Question

Consider this very common example from our intranet. I want to write a list of related pages, and the first two are most important so they should be bold. Nothing unusual in that, and ordinary TWiki shotrhand is used.

See also: DocumentationFromMDU, EdiKnowledgeBase, EnterpriseServer, MessageQueue, MessageRouting, EsJsub, TradingPartner, TradeGuide

Why aren't the two first wikiwords linked?

I've tried variations of this, for instance to include the , inside the asterisks, or to use only one set of asterisks. No variation helps.

• TWiki version: Dec2001
• Perl version: 5.6.1
• Web server & version: Apache 1.3
• Server OS: Redhat Linux 7.3
• Web browser & version: IE6
• Client OS: Win XP

-- TorbenGB - 21 May 2003

Answer

Write *[[DocumentationFromMDU]]* to get DocumentationFromMDU.

-- PeterThoeny - 21 May 2003

Is there a good reason we can't alter TWiki to use the more intuitive syntax Torban was trying?

-- MartinCleaver - 21 May 2003

If I [[hardcode]] it then I can make anything bold, but then I might as well use normal HTML. I thought it would be plain TWikiSyntax to simply put asterisks around DocumentationFromMDU? It works for normal words, why not for wikiwords? And please note that underscores for italics do work! This is not consistent.

-- TorbenGB - 22 May 2003

No, italic WikiWords like WebNotify do not get linked.

The spec for automatic WikiWord linking is to require leading require whitespace or parenthesis. I am reluctant to change that by allowing *, _, = because:

1. It increases the chance of unwanted WikiWord links
2. It would breaks existing content.

-- PeterThoeny - 24 May 2003

So answer is: It's not a bug, it'a a feature. I like un-linking WikiWord using bold: WikiWord more than using <nop>

-- PeterMasiar - 24 May 2003