* Add canedit hook, allowing arbitrary controls over when a page can be

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / basewiki / subpage / linkingrules.mdwn

diff --git a/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn b/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn
index 1543801b328dec55a5a817ff4b13115638aeb6b3..c1062304aa9d8215ff6afd406c84e4e8de32bbe5 100644 (file)
--- a/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn
+++ b/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ the only way to link to an unrelated [[SubPage]].
 You can use this to, for example, to link from BazBar to "FooBar/SubPage",
 or from BazBar/SubPage to "FooBar/SubPage".
 
-You can also use ".." in a link, to specify exactly which page to link to,
-when there are multiple pages with similar names and the link goes to the
-wrong page by default. For example, linking from "FooBar/SubPage" to 
-".../OtherPage" will link to the "OtherPage" in the root of the wiki, even
-if there is a "FooBar/OtherPage".
+You can also use "/" at the start of a link, to specify exactly which page
+to link to, when there are multiple pages with similar names and the link
+goes to the wrong page by default. For example, linking from
+"FooBar/SubPage" to  "/OtherPage" will link to the "OtherPage" in the root
+of the wiki, even if there is a "FooBar/OtherPage".
+
+Also, if the wiki is configured with a userdir, you can link to pages
+within the userdir without specifying a path to them. This is to allow for
+easy linking to a user's page in the userdir, to sign a comment. These
+links are checked for last of all.