ACTIVATEDPLUGINS list of currently activated plugins Syntax: % ACTIVATEDPLUGINS% Expands to: Related: PLUGINDESCRIPTIONS, FAILEDPLUGINS, PLUGINVERSION...
ALLVARIABLES list of currently defined TWikiVariables Syntax: % ALLVARIABLES% Expands to: a table showing all defined TWikiVariables in the current context...
AQUA start aqua colored text AQUA is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
ATTACHURL full URL for attachments in the current topic Syntax: % ATTACHURL% Expands to: https://twiki.hep.caltech.edu/pub/TWiki/VarATTACHURL Example...
AUTHREALM authentication realm String defined as {AuthRealm} in configure. This is used in certain password encodings, and in login templates as part of the login...
BASETOPIC base topic where an INCLUDE started The name of the topic where a single or nested INCLUDE started same as % TOPIC% if there is no INCLUDE...
BASEWEB base web where an INCLUDE started The web name where the includes started, e.g. the web of the first topic of nested includes. Same as % WEB% in case...
BLACK start black colored text BLACK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
BLUE start blue colored text BLUE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
BROWN start brown colored text BROWN is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
BULLET bullet sign Bullet sign, useful to create a bullet list in a TWiki table, such as % BULLET% One % BB% Two % BB% Three Type: Preference variable...
CALC{`formula`} add spreadsheet calculations to tables and outside tables The % CALC{`formula` variable is handled by the SpreadSheetPlugin. There are around...
COMMENT{ attributes } insert an edit box into the topic to easily add comments. A % COMMENT% without parameters shows a simple text box. The following...
DISPLAYTIME{`format`} formatted display time Formatted time either GMT or Local server time, depending on {DisplayTimeValues} setting in configure. Same format...
EDITACTION Selects an edit template EDITACTION defined in a topic or preference setting will define the use of an editaction template instead of the standard...
EDITTABLE{ attributes } edit TWiki tables using edit fields and other input fields The % EDITTABLE{ variable is handled by the EditTablePlugin Syntax...
ENCODE{`string`} encodes a string to HTML entities Encode `special` characters to HTML numeric entities. Encoded characters are: all non printable ASCII...
ENDBG end background color section ENDBG is a rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that...
ENDCOLOR end colored text ENDCOLOR is a rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that topic...
ENDSECTION{`name`} marks the end of a named section within a topic Syntax: % ENDSECTION{`name` Syntax: % ENDSECTION{type `include` Syntax: % ENDSECTION...
ENV{`varname`} inspect the value of an environment variable Returns the current value of the environment variable in the CGI (Common Gateway Interface) environment...
FAILEDPLUGINS debugging for plugins that failed to load, and handler list Syntax: % FAILEDPLUGINS% Expands to: See TWikiPlugins#FAILEDPLUGINS Related...
GRAY start gray colored text GRAY is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
GREEN start green colored text GREEN is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
H help icon Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut. Syntax: % H% Expands to: Related: I, ICON, M, N, P, Q, S, T, U, X, Y, TWikiDocGraphics...
HTTP get HTTP headers Called with the name of an HTTP header field, returns its value. Capitalization and the use of hyphens versus underscores are not significant...
HTTPS get HTTPS headers The same as % HTTP% but operates on the HTTPS environment variables present when the SSL protocol is in effect. Can be used to determine...
I idea icon Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut. Syntax: % I% Expands to: Related: H, ICON, M, N, P, Q, S, T, U, X, Y, TWikiDocGraphics...
ICON{`name`} small documentation graphic or icon of common attachment types Generates the HTML img tag of a small graphic image attached to TWikiDocGraphics....
ICONURL{`name`} URL of small documentation graphic or icon Generates the full URL of a TWikiDocGraphics image, which TWiki renders as an image. The related...
ICONURLPATH{`name`} URL path of small documentation graphic or icon Generates the URL path of a TWikiDocGraphics image, typically used in an HTML img tag. Specify...
IF{`condition` ...} simple conditionals Evaluate a condition and show one text or another based on the result. See details in IfStatements Syntax: % IF...
INCLUDE{`page`} include other topic or web page Merges the content of a specified page into the current one before rendering. Syntax: % INCLUDE{`page`...
INCLUDINGTOPIC name of topic that includes current topic The name of the topic that includes the current topic same as % TOPIC% in case there is no include...
INCLUDINGWEB web that includes current topic The web name of the topic that includes the current topic same as % WEB% if there is no INCLUDE. Syntax...
LANGUAGE current user`s language Returns the language code for the language used as the current user. This is the language actually used by TWiki Internationalization...
LANGUAGES list available TWiki languages List the languages available (as PO files) to TWiki. Those are the languages in which TWiki`s user interface is...
LIME start lime colored text LIME is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
LOCALSITEPREFS web.topicname of site preferences topic The full name of the local site preferences topic. These local site preferences overload the system level...
