Difference between revisions of "Template:Mbox"

Latest revision as of 21:06, 9 July 2017

50px Template documentation[create]

Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

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-<span style="white-space: nowrap;">{{{|{{{1}}}}}}</span><noinclude>
+{{#invoke:Message box|mbox}}<noinclude>
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+{{documentation}}
-This template prevents line breaks during HTML mathematics.  It is a practical alternative to excessive use of [[non-breaking space]]s (&#38;nbsp;).
+<!-- Categories go on the /doc subpage, and interwikis go on Wikidata. -->
-==Use==
-In a math article, included math such as
-<pre>''f'': ''X'' × ''Y'' → [0, 1]</pre>
-may end up broken between lines.  This can be fixed using nonbreaking spaces:
-<pre>''f'':&#38;nbsp;''X''&#38;nbsp;×&#38;nbsp;''Y''&#38;nbsp;→&#38;nbsp;[0,&#38;nbsp;1]</pre>
-However, this results in cumbersome source code which can be difficult to edit.  Using this template, the same result can be achieved with:
-<pre>{{mbox| ''f'': ''X'' × ''Y'' → [0, 1]}}</pre>
-===Dealing with equations===
-Because of Wikipedia limitations on templates, mbox doesn't function as stated above if the math contains an equals sign.  In this case, the following syntax should be used:
-<pre>{{mbox|= 2''x'' + 3''y'' + 5''z'' = 7}}</pre>
-Using |= instead of | also works for non-equations.
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