X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/07e68136bbc3d71c7c50b9526e13add37d8c7aee..b9f553ef425ce8b1178d45654551801cd7c7649e:/doc/wikilink.mdwn diff --git a/doc/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/wikilink.mdwn index 4b5c5c1c0..0026f156e 100644 --- a/doc/wikilink.mdwn +++ b/doc/wikilink.mdwn @@ -1,25 +1,26 @@ WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets. -For example "\[[WikiLink]]". +For example `\[[WikiLink]]`. -If you ever need to write something like "\[[WikiLink]] without creating a -wikilink, just prefix it with a "\", like "\\\\[[WikiLink]]". +If you ever need to write something like `\[[WikiLink]]` without creating a +wikilink, just prefix it with a `\`, like `\\\\[[WikiLink]]`. -Note that there are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into -play when linking between [[SubPage]]s. +There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when +linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]]. -WikiLinks can be entered in any case you like, the page they link to is -always lowercased. +Also, if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will +be displayed inline on the page. -While a WikiLink is limited to alphanumerics and only a few special -charaters, it is possible to create page names containing other characters: +WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensitive manner, so you +don't need to worry about getting the case the same, and can capitalise +links at the start of a sentence, and so on. -* To display a page name with a space in it, use "\_" in the WikiLink, for - example, "\[[Multi\_Word\_Page\_Name]]". -* For any other special character, you can use "\_\__nnnn_\_\_" where - _nnnn_ is the unicode character number. For example, - "\[[This\_page\_name\_is\_\_44\_\_\_uselessly\_\_44\_\_\_a\_complete\_sentence\_\_46\_\_]]" - Limiting use of this to when you really need it is a good idea. +It's also possible to write a WikiLink that uses something other than the +page name as the link text. For example `\[[foo_bar|SandBox]]` links to the +SandBox page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo_bar|SandBox]] -Note that if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will -be displayed inline on the page. +To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like +`\[[WikiLink#foo]]` + +**Note that you cannot use spaces in WikiLinks**. Replace spaces with +underscores.