about replacements in rst (renaming links)

diff --git a/doc/todo/Resolve_native_reStructuredText_links_to_ikiwiki_pages.mdwn b/doc/todo/Resolve_native_reStructuredText_links_to_ikiwiki_pages.mdwn
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--- a/doc/todo/Resolve_native_reStructuredText_links_to_ikiwiki_pages.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/Resolve_native_reStructuredText_links_to_ikiwiki_pages.mdwn
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ Desing issues in general:
 
 We resolve rST links without definition, we don't help resolving defined relative links, so we don't support specifying link name and target separately.
 
 
 We resolve rST links without definition, we don't help resolving defined relative links, so we don't support specifying link name and target separately.
 

+> I found out this is possible by using rST subsitutions. So to do [[Version history...|releases]]
+> you would use:
+> 
+> `|releases|_`  
+> `.. |releases| replace:: Version history...`  
+> Which does not seem to have an inline replacement. Using non-resolved links there is the alternative:
+>
+> ``Version history <releases/>`_`. --ulrik [kaizer.se]
+
+

 Many other issues with rST are of course unresolved, but some might be solved by implementing custom rST directives (which is a supported extension mechanism).
 
 Patch follows:
 Many other issues with rST are of course unresolved, but some might be solved by implementing custom rST directives (which is a supported extension mechanism).
 
 Patch follows: