Basecamp is using textile to format and display its messages. The following is a list of codes used to modify the look of your messages inside basecamp.
You can format the messages in basecamp using the following codes below:
Paragraph Codes
The following codes are commonly used in composing paragraphs in basecamp, adding in the following codes helps you convey the message you wish to tell and makes it easier to read and understand the context.
Header: hn.
h1. Header 1 is equivalent to
Blockquote: bq.
bq. A block quotation. is equivalent to
Footnote: fn1.
fn1. Footnote text. is equivalent to
Example:
This text has a footnote below[1].
fn1. This is the footnote of the text above.
Text Alignments
p<. align left
p>. align right
p=. centered
p<>. justified
p(., p((. left indent 1em, 2em, etc.
p). right indent 1em
Example:
p=. This text is centered is equivalent toThis text is centered
Phrase Codes
These codes below allows us to importance to a portion of our text in basecamp and adding some emphasis to it. We can use either the emphasis or the boldface HTML code when adding some importance to the message we have written. Other HTML code can also be used.
Emphasis
Prepend and append underscores to the text you wish to be emphasized.
_text on emphasis_ is equivalent to text on emphasis
To make italics text we use double underscores
__text on italics__ is equivalent to text on italics
Strong emphasis
Use asterisk to make text appear with strong emphasis
*text on strong emphasis* is equivalent to text on strong emphasis
And, use double asterisk to make them apear as boldface
**text on boldface** is equivalent to text on boldface
Citations
Enclose citation text with double question marks
??cited text?? is equivalent to cited text
Mark as deleted
Also called overstrike. Useful in editing copy with multiple versions.
-text to be deleted- is equivalent totext to be deleted
Mark as inserted
Used mutually with the overstrike tag. Marks the text as newly inserted text.
+inserted text+ is equivalent to inserted text
Span
Allows us to customize out text based on color or formating using the CSS standard code. Use the percent symbol to start a span tag.
%{color:red}text in red color% is equivalent to text in red color
Lists
Precede each line with pound sign to make an ordered list like this:
# line 1
# line 2
# line 3
Which becomes,
To make a bulleted list, use the asterisk instead like this:
* line 1
* line 2
* line 3
Which becomes,
To add a nested list or increase the list indention we add another asterisk link this:
* line 1
** line 1.1
** line 1.2
* line 2
* line 3
Which becomes
Creating Tables
Use the pipe symbol to make tables
|This|is|a|table|
|with|two|rows|inside|
is equivalent to
You can format the messages in basecamp using the following codes below:
Paragraph Codes
The following codes are commonly used in composing paragraphs in basecamp, adding in the following codes helps you convey the message you wish to tell and makes it easier to read and understand the context.
Header: hn.
h1. Header 1 is equivalent to
Header 1
Blockquote: bq.
bq. A block quotation. is equivalent to
bq. A block quotation.
Footnote: fn1.
fn1. Footnote text. is equivalent to
1 Footnote text.
Example:
This text has a footnote below[1].
fn1. This is the footnote of the text above.
Text Alignments
p<. align left
p>. align right
p=. centered
p<>. justified
p(., p((. left indent 1em, 2em, etc.
p). right indent 1em
Example:
p=. This text is centered is equivalent to
Phrase Codes
These codes below allows us to importance to a portion of our text in basecamp and adding some emphasis to it. We can use either the emphasis or the boldface HTML code when adding some importance to the message we have written. Other HTML code can also be used.
Emphasis
Prepend and append underscores to the text you wish to be emphasized.
_text on emphasis_ is equivalent to text on emphasis
To make italics text we use double underscores
__text on italics__ is equivalent to text on italics
Strong emphasis
Use asterisk to make text appear with strong emphasis
*text on strong emphasis* is equivalent to text on strong emphasis
And, use double asterisk to make them apear as boldface
**text on boldface** is equivalent to text on boldface
Citations
Enclose citation text with double question marks
??cited text?? is equivalent to cited text
Mark as deleted
Also called overstrike. Useful in editing copy with multiple versions.
-text to be deleted- is equivalent to
Mark as inserted
Used mutually with the overstrike tag. Marks the text as newly inserted text.
+inserted text+ is equivalent to inserted text
Span
Allows us to customize out text based on color or formating using the CSS standard code. Use the percent symbol to start a span tag.
%{color:red}text in red color% is equivalent to text in red color
Lists
Precede each line with pound sign to make an ordered list like this:
# line 1
# line 2
# line 3
Which becomes,
- 1 line 1
- 2 line 2
- 3 line 3
To make a bulleted list, use the asterisk instead like this:
* line 1
* line 2
* line 3
Which becomes,
- 1 line 1
- 2 line 2
- 3 line 3
To add a nested list or increase the list indention we add another asterisk link this:
* line 1
** line 1.1
** line 1.2
* line 2
* line 3
Which becomes
- line 1
- line 1.1
- line 1.2
- line 2
- line 3
Creating Tables
Use the pipe symbol to make tables
|This|is|a|table|
|with|two|rows|inside|
is equivalent to
| This | is | a | table |
| with | two | rows | inside |
; "Mostly Harmless")
; "Dragonball Evolution Movie")
; "Life the Universe and Everything")
; "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe")
; "the-ultimate-hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy.jpg")
; "Angels And Demons")
; "StarCraft: Brood War")
; "Eagle Eye")
; "Linksys Compact Wireless G USB")
; "We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things")
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