Using the wiki
Latex
It’s possible to use latex syntax inside your markdown because the markdown is first converted to latex and after that to html. This means you have a lot more flexibility.
Change image size
{width="50%"}
Image references
{#fig:mountain width="50%"}
Inside picture @fig:mountain you can see a nice mountain.
Math
\begin{align}
y(x) &= \int_0^\infty x^{2n} e^{-a x^2}\,dx\\
&= \frac{2n-1}{2a} \int_0^\infty x^{2(n-1)} e^{-a x^2}\,dx\\
&= \frac{(2n-1)!!}{2^{n+1}} \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{a^{2n+1}}}\\
&= \frac{(2n)!}{n! 2^{2n+1}} \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{a^{2n+1}}}
\end{align}
You can also use $inline$ math to show $a=2$ and $b=8$
Converting the files
Open the wiki folder of your instance.
| - static |
| - templates |
| - wiki <–This folder |
| - wiki.py |
In this folder all the markdownfiles are listed. Editing the files will be visible in the web-version.
| - homepage.md |
| - How to use the wiki.md |
| - Markdown cheatsheet.md |
The advantage is that u can use the commandline to process some data. For example using pandoc:
pandoc -f markdown -t latex homepage.md How\ to\ use\ the\ wiki.md -o file.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex
This creates a nice pdf version of your article. Its possible you have to create a yml header on top of your document to set for example the margins better.
---
title: titlepage
author: your name
date: 05-11-2020
geometry: margin=2.5cm
header-includes: |
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
lof: true
---
For more information you have to read the pandoc documentation.
New features
Create a page with a random id by typing {id} in the name.