X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/e3e32c1ff1cee74f879ae1416890030eee299a4c..80972e5e2669ec6e3258be0d12dc5859478d4c7e:/doc/wikilink.mdwn diff --git a/doc/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/wikilink.mdwn index 46da8c301..38df00f86 100644 --- a/doc/wikilink.mdwn +++ b/doc/wikilink.mdwn @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ 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]]". +For example `\[[WikiLink]]`. -If you ever need to write something like "\[[WikiLink]] without creating a -wikilink, just prefix it with a "\", like "\\\\[[WikiLink]]". +If you ever need to write something like `\[[WikiLink]]` without creating a +wikilink, just prefix it with a `\`, like `\\[[WikiLink]]`. There are some special [[SubPage/LinkingRules]] that come into play when linking between [[SubPages|SubPage]]. @@ -15,9 +15,13 @@ 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]] +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]]. + +To link to an anchor inside a page, you can use something like +`\[[WikiLink#foo]]` **Note that you cannot use spaces in WikiLinks**. Replace spaces with -underscores. +underscores. The presence of spaces is used to distinguish between a +[[PreprocessorDirective]] and a WikiLink.