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Help: DText


← E621 WikiDText
Contents: Basics: Colors | Links | Post Thumbnails
      Blocks: Quote | Code | Header | List | Section | Table
      Other: Escaping DText | Anchors
      

DText

DText is the name for e621's custom text formatting language. It's a mishmash of several markdown languages including Textile, MediaWiki, BBCode, and Snudown.

Basic Formatting

Syntax Result
[b]Bold[/b]Bold
[i]Italics[/i] Italics
[s]Strikeout[/s]Strikeout
[u]Underline[/u]Underline
[sup]Superscript[/sup]Superscript
[sub]Subscript[/sub] Subscript
[spoiler]I'm a spoiler![/spoiler]I'm a spoiler!
`inline code` inline code
[color=red]I'm red![/color] I'm red!

Colors
SyntaxResultInfo
[color=pink]I'm pink![/color] I'm pink! See also HTML color names on Wikipedia
[color=artist]I'm an artist![/color] I'm an artist! Tag category names also work
[color=#ff0000]I'm red![/color] I'm red! 3-digit Hex codes work too

Links
SyntaxResultInfo
https://example.com https://example.com Standard links will automatically parse.
<https://example.com/link_(test)> https://example.com/link_(test) Include characters like ) at the end of the link.
"A link":https://example.com/ A link Link with a custom title.
"A link":[https://example.com/link_(test)] A link Link with enclosing brackets, ensuring all characters are included in the link.
"A link":/users A link Relative link (within site).
[[simple background]] simple background Link to wiki page. *
[[#quote]] #quote Link to anchor on current page (wiki or otherwise). *
{{mammal -cat}} mammal -cat Link to tag search.
post #1234 post #1234 Links to a post.
post changes #1234 post changes #1234 Links to a posts tag history.
topic #1234 topic #1234 Links to a forum topic.
comment #1234 comment #1234 Links to a comment on a post.
blip #1234 blip #1234 Links to a blip.
pool #1234 pool #1234 Links to a pool.
set #1234 set #1234 Links to a set.
takedown #1234 takedown #1234 Links to a filed takedown request.
record #4321 record #4321 Links to a feedback record for a user.
ticket #1234 ticket #1234 Links to a complaint or username change ticket.

Some link formats can have custom titles appended to them.

[[wiki page|Some Text]]Some Text
[[#anchors|Anchors work too!]]Anchors work too!

Post Thumbnails
thumb #12345


2007 alley amazing_background animal_humanoid bicycle building cat_humanoid cc-by-nc-nd creative_commons dappled_light day detailed detailed_background felid felid_humanoid feline feline_humanoid female fingers funny_post_number hair house humanoid light mammal mammal_humanoid memory outside plant scenery scenery_porn shadow signature sky solo standing street sunlight tree tysontan under_shade vehicle wood young

Block Formatting

These tags create block-level content. That is, they are not inline like the ones under Basic formatting.

Quote
[quote]Please quote me![/quote]
I'm quoting you!

Please quote me!

I'm quoting you!

Code

Code blocks render characters within blocks of monospaced text that are placed between [code] and [/code]. Thus, [code]std::cout << "Hello, world!\n";[/code] results in:

std::cout << "Hello, World!";

Note: Because of how block-level tags are parsed, newlines may not show up correctly if there is DText inside them. For ways to get around this, see Escaping DText.

Header
h1. Header 1
h2. Header 2
h3. Header 3
h4. Header 4
h5. Header 5
h6. Header 6

Header 1

Header 2

Header 3

Header 4

Header 5
Header 6

List

Create lists by prepending each item with a *. Use multiple *s for nested lists

* Item 1
* Item 2
** Item 2A
** Item 2B
* Item 3
  • Item 1
  • Item 2
    • Item 2A
    • Item 2B
  • Item 3

Section

Sections are collapsible boxes used for condensing large amounts of text. Like quote tags they can accept any DText (except headers).

Note that page anchors won't work inside collapsed sections.

[section]Pretend this is a really large block of text.[/section]

[section=Some Title]This one has a title.[/section]

[section,expanded=Title]This is expanded by default.[/section]

Pretend this is a really large block of text.

Some Title

This one has a title.

Title

This is expanded by default.

Table

Tables use a format that resembles HTML or the BBCode format.

[table]
  [thead]
    [tr]
      [th] header [/th]
      [th] header [/th]
      [th] header [/th]
    [/tr]
  [/thead]
  [tbody]
    [tr]
      [td] column [/td]
      [td] column [/td]
      [td] column [/td]
    [/tr]
    [tr]
      [td] column [/td]
      [td] column [/td]
      [td] column [/td]
    [/tr]
  [/tbody]
[/table]

Result

header header header
column column column
column column column

Other

Escaping DText

Use backticks or #Code tags to escape DText.

Page Anchors

Anchors are markers that tell your browser to jump to a specific place on the page.
Anchor names must be spelled using only letters, numbers, and underscores.

Syntax Result Usage
My anchor: [#some_anchor] My anchor: This is the target. It will be hidden on the page wherever you put it.
[[#anchors]] #anchors Link to anchor on current page. *
[[mammal#equine]] mammal#equine Link to anchor on different wiki page. *

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