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The following is a listing of special characters used in PmWiki markup, with references to documentation and examples of usage in context. The list is organized by the location of characters on a qwerty keyboard:

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	Names	Usage in context (start or end of line)	Links to Documentation
`~`	tilde, squiggle, wave	`[[~Author Name]]`, `~~~` and `~~~~`	Links
`	grave, backtick, backquote	`WikiWord (neutralize link)	Text Formatting Rules
`!`	exclamation mark, bang, not, pling,	`!Heading`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`(:if !condition:)` (logical not)	Conditional Markup
		`[[!Category Name]]`	Categories Links
`@`	at sign, each	`@@monospaced@@` and `[@display markup@]`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
`#`	crosshatch, pound, number, hash	`#item` (lists)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`[[#anchor]]` and `[[#anchor\|goto]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`[[Link\|#]]` (incremented numeric alias)	Links
		`&name;` or `{` (generate character)	Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
		`%define=name color=#hexdec%`	Wiki Style Colors
`$`	dollar sign	`$variable`	Variables
		`{$variable}`	PageVariables
		`$[translatable phrase]`	Skin Templates
`%`	percent sign	`%style%` `%%`	Basic Editing Wiki Styles
`%`	percent sign	`%center% Attach:image.gif`	Images
`^`	circumflex, caret	`^\|[[BreadcrumbTrail]]\|^`	WikiTrails
`^`	circumflex, caret	`'^`super`^'`script	Basic Editing Character Markup
`&`	ampersand, and sign	`&name;` or `{` (generate character)	Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
`&`	ampersand, and sign	`(:if expr true && ! false :)` (logical and)	Conditional Markup
`*`	asterisk, star	`*item` (lists)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
`*`	asterisk, star	`(:if group PmWiki* :)`	Conditional Markup
`(`	parenthesis (open or left)	`[[Page (Name)]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`(:comment hiddentext:)`	Comment Markup
		`(:if true:)`	Conditional Markup
		`(:nogroupheader:)` `(:nogroupfooter:)`	Group Headers
		`(:include PageName:)`	Include Other Pages
		`(:pagelist:)` `(:searchbox:)` `(:searchresults:)`	Page Lists
		`(:table:)` `(:cell:)`	Table Directives
		`(:directives:)`	Markup Master Index Page Directives
`)`	parenthesis (close or right)	`[[Page (Name)]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`(:comment hiddentext:)`	Comment Markup
		`(:if true:)`	Conditional Markup
		`(:nogroupheader:)` `(:nogroupfooter:)`	Group Headers
		`(:include PageName:)`	Include Other Pages
		`(:pagelist:)` `(:searchbox:)` `(:searchresults:)`	Page Lists
		`(:table:)` `(:cell:)`	Table Directives
		`(:directives:)`	Markup Master Index Page Directives
`_`	underscore, underline	`'_`sub`_'`script	Basic Editing Character Markup
`+`	plus	`[+`big`+]` and `{+`inserted`+}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`+`	plus	`[[links\|+]]` (display page "title")	Links
`-`	hyphen, dash, minus, negative	`----` (horizontal line)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`(:pagelist apple -pie:)`	PageLists
		`[-`small`-]` and `{-`deleted`-}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`=`	equal	`(:pagelist group=Main:)`	PageLists
`=`	equal	`[=`unformatted`=]`	Text Formatting Rules
`{`	brace, curly bracket, squiggly bracket (open or left)	`{$variable}`	PageVariables
		`{(function args)}`	Markup Expressions
		`{+`inserted`+}` and `{-`deleted`-}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`}`	brace, curly bracket, squiggly bracket (close or right)	`{$variable}`	PageVariables
		`{(function args)}`	Markup Expressions
		`{+`inserted`+}` and `{-`deleted`-}`	Basic Editing Character Markup
`\|`	pipe, vertical bar, vertical line	`[[Link\|Alias]]`	Basic Editing Links
		`(:if expr true \|\| false :)` (logical or)	Conditional Markup
		`\|\|` `cell \|\|`	Tables
`[`	bracket, square (open or left)	`[[PageName]]` for links	Basic Editing Links
		[@display markup@] or `[=`plain text`=]`	Text Formatting Rules
		`[+`big`+]` and `[-`small`-]`	Basic Editing Character Markup
		`$[translatable phrase]`	Skin Templates
`]`	bracket, square (close or right)	`[[PageName]]` for links	Basic Editing Links
		[@display markup@] or `[=`plain text`=]`	Text Formatting Rules
		`[+`big`+]` and `[-`small`-]`	Basic Editing Character Markup
		`$[translatable phrase]`	Skin Templates
`\`	backslash, bash	`\` or `\\` (join or break lines)	Basic Editing
`:`	colon	`:term:definition` (lists)	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`[[MapPrefix:Page]]`	Basic Editing Inter Map
		Attach:Filename.ext	Images Uploads
		`(:comment hiddentext:)`	Comment Markup
		`(:if true:)`	Conditional Markup
		`(:nogroupheader:)` `(:nogroupfooter:)`	Group Headers
		`(:include PageName:)`	Include Other Pages
		`(:pagelist:)` `(:searchbox:)` `(:searchresults:)`	Page Lists
		`(:table:)` `(:cell:)`	Table Directives
		`(:directives:)`	Markup Master Index Page Directives
`"`	double quote, quotation mark	`http://example/image.jpg"alt text"`	Images
`"`	double quote, quotation mark	`"'variable definition'"` (script)	PageVariables
`;`	semi-colon	`¢` ¢	Text Formatting Rules Special Characters List
`'`	apostrophe, single quote, tick	`''italics''` `'''bold'''`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
`<`	left arrow, open angle bracket, less than	`-<Hanging indent`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`<<\|[[TrailIndex]]\|>>` (trail navigation)	WikiTrails
		`[[`<<`]]`	Images
		`>>block style<<`	Basic Editing
`>`	right arrow, inverted arrow, closed angle bracket, greater than	`->indented paragraph`	Basic Editing Text Formatting Rules
		`<<\|[[TrailIndex]]\|>>` (trail navigation)	WikiTrails
		`>>block style<<`	Basic Editing
`?`	question mark	`?action=edit` (part of URL, not a markup)	Available Actions
		`[[{$FullName}?action=edit]]`	Edit Variables In Text Area
		`(:if name PmCal.200? :)`	Conditional Markup
`,`	comma	`(:pagelist order=group,title:)`	PageLists
`.`	dot, period	`[[Group.Page]]`	Basic Editing Wiki Group
`.`	dot, period	`[[Group.]]` trailing dot	Wiki Group
`/`	slash, forwardslash, stroke, virgule	`[[Group/Page]]`	Basic Editing Wiki Group
`/`	slash, forwardslash, stroke, virgule	`[[Group/]]` trailing slash	Wiki Group
(sp)	space, whitespace	leading space (no word wrap, monspaced)	Text Formatting Rules
(sp)	space, whitespace	`*Item\\` whitespace indentation (newline aligned with item)	Text Formatting Rules

