Template:First character/doc

Usage

 * {{Tlx|First character|{string}} -> {{First character|{string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|}string}} -> {{First character|}string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|{string}} -> {{First character|{string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|}string}} -> {{First character|}string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|{string}} -> {{First character|{string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|}string}} -> {{First character|}string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|{string}} -> {{First character|{string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|}string}} -> {{First character|}string}}
 * {{Tlx|First character|}string}} -> {{First character|}string}}

Issues
Does not cope well with =, #, :, * or ;

"=" can be worked around:

"#", ":", "*" and ";" do actually get computed and can be used in comparison tests.

The display problem seems to hinge on by which bug Mediawiki treats these as if they are commencing a new-line (possibly inserting a newline for that purpose) so that:

Item 1

gives:

Item 1