Editing PmWiki (section)

==Design focus==
PmWiki is a wiki engine intended for collaborative web publishing.<ref name=philosophy>[https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWikiPhilosophy PmWiki philosophy]</ref> It includes features that support collaborative editing with built-in tools for access control, delegation, monitoring, review, and edit reversion. PmWiki's design allows configuration and extension, enabling updates to the core software while supporting local modifications.

In addition to standard collaborative features like content management and knowledge bases, PmWiki is utilized by companies and groups<ref>[https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/PmWikiUsers PmWiki Users]</ref> as an internal communication platform<ref name=inc>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060314022943/http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060201/handson-technology.html The End of E-Mail], article by Darren Dahl, published in [[Inc. Magazine]], February 2006, page 41</ref> offering tools for task management and meeting archives.<ref name=lg>[http://linuxgazette.net/114/shekhar.html PmWiki - Wiki the Painless Way], article by Raj Shekhar, [[Linux Gazette]] magazine, May 2005</ref> It is also employed by university and research teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.projet-plume.org/fr/fiche/pmwiki|title=PmWiki: wiki simple|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525025519/https://www.projet-plume.org/fr/fiche/pmwiki|archive-date=2022-05-25}} (article in PLUME, an association promoting useful, accessible, and economic software in higher education and research)</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kob |first1=Malte |title=wiki.audio: collaborative platform for interactive web-based education |url=https://pub.dega-akustik.de/DAS-DAGA_2025/files/upload/paper/459.pdf |website=<nowiki>DAS|DAGA 2025 Copenhagen</nowiki> |publisher=Erich Thienhaus Institute, Detmold University of Music |access-date=18 May 2025}}</ref>

PmWiki's markup syntax includes features such as pagelists, templates, page text variables, conditional directives, and syntax highlighting support, which may not be present in all other wiki engines.<ref name=wikimatrix/> The PmWiki markup engine is customizable, and markup rules can be added, replaced or removed, and it can support other markup languages. As an example, the [[Creole (markup)|Creole]] specifications can be enabled.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/Creole|title=PmWiki - Cookbook / Creole|work=pmwiki.org}}</ref> The edit form, since version 2.3.0, can have [[syntax highlighting]] enabled for its own wiki markup dialect.<ref name=v230>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/ReleaseNotes#v230|title=PmWiki Release notes, version 2.3.0}}</ref><ref name=PmSyntax>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/PmSyntax|title=PmWiki Cookbook / PmSyntax}}</ref>