From 447789806c9fc7991e9eee6f021a9cebef940f5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joey Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:57:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] web commit by tuomov: More on the |-syntax for plugins/short links --- doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn b/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn index 077cded23..93d3b045d 100644 --- a/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/Short_wikilinks.mdwn @@ -63,3 +63,10 @@ Other alternatives would be \[[link bar=VeryLongPageName]] >> This is, however, still missing specifying the link text, and adding that option would seem to me to complicate the plugin syntax a lot, unless support is added for the |-syntax for specifying a particular parameter to every plugin. + +>> ... Returning to this, the syntax infact wouldn't be so bad with the |-syntax, given a short name for the plugin: + + [[whatever|ref 1]] + \[[ref 1=page_with_long_name]] + +>> It also shouldn't be difficult to support non-wiki links in this same way, so that you could still link everywhere in an uniform manner, as the (still preferred by me) HTML processing approach would provide. Perhaps a plugin call wouldn't even be necessary for the links themselves: what about aliases for the normal link mechanism? Although the 'ref' call may infact be cleaner, and adding that |-syntax for plugins could offer other possibilities for other plugins. -- 2.44.0