Help:EasyTimeline syntax: Difference between revisions

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The EasyTimeline feature produces an embedded [[Help:Images and other uploaded files|image]] from wikitext. The image can be a one-dimensional diagram (horizontally or vertically), or a two-dimensional one. The name "EasyTimeline" refers to the possibility to apply the feature with a time scale horizontally or vertically, possibly with another parameter in the other direction, but there are also various other possiblitiespossibilities.

See also [[m:EasyTimeline]], [[m:Help:EasyTimeline examples]] (obsolete), [[m:Help:EasyTimeline activation|EasyTimeline activation on other MediaWiki installations]]

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The following lines produce the same output (only reference in [[#PlotData|PlotData]] changes):

<pre>

bar:US text:[[United_StatesUnited States]]

bar:US text:"United States" link:http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States

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;value : Actual color definition. Color values can be either be specified as:

;* predefined color constant, for which 32 predefined color names are recognized (see the [http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/doc/color.html Ploticus color page] where all these constants are defined).

;* rgb (red, green, blue): specify 3 numbers between 0 (minimal) and 1 (maximal)

;* hsv (hue, saturation, value): specify 3 numbers between 0 and 1

;* gray (value): specify a number between 0 (black) and 1 (white)

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===DateFormat===

This comandcommand defines how dates, specified in other commands, should be

interpreted.

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====Marker attribute====

;mark : Places a marker in a bar at the specified position. Specify as mark: (symbol, color). The only value for ''symbol'' supported to date is ''line''. The ''color'' id specified should be defined first with command [[#Colors|Colors]]. When not specified color black will be assumed.

<small>Example:</small>

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bar:test width:15 color:red

from:1900 till:2000

at:1990 mark:(line, white)

</pre>

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width:15 color:red

bar:test from:1900 till:2000

bar:test at:1990 mark:(line, white)

</timeline>

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Used to define a text block that can be positioned anywhere on the chart.

;text : The actual text. See also [[#Text Input|Text Input]] for rules. The text may include embedded links (see '''Notes 1 & 2''').

;pos : Defines the top-left corner of the text block in absolute or relative [[#Input_rules|measurements]]. Define as ''pos:(x, y)''.

;link (O) : Specify a web link (see '''Note 1''') (URL) for use in clickable maps. The label along the axis will be shown as a blue clickable link.

;textcolor (O) : Defines the color of the text. The color id specified should be defined first using [[#Colors|Colors]]. When not specified, the color is black.

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pos:(20,67) textcolor:black fontsize:S

tabs:(10-right,14-left,50-left,90-left,230-left)

text:^1^1940^27/9^Germany, Italy and Japan sign [[Tripartite Pact]]

text:^10^1944^1-22/7^Bretton Woods 44 nations establish

text:^^^^^IMF and World Bank

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pos:(20,67) textcolor:black fontsize:S

tabs:(10-right,14-left,50-left,90-left,230-left)

text:^1^1940^27/9^Germany, Italy and Japan sign [[Tripartite Pact]]

text:^10^1944^1-22/7^Bretton Woods 44 nations establish

text:^^^^^IMF and World Bank

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<pre>

TextData =

.. text:Generated for Wikipedia~Version 1.1 - 2 JanuariJanuary 2004

# will be shown as:

#

# Generated for Wikipedia

# Version 1.1 - 2 JanuariJanuary 2004

</pre>

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TextData =

tabs:(4-right,12-right,14-left,34-left)

text:^1^1940^27/9^Berlin Ger, It, Jap sign Tripartite Pact

text:^10^1944^1-22/7^Bretton Woods 44 nations establish

text:^^^^^IMF and World Bank

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# will be shown as:

#

# 1 27/9 Berlin Ger, It, Jap sign Tripartite Pact

# 10 1-22/7 Bretton Woods 44 nations establish

# IMF and World Bank

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<pre>

<nowiki>text:[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[Rembrandt|Rembrandt |van Rijn]] paints Night Watch</nowiki>

</pre>

will be shown as:

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BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas

TextData =

pos:(10,10) fontsize:XL text:"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/[Rembrandt|Rembrandt |van Rijn]] paints Night Watch"

</timeline>

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<pre>

<nowiki>text:[[en:Main_PageMain Page]]</nowiki>

</pre>

and similar with nl: and m: give:

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BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas

TextData =

pos:(10,10) fontsize:XL text:"[[en:Main_PageMain Page]]"

</timeline>

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BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas

TextData =

pos:(10,10) fontsize:XL text:"[[nl:Main_PageMain Page]]"

</timeline>

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BackgroundColors = canvas:canvas

TextData =

pos:(10,10) fontsize:XL text:"[[m:Main_PageMain Page]]"

</timeline>

The third one to Meta-Wikipedia works properly, except from Meta itself, the other links work like [[Main_PageMain Page]] (internal page, the prefix is ignored) or e.g. {{SERVER}}/w/Main_Page (gives File not found), depending on the URL of the referring page (e.g. different for a preview page and a diff page).

'''Special characters:'''

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==Font Support==

Timeline has somewhat limited unicode support. It uses FreeSans.ttf font, which supports a subset of all the possible glyphs (it supports cyrillicCyrillic alphabet, east-europeEurope diactrics and kana for instance, but lacks kanji). No other fonts are available at this time.

<timeline>