X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/642f73a39fa5249e01b384cda24e44bfb805e971..0ae8b504483a69ec90b3cc7422e4e5663feab3c3:/basewiki/wikilink.mdwn

diff --git a/basewiki/wikilink.mdwn b/basewiki/wikilink.mdwn
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--- a/basewiki/wikilink.mdwn
+++ b/basewiki/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 bar|SandBox]]" links to the
-SandBox page, but the link will appear like this: [[foo bar|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.