Index to all '''Category pages''' on this Wiki.

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To see an alphabetically sorted index of all Category pages on this Wiki, click on the above title.

A Category is a page that is used to collect a group of related pages;
see the http://emacswiki.org/ for a good example of how to use categories.

To create a category, create a new page called "Category {topic}", 
where {topic} is the topic of the category; 
the page should link to this page, [Category Category].

It would also be appreciated if you would add an entry at [How do Wiki Categories work] 
describing what kinds of things should be tagged with your category.

For example, the category of ''personal Wiki home pages'' is called [Category Home Page].
To add a person's Wiki home page to the category, place a link to [[Category Home Page]] 
on his home page. 

By convention, category links are put at the bottom of the page, as shown below.
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When there are multiple categories that apply to a page, 
I feel that it helps to put the categories in order (I prefer alphabetical order). 

I was realizing the category system anticipated the ''tagging'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagging]
or ''social bookmarking'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking] of the web. -- ''[escargo]''


[jdc] 24-oct-2007 A new style to specify categories, as introduced by [dkf] is using a centered table:

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 |[Category Example]|[Category Debugging]|[Category Science]|
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Which will look like this:

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|[Category Example]|[Category Debugging]|[Category Science]|
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[AK]: Nicer highlighting would, IMVHO:

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  %|[Category Example]|[Category Debugging]|[Category Science]|%
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rendered as:

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%|[Category Example]|[Category Debugging]|[Category Science]|%
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The '%|' and '|%' marker cause it to be rendered like a table header, and I like the highlighting this achieves better, more contrast to the general background of text on the page.

[DKF]: That's neat; I'm now using it.
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%|[Category Category]|%
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