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These case notes are intended as a brief list of observations and points for current and upcoming items within the Wiki Design and Implemetation repository. In short: notes to myself, a sort of aide-memoire of things I need to do (or at least think about).
It is written in the form of an engineering log book in reverse chronological order (most recent at the top). I know that GitHub provides similar facilities: issues, milestones, actions &c. all of which have their uses. I just wanted something that was a bit more free-flowing and less official. I also wanted something that I could modify regularly and keep up to date without having multiple commits in the main repository for what were essentially just notes and lists of things to do.
This Case Notes file was created on October 21st, 2024.
Michael Gledhill Chester — October 2024
Open list — Points for consideration:
Note
The date above reflects the latest point at which the list was modified.
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✅ Comments within Markdown ✅ Gitkeep ✅ eadme.md does not suppoort <u> only <ins>(but <s> works) ✅ GitHub docs Markdown files https://github.com/github/docs/tree/main/content ✅ Relative paths to files ✅ When to use - or %20 in filenames with spaces ✅ downloading a .md file |
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✅ Wiki structures | |
✅ Creating a Wiki for a repository ✅ Cloning a Wiki to a local machine ✅ Setting up VS Code to push changes ✅ Understanding how Wiki pages are stored and structured ✅ Basic concepts of a Wiki page ✅ Sidebars and footers ✅ Imposing a folder structure on a Wiki ✅ Creating different sidebars and footers for individual pages |
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✅ MainPoint | |
✅ Body text ✅ Tab character converts body text to code fragment ✅ Paragraphs ✅ Line breaks ✅ Horizontal lines ✅ Emphasis bold ✅ Emphasis italic ✅ Emphasis underlining ✅ Emphasis strikethrough ✅ Subscript and superscript ✅ Lists unnumbered ✅ Lists numbered (ordered) ✅ Lists nested ✅ Lists nested combinations ✅ Block quotes ✅ Headings ✅ Images ✅ Links ✅ Escape characters ✅ Special space characters ✅ HTML restrictions for space character names ✅ Image spacer in Headings ✅ Differences between Wiki Markdown and GitHub md files |
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✅ Extended markdown | |
✅ Link to headings ✅ Link by reference ✅ Tables (Markdown) ✅ Task lists ✅ Emojis ✅ Alerts ✅ Footnotes ✅ Making footnotes work on Wiki pages ✅ Code fragments ✅ Code fragments with syntax highlights ✅ Framed code highlights ✅ LaTex and Tex coloured fonts ✅ MathJax and formulae ✅ Built in diagrams (Mermaid) ✅ Built in diagrams (GeoJSON/TopoJSON) ✅ Built in 3D models (ASCII STL) ✅ Image refresh (?bxno=xxxx) |
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✅ Markdown & HTML | |
✅ HTML sanitisation ✅ Permited and prescribed tags/attributes ✅ Names and anchor points ✅ Tables (HTML) ✅ Tables vertical alignment ✅ Table widths and borders ✅ Collapsable content ✅ Advanced table of contents ✅ Links with HTML ✅ Images with HTML ✅ Buttons ✅ Navigation bars ✅ Tootltips for links > |
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✅ Wiki constraints | |
✅ Max page length 484,044 characters ✅ 5000 files max ✅ File sizes |
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✅ Conventions, tips and tricks | |
✅ Practical Series conventions ✅ Numbers and point characters ❶ ❷ ❸ ❹ ❺ ❻ ❼ ❽ ❾ ❿ — ● ⚫︎ ⬤ ✅ Sidebars and footers contents and structure ✅ Managing sidebars and footers ✅ Conventions for folders, image storage and data storage ✅ IO Badges and placeholders ✅ Links to top, bottom and other points on a page |
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✅ Managing a Wiki | |
✅ Revision control ✅ History ✅ Managing commits ✅ Rebase a Wiki |
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⭕ Appendix content | |
⭕ Cheat sheet ⭕ keyboard shortcuts |
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⭕ Word document | |
⭕ Add HTML to emphasis sections (bold, italic &c.) ⭕ Use of PSOP.UK shortlinks |
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The PracticalSeries of Publications — Copyright © 2025 Michael Gledhill
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Licence
The licences and other details
The Licence
Why did I choose the MIT Licence?
