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diff --git a/doc/todo/shortcut_with_no_url_parameter__44___only_desc.mdwn b/doc/todo/shortcut_with_no_url_parameter__44___only_desc.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..56a74029e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/shortcut_with_no_url_parameter__44___only_desc.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Currently, [[shortcuts]] must have the `url` parameter, and can optionally +have the `desc` parameter. If the `shortcut` directive instead required at +least one of `url` or `desc`, then shortcuts could just supply a description +without an URL. Since desc can contain arbitrary wiki markup, this would +allow shortcuts with multiple links, such as the mmlist shortcut proposed on +[[simple_text_parsing_or_regex_in_template_or_shortcut]], or a comprehensive +Debian package shortcut which linked to the package page and parenthetically +to the BTS and PTS. + +--[[JoshTriplett]] + +It sounds like you're looking for templates, not shortcuts. --[[Joey]] + +> Perhaps true (see my issues with template syntax on +> [[todo/shortcut_optional_parameters]]), but allowing a `shortcut` without an +> `url` still seems reasonable, and simple. You could also use such shortcuts +> without markup at all, as an abbreviation mechanism: +> +> \[[!shortcut name=spi desc="Software in the Public Interest, Inc."]]]. +> \[[!shortcut name=sosp desc="Symposium on Operating System Principles"]]]. +> \[[!shortcut name=cacm desc="Communications of the ACM"]]]. +> +> --[[JoshTriplett]] |