[Pmwiki-users] new link markup format? [[link] text]
Patrick R. Michaud
pmichaud
Sat May 8 12:29:40 CDT 2004
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 10:16:11AM -0700, Wayne Lee wrote:
> It might be too late in the game here,
> but I'd like to suggest an alternative
> markup for links. I stumbled upon this
> idea while researching wiki markups:
>
> [[LinkName] alternative text]
I like it a *lot*, but it really conflicts with PmWiki's existing
markup and pages. Consider [[spacewikiwords]], [[nogroupheader]],
[[nogroupfooter]], as well as [[WikiWord link]].
So, alas, it may indeed be "too late in the game". But I am very
interested in adopting a markup along these lines--especially if it
ever becomes a part of a unified standard for wiki links. (Side
question: is Wikipedia or other wikis considering/using anything
like this?)
We *can* create this markup with curly braces instead of
square brackets and not result in hardly any conflicts to PmWiki's existing
markup. I just fear that getting the installed PmWiki base to switch
the link syntax may be too much to swallow. (However, if such a
change were to occur, we'd certainly provide tools to automatically
convert existing pages to the new markups.)
Pm
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