X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/0a95ac2144de8552eeebabd6467bf25969352240..82e2a5fef0a6a19d9fea9bddfb9a59c6f5af5147:/doc/wikilink.mdwn?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/wikilink.mdwn index 6051fe120..46da8c301 100644 --- a/doc/wikilink.mdwn +++ b/doc/wikilink.mdwn @@ -5,15 +5,19 @@ For example "\[[WikiLink]]". If you ever need to write something like "\[[WikiLink]] without creating a wikilink, just prefix it with a "\", like "\\\\[[WikiLink]]". -Note that there are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into -play when linking between [[SubPage]]s. +There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when +linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]]. -WikiLinks can be entered in any case you like, the page they link to is -always lowercased. - -Note that if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will +Also, if the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will be displayed inline on the page. +WikiLinks are matched with page names in a case-insensitive manner, so you +don't need to worry about getting the case the same, and can capitalise +links at the start of a sentence, and so on. + It's also possible to write a WikiLink that uses something other than the -page name as the link text. For example "\[[foo|SandBox]]" links to the -SandBox page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo|SandBox]] +page name as the link text. For example "\[[foo_bar|SandBox]]" links to the +SandBox page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo_bar|SandBox]] + +**Note that you cannot use spaces in WikiLinks**. Replace spaces with +underscores.