Macros to render information in a visually appealing format.

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The macros listed in this document help to render information in a visually appealing format. The information is easier to understand or quicker to find.

Boxes

Boxes highlight information for the reader.

Reader Boxes

The information of the boxes is provided for the reader.

Standard Boxes

Boxes that are an industry standard.

Name Short Description
Renders a box containing a caution message.
Renders something to note by the reader.
Renders a box with a tip for the reader.

Extra Boxes

Extra boxes that may be useful in special contexts.

Name Short Description
Renders a box containing a deprecation warning for the reader.
Renders an example within a box.
Renders a box containing an info message.
Renders a box containing an open question.
Renders a box with references to further information.

Collaboration Boxes

The information of the boxes is provided for authors. This is a collaboration tool to create documentation with a team.

Name Short Description
Renders a box containing a fault message reported by a team member for the author.
Renders a box containing a feedback message from a reader with write privilege.
Renders a box containing a pending message to be handled later by the author.

Generic Box

The Generic Box Macro helps to define boxes using CSS.

Definition List

Definition lists allow a compact representation of key value pairs. Definition lists are also often used for glossaries.

Name Short Description
Renders wiki syntax as a definition list. Does allow HTML tags and therefore is vulnerable to XSS attacks.
Renders wiki syntax as a definition list. Does not allow any HTML tags.
Renders term and definition information as a definition list. Currently Conflucene does not easily support authors to write definition lists. But definition lists allow to render this form of information efficiently.

Code Renderer

Code render allow to pretty print code snippets.

Name Short Description
Passes a text containing placeholders to the Code Block Macro. The placeholders are replaced by the properties of a document and/or the space properties.
Transclude HTML content from a remote server.
Transcludes a snippet from a project on a Subversion (SVN) server.
Transclude content from a resource from a remote system.
Transclude text content from a remote server.

Project Quotes

Projects often reference quotes and cite information. These macros help to render them similarly.

Name Short Description
Renders a cite to a resource document.
Renders a quote to an external resource with author and source.
Renders a quote from a resource with author and source.

Extension Add-on Macros

The following macros are provided by extensions to render information visually appealing.

Name Short Description
Renders a user story of a user story doctype.