categories to which the page belongs.
+
+toc
+: Overrides default setting for table-of-contents in the configuration file.
+ Values can be `yes`, `no`, `true`, or `false` (capitalization is ignored).
+
+title
+: By default the displayed page title is the page name. This metadata element
+ overrides that default.
+
+## Creating a new page
+
+To create a new page, just create a wiki link that links to it, and
+click the link. If the page does not exist, you will be editing it
+immediately.
+
+## Reverting to an earlier version
+
+If you click the "history" button at the bottom of the page, you will
+get a record of previous versions of the page. You can see the differences
+between two versions by dragging one onto the other; additions will be
+highlighted in yellow, and deletions will be crossed out with a horizontal
+line. Clicking on the description of changes will take you to the page
+as it existed after those changes. To revert the page to the revision
+you're currently looking at, just click the "revert" button at the bottom
+of the page, then "Save".
+
+## Deleting a page
+
+The "delete" button at the bottom of the page will delete a page. Note
+that deleted pages can be recovered, since a record of them will still be
+accessible via the "activity" button on the top of the page.
+
+# Uploading files
+
+To upload a file--a picture, a PDF, or some other resource--click the
+"upload" button in the navigation bar. You will be prompted to select
+the file to upload. As with edits, you will be asked to provide a
+description of the resource (or of the change, if you are overwriting
+an existing file).
+
+Often you may leave "Name on wiki" blank, since the existing name of the
+file will be used by default. If that isn't desired, supply a name.
+Note that uploaded files *must* include a file extension (e.g. `.pdf`).
+
+If you are providing a new version of a file that already exists on the
+wiki, check the box "Overwrite existing file." Otherwise, leave it
+unchecked.
+
+To link to an uploaded file, just use its name in a regular wiki link.
+For example, if you uploaded a picture `fido.jpg`, you can insert the
+picture into a (markdown-formatted) page as follows: `![fido](fido.jpg)`.
+If you uploaded a PDF `projection.pdf`, you can insert a link to it
+using: `[projection](projection.pdf)`.
+
+
+
+# Markdown
+
+This wiki's pages are written in [pandoc]'s extended form of [markdown].
+If you're not familiar with markdown, you should start by looking
+at the [markdown "basics" page] and the [markdown syntax description].
+Consult the [pandoc User's Guide] for information about pandoc's syntax
+for footnotes, tables, description lists, and other elements not present
+in standard markdown.
+
+[pandoc]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc
+[pandoc User's Guide]: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html
+[markdown]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown
+[markdown "basics" page]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/basics
+[markdown syntax description]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax
+
+Markdown is pretty intuitive, since it is based on email conventions.
+Here are some examples to get you started:
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<td>`*emphasized text*`</td>
+<td>*emphasized text*</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`**strong emphasis**`</td>
+<td>**strong emphasis**</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`` `literal text` ``</td>
+<td>`literal text`</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`\*escaped special characters\*`</td>
+<td>\*escaped special characters\*</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`[external link](http://google.com)`</td>
+<td>[external link](http://google.com)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`![folder](/img/icons/folder.png)`</td>
+<td>![folder](/img/icons/folder.png)</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>Wikilink: `[Front Page]()`</td>
+<td>Wikilink: [Front Page]()</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`H~2~O`</td>
+<td>H~2~O</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`10^100^`</td>
+<td>10^100^</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>`~~strikeout~~`</td>
+<td>~~strikeout~~</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+`$x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2 - 4ac} }}{{2a}}$`
+</td>
+<td>
+$x = \frac{{ - b \pm \sqrt {b^2 - 4ac} }}{{2a}}$^[If this looks like
+code, it's because jsMath is
+not installed on your system. Contact your administrator to request it.]
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+`A simple footnote.^[Or is it so simple?]`
+</td>
+<td>
+A simple footnote.^[Or is it so simple?]
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre>
+> an indented paragraph,
+> usually used for quotations
+</pre>
+</td>
+<td>
+
+> an indented paragraph,
+> usually used for quotations
+
+</td>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre>
+ #!/bin/sh -e
+ # code, indented four spaces
+ echo "Hello world"
+</pre>
+</td>
+<td>
+
+ #!/bin/sh -e
+ # code, indented four spaces
+ echo "Hello world"
+
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre>
+* a bulleted list
+* second item
+ - sublist
+ - and more
+* back to main list
+ 1. this item has an ordered
+ 2. sublist
+ a) you can also use letters
+ b) another item
+</pre>
+</td>
+<td>
+
+* a bulleted list
+* second item
+ - sublist
+ - and more
+* back to main list
+ 1. this item has an ordered
+ 2. sublist
+ a) you can also use letters
+ b) another item
+
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td>
+<pre>
+Fruit Quantity
+-------- -----------
+apples 30,200
+oranges 1,998
+pears 42
+
+Table: Our fruit inventory
+</pre>
+</td>
+<td>
+
+Fruit Quantity
+-------- -----------
+apples 30,200
+oranges 1,998
+pears 42
+
+Table: Our fruit inventory
+
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+For headings, prefix a line with one or more `#` signs: one for a major heading,
+two for a subheading, three for a subsubheading. Be sure to leave space before
+and after the heading.
+
+ # Markdown
+
+ Text...
+
+ ## Some examples...
+
+ Text...
+
+## Wiki links
+
+Links to other wiki pages are formed this way: `[Page Name]()`.
+(Gitit converts markdown links with empty targets into wikilinks.)
+
+To link to a wiki page using something else as the link text:
+`[something else](Page Name)`.
+
+Note that page names may contain spaces and some special characters.
+They need not be CamelCase. CamelCase words are *not* automatically
+converted to wiki links.
+
+Wiki pages may be organized into directories. So, if you have
+several pages on wine, you may wish to organize them like so:
+
+ Wine/Pinot Noir
+ Wine/Burgundy
+ Wine/Cabernet Sauvignon
+
+Note that a wiki link `[Burgundy]()` that occurs inside the `Wine`
+directory will link to `Wine/Burgundy`, and not to `Burgundy`.
+To link to a top-level page called `Burgundy`, you'd have to use
+`[Burgundy](/Burgundy)`.
+
+To link to a directory listing for a subdirectory, use a trailing
+slash: `[Wine/]()` will link to a listing of the `Wine` subdirectory.