Some WikiText is recognised only while the parser is in inline mode.
These WikiText types can be expressed without an entire line of text. They aren't required to be all on one line, just that they can be expressed within a single line. And as such, more than one can appear within a single line. In other words, line endings are not involved while the parser tries to find where the particular WikiText begins and ends While the parser is in inline mode, it will recognise the punctuation for these WikiText types:
- Dashes in WikiText
- Formatting in WikiText
- HTML in WikiText
- Images in WikiText
- Linking in WikiText
- Macro Calls
- Styles and Classes in WikiText (single line version only)
- Transclusion in WikiText
- Variables in WikiText
- Widgets in WikiText
While processing the enclosed text of some of these WikiText types, the parser will not look for new WikiText. But for rest of these WikiText types, the parser will continue in inline mode for the enclosed text. While parsing that text, it might encounter something which moves it to block mode.