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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Filenames_with_colons_cause_problems_for_Windows_users.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Filenames_with_colons_cause_problems_for_Windows_users.mdwn
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@@ -51,11 +51,20 @@ Windows does not support filenames containing any of these characters: `/ \ * :
 >>>> They'll suddenly change names. Well, I should finish frying my current fish
 >>>> before taking on something new, so I'll shut up now :). -- [[Will]]
 
+>>>>> If `linkpage()` is changed to escape colons, then links to pages 
+>>>>> with literal colons in their names will stop working; ikiwiki will
+>>>>> instead look for page names with escaped colons. --[[Joey]]
+
 >>> So, I guess it has to be a config option, possibly defaulting on
 >>> when the OS is Windows. And if being able to checkout/etc the wiki
 >>> source on windows systems is desired, you'd have to remember to turn
 >>> that on when setting up a wiki, even if the wiki was hosted on unix.
 >>>
+>>> Ok, `wiki_file_chars` config option added, set to 
+>>> `"-[:alnum:]+/._"` to exclude colons from filenames read or written by
+>>> ikiwiki. [[done]]
+>>> 
 >>> BTW, I suspect there are lots of other problems with actually running
 >>> ikiwiki on windows, including its assumption that the directory
->>> separator is "/". --[[Joey]]
+>>> separator is "/". Windows will be supported when someone sends me a
+>>> comprehansive and not ugly or performance impacting patch. :-) --[[Joey]]