DText is the name for e6AI's custom text formatting language. It's a mishmash of several markdown languages including Textile, MediaWiki, BBCode, and Snudown.

Basic | Colors | Links | Block Formatting | Escaping DText

Basic Formatting

Syntax	Result	Usage
[b]Bold[/b]	Bold
[i]Italics[/i]	Italics
[u]Underline[/u]	Underline
[s]Strikeout[/s]	Strikeout
[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!	See below for more info on using colors

Colors

Only usable by Privileged+ (except for set descriptions and wiki pages).

Syntax	Result	Usage
[color=#ff0000]I'm red![/color]	I'm red!	3-digit Hex codes work too
[color=pink]I'm pink![/color]	I'm pink!	See also HTML color names on Wikipedia.

Links

Syntax	Result	Usage
http://example.com	http://example.com	Standard links will automatically parse.
"A link":http://example.com/	A link	Link with a custom title.
"A link":/user/edit	A link	Relative link (within site).
[[simple background]]	simple background	Link to wiki page. *
[[#quotes]]	#quotes	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.
forum #1234	forum #1234	(Deprecated)Links to a forum post.
comment #1234	comment #1234	Links to a comment on a post.
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.

Custom Titles

• {{a list of tags|Some Text}} - Some Text
• [[wiki page|Some Text]] - Some Text
• [[#anchors|Anchors work too!]] - Anchors work too!

Post Thumbnails

thumb #12345

post #12345

Block Formatting

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

Quotes

[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!\n";

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.

Headers

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

Lists

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

Sections

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

section,expanded

makes this one open by default.

Tables

Tables are kind of a WIP but the syntax is basically text|text|text

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

You can add as many columns or rows as you want, but for the best results each line should have the same number of | characters.

To display a | within a table, use &pipe;

• Note: Backslash escaping doesn't currently work well within tables. Try to use inline code instead.

[table][thead][tr][th]Species[/th][th]Latin name[/th][th]Popular character
[/th][/tr][/thead][tbody][tr][td]Rabbit [/td][td]Leporidae [/td][td]Bugs Bunny
[/td][/tr][tr][td]Cat    [/td][td]Kitty     [/td][td]Garfield[/td][/tr][/tbody][/table]

Species	Latin name	Popular character
Rabbit	Leporidae	Bugs Bunny
Cat	Kitty	Garfield

Other

Escaping DText

• Prepending a \ to one of the characters in the formatting (e.g., \{{cat}}) produces \cat
• 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.

Note that anchors can be linked from anywhere, but placement of anchors themselves on a page is limited to the forum (priv+) and wiki. Anchor names must be spelled using only lowercase 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. Will hide # character automatically. [[#custom_titles	*]]
[[mammal#equine]]	mammal#equine	Link to anchor on different wiki page. [[#custom_titles	*]]