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[ikiwiki.git] / doc / todo / Short_wikilinks.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn b/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn
@@ -82,7 +82,22 @@ Other alternatives would be
        \[[link bar=1]]
        \[[dest 1=page_with_long_name]]
 
->> It also shouldn't be difficult to support non-wiki links in this same way, so that you could still link everywhere in an uniform manner, as the (still preferred by me) HTML processing approach would provide. Perhaps a plugin call wouldn't even be necessary for the links themselves: what about aliases for the normal link mechanism? Although the 'ref' call may infact be cleaner, and adding that |-syntax for plugins could offer other possibilities for other plugins.
+>>>> But this doesn't work so well for links that aren't valid keys. Such
+>>>> as stuff with spaces in it. I'd like to be able to write any kind of
+>>>> links conveniently, not just something that looks like a wikilink.
+
+>>>>> You're right, and to fix that it could be turned around: --[[Joey]]
+
+       \[[link 1=bar]]
+       \[[dest 1=page_with_long_name]]
+
+>> It also shouldn't be difficult to support non-wiki links in this same
+>> way, so that you could still link everywhere in an uniform manner, as
+>> the (still preferred by me) HTML processing approach would provide.
+>> Perhaps a plugin call wouldn't even be necessary for the links
+>> themselves: what about aliases for the normal link mechanism? Although
+>> the 'ref' call may infact be cleaner, and adding that |-syntax for
+>> plugins could offer other possibilities for other plugins.
 
 >>> I agree, it should be easy to make it support non-wiki links too.
 >>> We seem to have converged at something we can both live with that's