X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/a1997e1994d65add41eea3063ba458e219e54579..87de5b822bd5ffe77a3bac3a984a9f1e2a3d90d4:/doc/wikilink.mdwn diff --git a/doc/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/wikilink.mdwn index 7891add7c..d7e2ec6e0 100644 --- a/doc/wikilink.mdwn +++ b/doc/wikilink.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,24 @@ 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 -examples "[[ WikiLink ]]" (without the added whitespace). +[[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets. +For example "\[[WikiLink]]". -Note that there are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into -play when linking between [[SubPage]]s. +The file name associated with a wiki link is create as follows: capital +letters are converted to lower case and spaces to underscores. Finally, +the file extention is added. -WikiLinks can be entered in any case you like, the page they link to is -always lowercased. +If you ever need to write something like "\[[WikiLink]] without creating a +wikilink, just prefix it with a "\", like "\\\\[[WikiLink]]". + +There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when +linking between [[SubPage]]s. + +Also, if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will +be displayed inline on the page. + +WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensative 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. + +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]]