From 5b5da9fff4ff4c2a4df20f58c2dabff0ca75e588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://kerravonsen.dreamwidth.org/" Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 21:32:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] thoughts on dealing with basewiki links --- doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn b/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn index 09b1b9b59..7f54c26f7 100644 --- a/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn @@ -40,3 +40,9 @@ The following needs to be done: >> There are quite likely ikiwiki page generators that build wikilinks >> too. One that's part of ikiwiki itself is `change.tmpl`. There may be >> others... --[[Joey]] + +>>> Agreed that it would be cleaner to just change everything, even though the transition might be painful. + +>>> Another interim option might be to change the basewiki links to be just \[[link to whatever]] without having a description. +>>> That style of link would work whether the link style was "backwards" or "forwards". Unfortunately it could make some links less readable; after all, there is a reason why one wants to be able to change the link text! But I don't know what proportion of the links are like that. It's a thought, anyway. +>>> --[[KathrynAndersen]] -- 2.39.5