[pmwiki-users] Default styling of links to non-existent pages

[Patrick R. Michaud]

Before leaving the 2.1.beta series, I'd like to visit the
possibility of changing the default styling of links to
non-existent pages, but could use feedback.

Currently PmWiki automatically styles links to non-existent pages
by placing a question mark after the link and a dotted underline
beneath it.  This choice was settled upon after many discussions
in August of 2004.

Currently the link styling is built-in to the PmWiki core itself;
i.e., it's the default unless a skin redefines it.  Skin designers
will tell you that it can be a bit of a pain to override.

I'm curious to know if we should change this, and if so, how.
I can think of ways where it might be nice to eliminate the
question mark that appears, and use some other form of styling
besides the dotted underlining.  I notice that many other
systems have gone to simply highlighting the link with a different
color.

Any comments/suggestions on this?

Pm