How to use this Wiki ?

Basic notions

A wiki is a CMS (Content Management System). Each Web page of the wiki is called a topic. No software is necessary to participate to this wiki. You only have to use your favorite navigator (IE or firefox for example). In the following we present the basic tools you need. The two main functions: Edit and Attach documents are located on the area 3 of the interface:

What is a WikiWord ?

Each page in this wiki is associated to a WikiWord. Here is its syntax:

• (at least one blank space before)
• capital letter(s)
• small letter(s)
• capital letter(s)
• optional small or capital letter(s) or number(s)

Examples of valid WikiWords: ChapterOne, NewFile, PublicationsList2005...

Examples of incorrect WikiWords: PAper, CONTACT, Year2000...

Edit an existing topic

After clicking on the EDIT button (on the upper left), you are redirected to a page where you can modify the text source of the topic:

Create a new topic

We propose two methods, choose the one you prefer.

Wiki method

First, you have to edit an existing topic. Just type your text and the name of your new topic in the source of the current topic like this: "you can read our RecentPublications" and save. When read the topic, you will find the WikiName of new topic written in such a style: . You only have to click on it (on the interrogation mark) and you will be redirected to the editing page of your new topic. You just need to type some text and save it.

Classical method

Type the WikiWord in the EditBox "Create a new topic" on the upper right. You will be redirected to a confirmation page where you can check the WikiWord and the topic parent. The topic parent is used to display the topic list as a tree in the SiteMap topic. Do not forget to link your new topic from another topic in order to avoid an orphan page (a topic cited from nowhere).

Who are you ?

The wiki on dreamm.net is a private Wiki. You need to authentify in order to view, attach and modify any topic. To obtain a login contact the site administrator.

Set text fonts (bold, italic...)

Easy to use, the formatting rules are recalled on the bottom of the editing page. For example: *bold* > bold, _italic_ > italic, carriage return > new section, 3 spaces, asterisk and one space > bullet list, ---++ > headings. You can read TextFormattingRules for more information.

Attach a file to show a picture

To upload a file, you must click on the Attach Image or Document link. A page will allow you to choose and upload one file to the current topic. The attached files are listed on the bottom of the topic. When you do not want to see them, you only have to choose the option Do not show attachment in table on the Attach document page. To show a picture associated to an imagefile convexhull.jpg, you just have to write %ATTACHURL%/convexhull.jpg in the source and you will obtain:

Create a link

To link to a topic, just type the WikiName of this topic in the text. The WikiName will automatically generate a link to the associated topic.

To make an external link or a nice looking link, you can use the following syntax: [[http://URL or WikiName][Text on the screen]]. For example, to obtain a link to the ESIEE Website: ESIEE, you juste have to type [[http://www.esiee.fr][ESIEE]]. Warning, do not forget the "http://".

Create a table

Use the following syntax:

     | Cat | Plane |
     | Bear | Car |
     | Wolf | Boat |

will produce

Cat	Plane
Bear	Car
Wolf	Boat

Create sections

Use latex

To write a formula, simply type %$\int_{-\infty}^\infty e^{-\alpha x^2} dx = \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{\alpha}}$%, and you will immediately obtain . (That's working !! really proud of this !!) You can write any latex code, like in your paper using this tags: %BEGINLATEX% et %ENDLATEX%. Warning: wait a moment after saving, the server has to compile your latex and to convert it to a gif image.

Draw a figure

To facilitate figure creation, you can use a java applet on the site - vectorized geometry. To create a figure named X, write %DRAWING{X}% in the source of the topic and save. An empty figure will be displayed. Just click on it to run the applet and modify your figure. Choose Save and Exit in the applet to quit. On windows, the java runtime library must be working. If the applet does not start on your computer, download this automatic setup: Java 2 runtime for windows. Here is an example:

Warning: if you have some problems (.draw file not saved) download Java 2 runtime setup and it will be ok. Do not forget to reload (F5) the page after saving or you will see the old figure.

VRML ?

First, you can check the VRML configuration of your browser here. You can choose and download a VRML plugin here. You can try Cosmo Player. For example, when you type <EMBED align=center src="%ATTACHURL%/dodec.wrl" border=0 width=180 height=180> in the source of your topic, you obtain:

Sandbox

Where you can play and destroy everything

• SandBox1^? (latex)
• SandBox2^? (image)
• SandBox3^? (figure)

F.A.Q.

Feel free to modify...

How to write < and > ?

Use HTML syntax : < for < and > for >.

How to force a blank space ?

Use HTML code &nbsp;

How to unactivate a WikiWord ?

Write a ! just before: !WikiWord will give WikiWord

How to draw an horizontal line ?

Just write --- or more:

---

Generate a TOC

To automatically create a table of contents, just write: %TOC%

Short-cut for saving your text

Use ALT-S to save your text.

How to log off

Close your browser window (or all your browser windows) and log again.

How to change the size of an image ?

<img src="%ATTACHURL%/figure.bmp" width=30 height=30> donne

<img src="%ATTACHURL%/figure.bmp" width=80 height=80> donne

<img src="%ATTACHURL%/figure.bmp" width=120 height=120> donne
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