about replacements in rst (renaming links)
authorhttp://kaizer.se/ <http://kaizer.se/@web>
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:38:40 +0000 (15:38 -0400)
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:38:40 +0000 (15:38 -0400)
doc/todo/Resolve_native_reStructuredText_links_to_ikiwiki_pages.mdwn

index c98723f2d9f1b4915f44bc1659abc0401e08c61d..642382b4733dc5a17aed4c5783f38d04c418986a 100644 (file)
@@ -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.
 
+> 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: