diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/HTML Entities.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/HTML Entities.tid new file mode 100644 index 000000000..59b674575 --- /dev/null +++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/wikitext/HTML Entities.tid @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +created: 20130204165019000 +modified: 20221025124615415 +tags: WikiText +title: HTML Entities +type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki + +!! Summary + +Use HTML entities to enter characters that cannot easily be typed on an ordinary keyboard. They take the form of an ampersand (`&`), an identifying string, and a terminating semi-colon (`;`), e.g. `&` for the ''&'' character. + +!! Markup + +``` +The value of Tiddlers™ cannot even be expressed in £, € or $. +``` + +''Displays as:'' + +The value of Tiddlers™ cannot even be expressed in £, € or $. + +!! Entity References + +Comprehensive lists of html entities can be found at... + +* [[Mozilla Developer Network -- Entities|https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Entity]] + +* [[HTML Spec official list -- Entities|https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/named-characters.html#named-character-references]] + + +!! Examples Of Common And Useful Entities + +|>|>|>|>|>|>| ! HTML Entities | +|   |   | no-break space |    | ' | ' | single quote, apostrophe | +| – | – | en dash |~| " | " | quotation mark | +| — | — | em dash |~| ′ | ′ | prime; minutes; feet | +| … | … | horizontal ellipsis |~| ″ | ″ | double prime; seconds; inches | +| © | © | Copyright symbol |~| ‘ | ‘ | left single quote | +| ® | ® | Registered symbol |~| ’ | ’ | right single quote | +| ™ | ™ | Trademark symbol |~| “ | “ | left double quote | +| † | † | dagger |~| ” | ” | right double quote | +| ‡ | ‡ | double dagger |~| « | « | left angle quote | +| ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |~| » | » | right angle quote | +| § | § | section sign |~| × | × | multiplication symbol | +| ↑ | ↑ | up arrow |~| ↓ | ↓ | down arrow | +| ← | ← | left arrow |~| → | → | right arrow | +| ⇐ | ⇐ | double left arrow |~| ⇒ | ⇒ | double right arrow | +| ↔ | ↔ | left right arrow |~| ⇔ | ⇔ | double left right arrow | + +!! Accented Characters + +The table below shows how accented characters can be built up by //substituting// the +underscore (_) in the second table into the corresponding character. eg: + +|Code |Character |Example |Result |h +|`Ä` |Ä | `Äpfel` |Äpfel | + + +|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>|>| ! Accented Characters | +| grave accent | &_grave; | À | à | È | è | Ì | ì | Ò | ò | Ù | ù |   |   |   |   |   |   | +| acute accent | &_acute; | Á | á | É | é | Í | í | Ó | ó | Ú | ú |   |   | Ý | ý |   |   | +| circumflex accent | &_circ; | Â | â | Ê | ê | Î | î | Ô | ô | Û | û |   |   |   |   |   |   | +| umlaut mark | &_uml; | Ä | ä | Ë | ë | Ï | ï | Ö | ö | Ü | ü |   |   | Ÿ | ÿ |   |   | +| tilde | &_tilde; | Ã | ã |   |   |   |   | Õ | õ |   |   | Ñ | ñ |   |   |   |   | +| ring | &_ring; | Å | å |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | +| slash | &_slash; |   |   |   |   |   |   | Ø | ø |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | +| cedilla | &_cedil; |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | Ç | ç |