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Comments on automatic linking to a specific category, by title
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automatic linking to a specific category, by title
I'd love a Codidact-specific markdown extension that links to a post in a particular category. That was really unclear, so let me give an example. A particular site can have a Glossary category with particular pages as entries in the category. Then [[foo]] anywhere on the site will link to the "foo" entry in the glossary.
Some use cases:
- Judaism can have a glossary so people can write a term of art like "muktzeh" in a post and simply link it to let people know what it means.
- Cooking can have a Standard Methods category of explanatory posts so a recipe can say
After [[separating the eggs]],….
Some details:
- The markdown
[[...]]is not meant to be final and some other can be chosen. (However, I like it, because it's similar to the[...]link markdown.) - I say
[[foo]]should link "to the 'foo' entry" and the question is — what's that? Well, most obviously it's the entry whose title is "foo". But it would be really nice to have redirection/canonicalization so that[[separating the eggs]]can link to the "separation of eggs" page. How? Perhaps by creating a page as a redirect. Maybe people have better ideas about how to do this.
A response to expected pushback:
- Yes, I know it's possible using a userscript. But don't you want all users, not just those with the script, to be able to see the link?
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This has taken a little while to get to while I did some research into how feasible it is.
For the moment, I'm putting a [status-deferred] on this - I know that's not the answer you were hoping for, but it is the necessary answer. Adding a custom Markdown extension involves developing an extension for two separate Markdown rendering systems. It's not impossible, but it requires some extensive work and testing to be sure that it works correctly.
For a feature that ultimately comes down to adding a link that could also be added manually... the work this involves isn't worth the time it would take right now. Once we've finished more of the features we've got planned, we should be able to revisit this.
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