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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ## Help on formatting text
 
 Text on this wiki is written in a form very close to how you might write
 ## Help on formatting text
 
 Text on this wiki is written in a form very close to how you might write

-text for an email message.
+text for an email message. This style of text formatting is called [[MarkDown]].

 
 Leave blank lines between paragraphs.
 
 
 Leave blank lines between paragraphs.
 


@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ To quote someone, prefix the quote with ">":
 > To be or not to be,
 > that is the question.
 
 > To be or not to be,
 > that is the question.
 

-To write a code block, indent each line with a tab:
+To write a code block, indent each line with a tab or 8 spaces:

 
        10 PRINT "Hello, world!"
        20 GOTO 10
 
        10 PRINT "Hello, world!"
        20 GOTO 10


@@ -51,4 +51,8 @@ To link to any other web page, or to an email address, you can just put the url
 
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-This style of text formatting is called [[MarkDown]].
+Advanced users can use [[PreProcessorDirective]]s to do additional cool
+stuff.
+
+Also, if the smiley plugin is enabled in your wiki, you can insert
+[[smileys]] and some other useful symbols.