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Wiki markup is recognisable with link conventions [[like this internal link]] and [[like this|http://external/link] http://external/link]] (MediaWiki and Creole

by Tobu 13y ago

Wiki markup is recognisable with link conventions [[like this internal link]] and [[like this|http://external/link] http://external/link]] (MediaWiki and Creole; earlier wikis relied solely on CamlCase). Markdown's design is inspired by conventions used in plain-text email, with links [like this][1]. [1] http://site/ http://site/

elithrar 13y ago
> Markdown's design is inspired by conventions used in plain-text email, with links [like this][1]. And [title](http://url.goes.here http://url.goes.here) for in-line URLs.
- Tobu 13y ago
  Of course. Either way, it's close to the plain text convention, though one wouldn't bracket the link-name part.
tomjen3 13y ago
That is not how I write plain-text email, and I don't think most people do either. I write links in plain-text emails as: www.example.com/awesome-video-of-kittens.jsp?referrer=whatever Note in particular that I don't put http in front, nor do I provide an alternative title.
- icebraining 13y ago
  I don't get it, do you type the URLs by hand, or do you manually cut the http:// http:// from what the browser gives you? Both options seem odd to me.
  - tomjen3 13y ago
    I didn't notice the browser ads the http. Anyway it should still understand links without http because if I am typing the link out by hand (say because it is a site I remember) then I would still want it to be a link.
    - alanh 13y ago
      > I didn't notice the browser ads the http. This is baffling for me. You are not new to the Internet, but until only quite recently, every single browser always showed the protocol is the address bar. Only of late did Google Chrome and then e.g. Mobile Safari remove “http://” http://” from the display to save space; and yes, naturally they include this string when copy-pasting as doing otherwise would result in an incompletely pasted URI (protocols are not optional, except by current convention in non-hypertextual media).

by Tobu 13y ago

elithrar 13y ago

> Markdown's design is inspired by conventions used in plain-text email, with links [like this][1]. And [title](http://url.goes.here http://url.goes.here) for in-line URLs.

Tobu 13y ago
Of course. Either way, it's close to the plain text convention, though one wouldn't bracket the link-name part.

tomjen3 13y ago

That is not how I write plain-text email, and I don't think most people do either. I write links in plain-text emails as: www.example.com/awesome-video-of-kittens.jsp?referrer=whatever Note in particular that I don't put http in front, nor do I provide an alternative title.

icebraining 13y ago
I don't get it, do you type the URLs by hand, or do you manually cut the http:// http:// from what the browser gives you? Both options seem odd to me.
- tomjen3 13y ago
  I didn't notice the browser ads the http. Anyway it should still understand links without http because if I am typing the link out by hand (say because it is a site I remember) then I would still want it to be a link.
  - alanh 13y ago
    > I didn't notice the browser ads the http. This is baffling for me. You are not new to the Internet, but until only quite recently, every single browser always showed the protocol is the address bar. Only of late did Google Chrome and then e.g. Mobile Safari remove “http://” http://” from the display to save space; and yes, naturally they include this string when copy-pasting as doing otherwise would result in an incompletely pasted URI (protocols are not optional, except by current convention in non-hypertextual media).