MAROON start maroon colored text MAROON is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
META displays meta data Provided mainly for use in templates, this variable generates the parts of the topic view that relate to meta data (attachments, forms...
N `new` icon Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut. Syntax: % N% Expands to: Related: H, I, ICON, M, P, Q, S, T, U, X, Y, TWikiDocGraphics...
NAVY start navy blue colored text NAVY is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
NOP template text not to be expanded in instantiated topics Syntax: % NOP% In normal topic text, expands to nop , which prevents expansion of adjacent...
OLIVE start olive green colored text OLIVE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
ORANGE start orange colored text ORANGE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
P pencil icon Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut. Syntax: % P% Expands to: Related: H, I, ICON, M, N, Q, S, T, U, X, Y, TWikiDocGraphics...
PINK start pink colored text PINK is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
PLUGINVERSION the version of a TWiki Plugin, or the TWiki Plugins API Syntax: % PLUGINVERSION{`name` to get the version of a specific plugin Example:...
PURPLE start purple colored text PURPLE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
QUERYPARAMS show paramaters to the query Expands the parameters to the query that was used to display the page. Syntax: % QUERYPARAMS{... Parameters...
QUERYSTRING full, unprocessed string of parameters to this URL String of all the URL parameters that were on the URL used to get to the current page. For example...
RED start red colored text RED is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in that...
REDBG start red colored background section REDBG is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut...
SCRIPTNAME name of current script The name of the current script is shown, including script suffix, if any (for example viewauth.cgi ) Syntax: % SCRIPTNAME...
SCRIPTURLPATH{`script`} URL path of TWiki script As % SCRIPTURL{`script` , but doesn`t include the protocol and host part of the URL Syntax: % SCRIPTURLPATH...
SESSIONID unique ID for this session Syntax: % SESSIONID% Expand to: Related: TWikiUserAuthentication, AUTHREALM, SESSIONVAR, LOGIN, LOGOUT, SESSION...
SILVER start silver colored text SILVER is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
SLIDESHOWSTART convert a topic with headings into a slideshow The % SLIDESHOWSTART% variable is handled by the SlideShowPlugin Syntax: % SLIDESHOWSTART...
SPACEDTOPIC topic name, spaced and URL encoded deprecated The current topic name with added URL encoded spaces, for use in regular expressions that search for...
SPACEOUT{`string`} renders string with spaces inserted in sensible places Inserts spaces after lower case letters that are followed by a digit or a capital letter...
STARTINCLUDE start position of topic text if included If present in included topic, start to include text from this location up to the end, or up to the location...
STARTSECTION marks the start of a section within a topic Section boundaries are defined with % STARTSECTION{ and % ENDSECTION{ . Sections may be given...
STOPINCLUDE end position of topic text if included If present in included topic, stop to include text at this location and ignore the remaining text. A normal...
TEAL start teal colored text TEAL is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings in...
TOC table of contents of current topic Table of Contents. Shows a TOC that is generated automatically based on headings of the current topic. Headings in WikiSyntax...
TOC{`Topic`} table of contents Table of Contents. Shows a TOC that is generated automatically based on headings of a topic. Headings in WikiSyntax ( ` text`...
TOPIC name of current topic % TOPIC% expands to the name of the topic. If you are looking at the text of an included topic, it is the name of the included topic...
TOPICLIST{`format`} topic index of a web List of all topics in a web. The `format` defines the format of one topic item. It may include variables: The $topic...
TOPICURL shortcut to viewing the current topic This variable always expands to an url pointing to the current base topic. Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut...
USERINFO{`name`} retrieve details about a user Syntax: % USERINFO% Expands to: (comma separated list of the username, wikiusername, and emails) With...
USERNAME your login username TWiki makes names available in three formats: USERNAME like jsmith , WIKINAME like JohnSmith and WIKIUSERNAME like .JohnSmith...
USERSWEB name of users web The web containing individual user topics, .TWikiGroups, and customised site wide preferences. Syntax: % USERSWEB% Expands...
WEB name of current web % WEB% expands to the name of the web where the topic is located. If you are looking at the text of an included topic, it is the web...
WEBLIST{`format`} index of all webs List of all webs. Obfusticated webs are excluded, e.g. webs with a NOSEARCHALL on preference variable. The `format`...
WHITE start white colored text WHITE is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...
X warning icon Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut. Syntax: % X% Expands to: Related: H, I, ICON, M, N, P, Q, S, T, U, Y, TWikiDocGraphics...
Y `yes` icon Type: Preference variable TWikiRenderingShortcut. Syntax: % Y% Expands to: Related: H, I, ICON, M, N, P, Q, S, T, U, X, TWikiDocGraphics...
YELLOW start yellow colored text YELLOW is one of the rendering shortcut settings predefined in TWikiPreferences. See the section rendering shortcut settings...