From: joey Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:46:49 +0000 (+0000) Subject: web commit by http://madduck.myopenid.com/: add comment about why link texts need... X-Git-Tag: 2.9~45 X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/072d39f4b6fdbf99eea6c7aad593a27e10661fae web commit by http://madduck.myopenid.com/: add comment about why link texts need underscores in place of spaces --- diff --git a/doc/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/wikilink.mdwn index 301f71a7f..894cfdbfe 100644 --- a/doc/wikilink.mdwn +++ b/doc/wikilink.mdwn @@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ 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. -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]] +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]]. The reason you +have to (well, *should*) use underscores in place of spaces is so that +`ikiwiki` can distinguish your WikiLink from a PreprocessorDirective. To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like `\[[WikiLink#foo]]`