X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/ed30330ac23ca84235e09cfc2f0acd55d62e4a09..2a0f15d2cd2c5d6855650a27c4f6e7e56900ee84:/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn diff --git a/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn b/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn index 22a1c149c..b93b20a32 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/debbug_shortcut_should_expand_differently.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -`\[[debbug 123456]]` expands to "bug #123456", which is hyperlinked. Could you please drop the leading "bug", for two reasons? +`\[[!debbug 123456]]` expands to "bug #123456", which is hyperlinked. Could you please drop the leading "bug", for two reasons? First, #123456 is not a bug, it's a bug report. And second, #123456 suffices, doesn't it? By hardcoding the "bug" in there, you make it impossible to start a sentence with a bug number, e.g.: @@ -9,3 +9,9 @@ instead of There are problems with code. bug #123456 is a good example of... Thanks, --[[madduck]] + +> Tschwinge changed it to expand to "Debian bug #xxxx". Which happens to +> sidestep the start of sentence problem. I think it makes sense to be +> explicit about whose bug it is, in general -- but you can always edit the +> shortcuts page for your own wiki to use something shorter and more +> implicit. --[[Joey]] [[done]]