1 Currently, [[shortcuts]] must have the `url` parameter, and can optionally
2 have the `desc` parameter. If the `shortcut` directive instead required at
3 least one of `url` or `desc`, then shortcuts could just supply a description
4 without an URL. Since desc can contain arbitrary wiki markup, this would
5 allow shortcuts with multiple links, such as the mmlist shortcut proposed on
6 [[simple_text_parsing_or_regex_in_template_or_shortcut]], or a comprehensive
7 Debian package shortcut which linked to the package page and parenthetically
12 It sounds like you're looking for templates, not shortcuts. --[[Joey]]
14 > Perhaps true (see my issues with template syntax on
15 > [[todo/shortcut_optional_parameters]]), but allowing a `shortcut` without an
16 > `url` still seems reasonable, and simple. You could also use such shortcuts
17 > without markup at all, as an abbreviation mechanism:
19 > \[[!shortcut name=spi desc="Software in the Public Interest, Inc."]]].
20 > \[[!shortcut name=sosp desc="Symposium on Operating System Principles"]]].
21 > \[[!shortcut name=cacm desc="Communications of the ACM"]]].