Editing Help:Wiki Editing Syntax Guide (section)

==Code Boxes==

(this section can be confusing if you don't look at the plaintext version - click the [edit] link to the left of the header to see it)

Script code, and other types of specialized text, require monospace fonts and no margins. There are two ways to format a section of text as code. First, start each line with a space

 ScriptName ShowOffMyTextBox
 
 Begin GameMode
 
   MessageBox, "Look at me!"
 
 End

First, note that even the blank lines start with a space - if you don't, the Wiki will assume your box is done, and then start another box with the next line. See this example, which is the same as the above except that the blank lines don't have spaces:

 ScriptName ShowOffMyTextBox

 Begin GameMode

   MessageBox, "Look at me!"

 End

Second, be aware that words will not wrap inside this box - they will continue off to the right, off the paper color of this Wiki, into the black borders, right off the side of the page. This makes them unreadable and can cause the page to stretch. Avoid this if at all possible.

The other way to create a code box is to use the <nowiki><pre></nowiki> tag. This is the same script as above, but there are no spaces starting any of the lines - the code box will not end until you use the <nowiki></pre></nowiki> tag:

<pre>ScriptName ShowOffMyTextBox

Begin GameMode

  MessageBox, "Look at me!"

End</pre>

To be consistent, tabs for the indentation of script lines are typically typed as two spaces. This is in addition to the space you used to create the code box if you use that format.