NovaRoma:Advanced Wiki Editing for Romans
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Formatting Leges
Leges, edicta and similar documents need special treatment.
Special class "scriptum" marks special text.
The actual text of leges (and edicta) should not be subject to edits. This text is marked in this Wiki by containing it in a "division" that gives it a special color and border. The division uses a class called "scriptum". Here is an example:
<div class="scriptum"> Text that we want to mark as unchangable. </div>
Text that we want to mark as unchangable.
Using the colon indent
Use a colon at the beginning of a line to indent a line or paragraph.
A normal line of text. :A line of text with a colon in the first position. ::Use additional colons to create deeper nests of indents.
A normal line of text.
- A line of text with a colon in the first position.
- Use additional colons to create deeper nests of indents.
Do not use colons in an arbitrary manner! Colons are not a page decoration tool. A two-colon-indent element should be contained only in a one-colon-indent element and should contain only three-colon-indent elements. Resist the temptation to use arbitrary numbers of colons to make an article "look good". It will only "look good" on your computer. Other users with other systems/browsers/display sizes will see the page differently and it will not look good to them.