Documentation pages referenced in this page

Available Actions - (All PmWiki page actions (?action=) and other query parameters)
Basic PmWiki editing rules - (PmWiki's basic edit syntax)
Categories - (Categories are a way to organize and find related pages)
Character Markup - (inline markup character combinations summary)
Comment Markup - (various forms of comments and how to achieve them for wiki pages)
Conditional Markup - (The if directive allows portions of a page to be included or excluded from rendering)
Documentation Index - (PmWiki documentation index)
Edit Variables In Text Area - (Collection of some edit tricks)
GroupHeaders and GroupFooters - (Group Header and Group Footer page usage)
Images - (Placing images in pages)
Include Other Pages - (Include contents from other PmWiki pages)
Inter Map - (Interwiki links definition and use)
Links - (Multiple mechanisms for creating links)
Markup Expressions - (String and formatting operations)
Markup Master Index - (Tabulation of all PmWiki markup)
Page Directives - (Directives to specify page titles, descriptions, keywords, and display)
Page Lists - (Searching and listing pages by multiple criteria with templated output)
Page specific variables - (variables that are associated with pages)
Skin Templates - (Skin templates (.tmpl files))
Special Characters List - (Entities defined in https://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml-lat1.ent from the rss.php script)
Table directives - (Directives for table processing)
Tables - (Simple tables with double pipe markup, one row per line)
Text Formatting Rules - (A list of some of the markup sequences available)
Uploads - (Allow authors to upload files, also known as page attachments)
Variables - (Variables available for local customisation)
Wiki Group - (Organising pages into related groups)
Wiki Style Colors - (Standard and additional wiki colour styles)
Wiki Styles - (Modifying the style of page contents)
Wiki Trails - (Trails from lists items from a single page)

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