X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/7960031135e74f6d36abc4294dbadb687117222c..46a997db16e68ecdf3e1c13ea444afdb4e767a2f:/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn index 38df00f86..cf3b89c76 100644 --- a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn +++ b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn @@ -1,3 +1,4 @@ +[[!meta robots="noindex, follow"]] WikiLinks provide easy linking between pages of the wiki. To create a [[WikiLink]], just put the name of the page to link to in double brackets. For example `\[[WikiLink]]`. @@ -8,9 +9,6 @@ wikilink, just prefix it with a `\`, like `\\[[WikiLink]]`. There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]]. -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. @@ -20,8 +18,12 @@ 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]]. To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like -`\[[WikiLink#foo]]` +`\[[WikiLink#foo]]` . + +If the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will +be displayed inline on the page. + +--- -**Note that you cannot use spaces in WikiLinks**. Replace spaces with -underscores. The presence of spaces is used to distinguish between a -[[PreprocessorDirective]] and a WikiLink. +You can also put an url in a WikiLink, to link to an external page. +Email addresses can also be used to generate a mailto link.