X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/2a55084f746d0410cb75364e3b9370f7a2b61d50..687f7f7b77d72e6e6ad6aa5f2323894cc87c1366:/doc/bugs/wiki_links_still_processed_inside_code_blocks.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/wiki_links_still_processed_inside_code_blocks.mdwn b/doc/bugs/wiki_links_still_processed_inside_code_blocks.mdwn index b56ee30af..9f0a1d102 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/wiki_links_still_processed_inside_code_blocks.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/wiki_links_still_processed_inside_code_blocks.mdwn @@ -1 +1,67 @@ -In [[markdown]] syntax, none of the other special characters get processed inside a code block. However, in ikiwiki, [[wiki links|wikilinks]] and [[preprocessor directives|preprocessordirectives]] still get processed inside a code block, requiring additional escaping. For example, `[links don't work](#here)`, but `a [[wikilink]] becomes HTML`. \ No newline at end of file +In [[ikiwiki/markdown]] syntax, none of the other special characters get processed +inside a code block. However, in ikiwiki, [[wiki_links|ikiwiki/wikilink]] and +[[preprocessor_directives|ikiwiki/directive]] still get processed +inside a code block, requiring additional escaping. For example, `[links +don't work](#here)`, but `a [[ikiwiki/wikilink]] becomes HTML`. --[[JoshTriplett]] + +Indented lines provide a good way to escape a block of text containing +markdown syntax, but ikiwiki links like \[[this]] are still +interpreted within such a block. I think that intepretation should not +be happening. That is I should be able to write: + + [[this]] + +and have it render like: + + \[[this]] + +--[[cworth]] + +---- + +> Has there been any progress or ideas on this bug recently? I use an +> expanded CamelCase regexp, and without much escaping in freelink text, or +> url links, or in codeblocks I get IkiWiki's attempt at creating a "link +> within a link". +> +> I have no ideas other than perhaps once IkiWiki encounters \[\[ or the +> position is reset with a backreference from a CamelCased word, further +> processing of wikilinks is disabled until the position is reset and a "no +> not makelinks" flag or variable is cleared. +> +> I've come up with some _really_ ugly workarounds to handle case specific +> stuff like codeblocks but the problem creeps up again and again in +> unexpected places. I'd be happy to come up with a patch if anyone has a +> bright idea on a nice clean way (_in theroy_) to fix this. I'm out of ideas. +> +> --CharlesMauch + +> I've moved the above comment here because it seems to be talking about +> this bug, not the similar Smileys bug. +> +> In the case of either bug, no, I don't have an idea of a solution yet. +> --[[Joey]] + +> I've now solved a similar bug involving the smiley plugin. The code used +> there should give some strong hints how to fix this bug, though I haven't +> tried to apply the method yet. --[[Joey]] + +>> As far, as I can see, smileys bug is solved by checking for code/pre. In +>> this case, however, this is not applicable. WikiLinks/directives *should* be +>> expanded before passing text to formatter, as their expansion may contain +>> markup. Directives should be processed before, as they may provide *partial* +>> markup (eg `template` ones), that have no sense except when in the page +>> cotext. Links should be processed before, because, at least multimarkdown may +>> try to expand them as anchor-links. +>> +>> For now, my partial solution is to restrict links to not have space at the +>> start, this way in many cases escaping in code may be done in natural way +>> and not break copypastability. For example, shell 'if \[[ condition ]];' +>> will work fine with this. +>> +>> Maybe directives can also be restricted to only be allowed on the line by +>> themselves (not separated by blank lines, however) or something similar. +>> +>> --[[isbear]] + +[[!debbug 487397]]