If an author writes [-{{free link}}-] pmwiki treats the second - as a = reference to 'free link-'. The freelink pattern could require suffixes to = end in an alphanumeric, eg (-?[A-Za-z0-9])* --=20 John Rankin Affinity Limited T 64 4 495 3737 F 64 4 473 7991 021 RANKIN john.rankin at affinity.co.nz www.affinity.co.nz