X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/ff6941cef9a88ea2a0d3af2e5ae1edd09048916b..5f162cfd344f6b75fa39a57be4b3d488cadd1535:/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn diff --git a/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn b/basewiki/subpage/linkingrules.mdwn index 1543801b3..c1062304a 100644 --- 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.