[Pmwiki-users] new link markup format? [[link] text]

Steven Leite steven_leite
Sat May 8 11:59:00 CDT 2004


I think it's brilliant .. especially the part about allowing spaces. 

-S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Lee" <wl.pmwiki at quetico.net>
To: <Pmwiki-users at pmichaud.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: [Pmwiki-users] new link markup format? [[link] text]


> Hi,
> 
> It might be too late in the game here,
> but I'd like to suggest an alternative
> markup for links.  I stumbled upon this
> idea while researching wiki markups:
> 
> [[LinkName] alternative text]
> 
> IMO, this is a more consistent markup
> as links always use brackets and not
> braces sometimes.  It also solves some
> problems with spaces in filenames and
> allows links to be displayed easily without
> the url prefix (file://, http://)
> 
> Examples follow.  What da ya think?
> 
> Thanks,
> Wayne
> 
> ----
> 
> Markup (input)                   Link Text (output)
> --------------                   ------------------
> 
> Normal WikiLink (links to WikiPage)
> 
> WikiPage                         => WikiPage
> [[WikiPage]]                     => WikiPage
> [[WikiPage] link to wiki]        => link to wiki
> [[WikiPage] ]                    => [1]
> [[wiki page]]                    => wiki page
> [[wiki page]]s                   => wiki pages
> 
> Free Link (links to Wiki)
> 
> [[Wiki]]                         => Wiki
> [[Wiki] link to wiki]            => link to wiki
> [[Wiki] ]                        => [1]
> [[wiki]]                         => wiki
> [[wiki]]s                        => wikis
> 
> URL Link (links to http://google.com)
> 
> http://google.com                => http://google.com
> [[http://google.com]]            => google.com
> [[http://google.com] google]     => google
> [[http://google.com] ]           => [1]
> 
> Attach LInk (links to file called file.txt)
> 
> Attach:file.txt                  => Attach:file.txt
> [[Attach:file.txt]]              => file.txt
> [[Attach:file.txt] file]         => file
> 
> Attach Link with space (links to file called 'my file.txt')
> 
> [[Attach:my file.txt]]           => file.txt
> [[Attach:my file.txt] my file]   => my file
> [[Attach:my file.txt] ]          => [1]
> 
> 
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