Permissive licences
Copyleft licence
Limiting liabilities
Which licence to use?
A note on spelling: licence or license
1 Introducing the GitHub Wiki
1.1 What are GitHub Wiki pages?
1.2 Understanding the Wiki pages
1.3 Creating a Wiki for a repository
1.3.1 Creating the first Wiki page
1.3.2 Creating additional pages
1.3.3 Editing a Wiki page
1.4 The Wiki is its own repository
1.4.1 Viewing a Wiki page history
1.4.2 How GitHub handles Wiki branche
1.4.3 The Wiki link to the main repository
1.5 Basic components of a Wiki page
1.5.1 Title bar and revision
1.5.2 Contents (pages) area
Listing pages in the order you want
1.5.3 Sidebars
1.5.4 Footers
1.6 Sidebars and footers
1.6.1 Creating a sidebar and footer
2 Cloning a Wiki
2.1 Why clone a Wiki?
2.2 How to clone a Wiki
2.3 Pushing local changes to GitHub
2.3.1 Configuring username and email
2.3.2 Modifying the local repository
2.3.3 Committing and synchronising
4 Different sidebars and footers
4.1 How sidebars work
4.1.1 The PracticalSeries sidebar
4.2 How footers work
4.2.1 The PracticalSeries footer
5 Markdown, GitHub Markdown and HTML
5.1 Some useful Markdown sites
5.2 An overview of Markdown
5.3 How Markdown works
5.4 Markdown flavours
5.4.1 GitHub Flavoured Markdown (GFM)
5.5 HTML and Markdown
5.5.1 HTML with GFM
GFM blacklisted HTML tags
GFM whitelisted HTML tags
GFM HTML tags - the grey area
GFM whitelisted HTML attributes
5.5.2 PracticalSeries and Markdown
5.6 Markdown difference between files
6 Basic Markdown and text formatting
6.1 Body text and fonts
6.1.1 Body text responsive design
6.1.2 Body text in sidebars and footers
6.1.3 Rules for body text
6.1.4 Body text examples
6.1.5 Alignment of Body text
Left aligned text (default)
Right aligned text
Centred text
Justified text
6.1.6 Body text propertie
6.2 Paragraphs and line breaks
6.2.1 Forced line break
6.2.2 Blank line and a line break
6.2.3 Trailing space line break
6.2.4 Paragraph and line break rules
6.2.5 Paragraph and line break examples
6.3 Horizontal line
6.3.1 Rules for horizontal lines
6.4 Emphasis with bold
6.4.1 Rules for bold
6.4.2 Bold text examples
6.5 Emphasis with italics
6.5.1 Rules for italics
6.5.2 Italic text examples
6.6 Emphasis with bold and italics
6.6.1 Rules for bold and italics
6.6.2 Bold and italic text examples
6.7 Emphasis with underlining
6.7.1 Rules for underlining
6.7.2 Underlining text examples
6.8 Emphasis with strikethrough
6.8.1 Rules for strikethrough
6.8.2 Strikethrough text examples
6.9 Superscript and subscript
6.9.1 Rules for superscript and subscript
6.9.2 Superscript and subscript examples
6.10 Headings
Alternatives for heading 1 and 2
6.10.1 Headings Markdown rules
6.10.2 Heading properties
7 Special characters and escaping characters
7.1 Escape characters and codes
7.1.1 Markdown escape sequences
7.1.2 HTML escape sequences
7.1.3 Decimal and hexadecimal codes
Hexadecimal escape codes
7.2 Special space characters
7.2.1 Escape sequence restrictions
7.3 Emojis and emoticons
A note by the Author about emojis
7.4 Comments
8 Block quotes, lists and alerts
8.1 Block quotes
8.1.1 Nested block quotes
8.1.2 Adding other elements
8.1.3 Rules for block quotes
8.2 Unordered (unnumbered) lists
8.2.1 Nested unordered lists
