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diff --git a/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn b/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn index 55db32b4f..4059d8e2a 100644 --- a/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/do_not_make_links_backwards.mdwn @@ -54,11 +54,18 @@ There's a caveat: we can't have a per-wiki backwards_links option, because of th >>> 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]] +>>>> I dislike placing such requirements on the underlay, which is after +>>>> all, just a subset of pages in this wiki, which many of the people +>>>> editing may not even realize are part of the underlay. --[[Joey]] + >>> Another option for internal links is to just use the regular markdown links instead of `\[[text|link]]` markup, that way it works regardless. Then the documentation for the link plugin just has to state both syntaxes in a safe manner. >>> I also agree that we should just switch in one shot, although I am worried this means this could be postponed indefinitely.--[[anarcat]] >>>> I have done just that in my branch: now the underlay only uses wikilinks in the wikilink page, elsewhere regular markdown links are used. I haven't converted the whole of the doc/ directory however, that would be left to the migration. I have written a ikiwik-transition tool to migrate from wikilink to markdown while i was there. --[[anarcat]] +>>>>> No, that is *not* an option. Relative markdown links **break** when +>>>>> page A, containing a link, is inlined into page B. --[[Joey]] + ---- FWIW, I think this change may well be painful, but is a good idea. I can never remember which way around it should be. |