[[simple_text_parsing_or_regex_in_template_or_shortcut]], or a comprehensive
Debian package shortcut which linked to the package page and parenthetically
to the BTS and PTS.
+
+--[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+It sounds like you're looking for templates, not shortcuts. --[[Joey]]
+
+> Perhaps true (see my issues with template syntax on
+> [[todo/shortcut_optional_parameters]]), but allowing a `shortcut` without an
+> `url` still seems reasonable, and simple. You could also use such shortcuts
+> without markup at all, as an abbreviation mechanism:
+>
+> \[[!shortcut name=spi desc="Software in the Public Interest, Inc."]]].
+> \[[!shortcut name=sosp desc="Symposium on Operating System Principles"]]].
+> \[[!shortcut name=cacm desc="Communications of the ACM"]]].
+>
+> --[[JoshTriplett]]