8.2.2 Type of bullet point
8.2.3 Indents and spacing
8.2.4 Numbers in an unordered list
8.2.5 Adding paragraphs
8.2.6 Adding other elements
8.2.7 Rules for unordered lists
8.3 Ordered (numbered) lists
8.3.1 Starting at a different number
8.3.2 Nested ordered lists
8.3.3 Type of numbering
8.3.4 Indents and spacing
8.3.5 Adding paragraphs
8.3.6 Adding other elements
8.3.7 Rules for ordered lists
8.4 Mixing ordered and unordered lists
8.5 Task lists (check boxes)
8.5.1 Nested task lists
8.6 Alerts
8.6.1 Rules for alerts
9 Links
9.1 Link to an external web page
9.1.1 A direct link to a URL
9.1.2 A link using substitute text
9.1.3 A link using tooltips
9.2 Link to another page in the Wiki
9.2.1 Rules for linking to a Wiki page
9.3 Link to headings on current page
9.3.1 Converting a heading to a link
9.3.2 An example of a heading link
9.3.3 Heading link with tooltips
9.4 Link to headings on a different page
9.4.1 An example of a heading link
9.5 Link to a named element
A note by the Author
9.5.1 Link to a point on another page
9.6 Downloading a file
9.6.1 The download attribute
9.6.2 Spaces in filenames
9.6.3 Downloading a .md file
9.7 Reference style links
9.8 Relative links
9.8.1 Relative links from any Wiki page
10 Tables
10.1 Markdown tables
10.1.1 Horizontal alignment
10.1.2 Table construction
10.1.3 Vertical line breaks and alignment
10.1.4 Making columns wider
10.1.5 Other elements in a table
10.1.6 Markdown table restrictions
10.2 HTML tables
10.2.1 A basic HTML table
10.2.2 Aligning a table on a page
10.2.3 Text wrap and side-by-side tables
What this means in practice
The problem with the align attribute
How to stop text wrapping
10.2.4 Setting the width of a table column
10.2.5 Setting the height of a table row
10.2.6 Horizontal alignment
10.2.7 Vertical alignment
10.2.8 Spanning columns and rows
10.2.9 Table border
10.2.10 Giving a table a navigable name
10.2.11 Additional HTML tags
11 Images
11.1 Markdown images
11.1.1 Image size in Markdown
11.1.2 Making the image a link
11.1.3 Drag and drop image link
A note by the Author
11.2 HTML images
11.2.1 A basic HTML image
11.2.2 Image size in HTML
11.2.3 Horizontal alignment
11.2.4 Making the image a link
11.2.5 Using a table to contain an image
11.3 Forcing an image refresh
11.4 Using a spacer image
11.5 Mermaid diagrams
11.5.1 Inserting a Mermaid diagram
11.5.2 The rendered Mermaid diagram
11.5.3 Supported version of Mermaid
11.6 Interactive maps
11.7 3D models
12 Contents (collapsible) and footnotes
12.1 A basic table of contents
12.2 Understanding the space characters
12.3 Collapsible content
12.3.1 Defaulting to open
12.3.2 Markdown restrictions
12.4 Collapsible TOC
12.5 TOCs in tables
12.6 Footnotes
13 Code fragments
13.1 Inline code
13.2 Code blocks
13.2.1 Preferred mechanism
13.3 Syntax highlighting
13.3.1 Supported languages
13.4 HTML code fragments
13.4.1 Converting HTML to code
14 Mathematical formulae
14.1 An overview of LaTex
14.2 Inserting an inline formula
14.2.1 Alternative delimiter
14.3 A formula block
14.4 Some example formulae
14.5 LaTeX syntax
14.5.1 Greek lowercase
14.5.2 Greek uppercase and Hebrew
14.5.3 Mathematical constructions
14.5.4 Variable sized delimiters
14.5.5 Variable sized symbols
