The Wiki syntax

So far, we have discussed the way in which text formatting is integrated into Redmine. Now we'll focus exclusively on the syntax rules.

The basics

The supported syntax rules can be divided into special rules (for example, lists and tables) and the rest. So, the rest actually includes not only the basics but also rules that are very simple and therefore do not need a separate subsection. Moreover, these are the rules that you are going to learn right now. But let's start with the basic principles.

A Textile or Markdown document is a plain-text document. The new line character in such a document is treated as a <br /> tag in HTML; that is, the rest of the text after the new line character in the current paragraph is moved to a new line.

A paragraph is separated from the previous and next paragraphs by an empty line, that is, two new line characters. Thus, the following text will be formatted as a single paragraph:

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