From: Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:35:31 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: document external links
X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/07a08122d926ab6b7741c94bc6c0038ffe0113fb?ds=inline

document external links
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diff --git a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
index 0c30aafa2..cf3b89c76 100644
--- a/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
+++ b/doc/ikiwiki/wikilink.mdwn
@@ -9,9 +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.
@@ -22,3 +19,11 @@ 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]]` .
+
+If the file linked to by a WikiLink looks like an image, it will
+be displayed inline on the page.
+
+---
+
+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.