14.5.6 Variable sized symbols with limits
14.5.7 Standard functions
14.5.8 Operators and relational symbols
14.5.9 Arrows
14.5.10 Other symbols
14.5.11 Accents
14.5.12 Matrices
14.5.13 Cases
Aligning multiple equations
14.5.14 Text formatting
Font size
Font colour
The text command
Font restrictions
14.6 Abusing LaTeX
14.6.1 Changing font colour with LaTeX
15 Navigation bars, badges and buttons
15.1 Navigation bars
15.1.1 Navigation bar practicalities
15.2 Badges
15.2.1 Creating a badge
15.2.2 Static badge options
15.2.3 Dynamic badges
15.3 Buttons
16 PracticalSeries Wiki conventions
16.1 The PracticalSeries Wiki page
16.2 The PracticalSeries folder structure
16.2.1 The root folder and home page
16.2.2 Leading pages
16.2.3 .gitkeep files
16.2.4 Folder and Markdown file names
Wiki pages that start at a section
16.3 The page title area
16.4 The page heading area
16.4.1 Top of page marker
16.4.2 Logo image
16.4.3 Web ID badge
16.5 Main body area
16.5.1 Common page elements
End of page marker
End of section elements
16.5.2 Headings
Compensating for number widths
Appendices headings
16.5.3 Tables
Links to a table
A note on Markdown tables
16.5.4 Images
Images that open in a new tab
Double images
Links to a figure
16.5.5 Lists
Common points for all lists
Basic unordered list
Basic ordered list
Mixed ordered and unordered lists
Enhanced mixed lists
Index list
Reverse index list
Index list with text wrap
Reverse index list with text wrap
Indexed, mixed list
Reverse indexed, mixed list
Task list
Enhanced task list with observations
16.5.6 Code fragments
16.5.7 Formulae
Standard formulae
Alternate formulae
16.6 Sidebar
16.6.1 sidebar files and locations
16.6.2 Sidebar title and location badge
16.6.3 Navigation bar
16.6.4 Table of contents
Unnumbered, non-collapsible TOC
Unnumbered, collapsible TOC
Single digit, collapsible TOC
Double digit, collapsible TOC
TOCs for appendices
16.6.5 End of page link
16.7 Footer
16.7.1 Footer files and locations
16.7.2 Location badge
16.7.3 Navigation bar
16.7.4 Colophon
16.7.5 Links and contacts
17 Managing a Wiki
17.1 Revision control
17.1.1 Managing commits
17.2 Finding the first Wiki commit
17.3 Rebasing the Wiki
17.3.1 Summarising the rebase process
17.3.2 Executing the rebase process
17.4 Wikis and search engine visibility
Appendices
B Full list of all emoji characters
B.1 Emojis, a brief explanation
B.1.1 Emoji short names
B.1.2 Emoji escape codes
B.1.3 Emoji variations
B.1.4 Emoji numbers
B.2 Emojis characters by category
Smileys and emotion
People and body
Component
Animals and nature
Food and drink
Travel and places
Activities
Objects
Symbols
Flags
B.3 Emoji characters by Unicode
C Segoe UI full character set
A note by the Author
C.1 Inserting Unicode characters
C.2 Characters U+00000 to U+00FFF
C.3 Characters U+01000 to U+01FFF
C.4 Characters U+02000 to U+02FFF
C.5 Characters U+03000 to U+09FFF
C.6 Characters U+0A000 to U+0AFFF
C.7 Characters U+0B000 to U+0FFFF
C.8 Characters U+10000 to U+10FFF
C.9 Characters U+11000 to U+11FFF
C.10 Characters U+12000 to U+12FFF
C.11 Characters U+13000 to U+15FFF
C.12 Characters U+16000 to U+1CFFF
C.13 Characters U+1D000 to U+1EFFF
C.14 Characters U+1F000 to U+3FFFF
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