From: chrysn Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 12:32:09 +0000 (-0400) Subject: more detailed explaination of an old behavior X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/commitdiff_plain/a59e5213b9633f8bcb3f4a26e1ca8fcbb78f7b9b?ds=sidebyside more detailed explaination of an old behavior --- diff --git a/doc/bugs/Underscores_in_links_don__39__t_appear.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Underscores_in_links_don__39__t_appear.mdwn index b25dfb7fe..b3cacdb6e 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Underscores_in_links_don__39__t_appear.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Underscores_in_links_don__39__t_appear.mdwn @@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ I would like to be able to create links with underscores. I realize this is a fe > i assume that this behavior stems from times when wikilinks and [[ikiwiki/directive]]s were not distinguished by \[[ vs \[[! but by the use of whitespace in directives, so whitespace had to be avoided in wikilinks. > > --[[chrysn]] + +> having hacked around in the [[plugins/link]] plugin, i can confirm that the link texts are explicitly de-escaped, and that when no pipe is inside the link (ie links like `\[[cmd_test]]`), the string `"cmd_test"` is regarded as a link (that will subsequently be converted to a readable text) rather than as a readable text (for which a suitable link target is found automatically). --[[chrysn]]