Thanks so much! Yeah, I use this for academic stuff, so the issue comes up a lot... I kind of think the option to shut that feature off should be standard.
On Dec 19, 1:42 pm, Eric Shulman <[email protected]> wrote: > > How do you turn off the feature where words with two capitals in them > > are auto-linked unless you put in a ~. I.e., WW2 automatically turns > > into a link. > > Also, what is the logic behind that feature anyway? > > When Ward Cunningham developed the first wiki software, one important > goal was to simplify or even eliminate the need for special syntax for > hyperlinks. This is because the "wiki way" is to allow 'on the fly' > creation of pages (or in TiddlyWiki's case, tiddlers), and stopping to > specify a complex linking syntax interrupts the creative flow. > Nonetheless, in order for any wiki system to render a link embedded > within content, there has to be *some* kind of distinct syntax that > can be used to recognize that a link is intended, rather than just > displaying normal text > > To address this, Ward settled on using a mixed-case pattern where two > adjoining capitalized words would automatically be rendered as a link > to another page. This mixed-case pattern is sometimes called "Camel > case" due to the 'hump' formed by the capital letter(s) in the middle > of the text, and has become generally known as a "WikiWord" because of > it's nearly universal use within many different wiki systems. > > The rationale for WikiWord syntax is that, while it is still a special > syntax, it is only barely so (just a change in letter case and > removing some whitespace between words), so it's impact on the > creative process is minimally intrusive. Of course, if you *don't* > want to use WikiWord links and prefer to use the [[...]] syntax to > explicitly define each link, then automatic WikiWord linking can be > *very* intrusive :-) This can be particularly true when using lots of > acronyms, names or technical terms that might match the WikiWord > pattern requirements (such as "WW2", "McDonald", etc.) > > Fortunately, there is a TiddlyTools plugin that gives you more control > over automatic WikiWord linking: > http://www.TiddlyTools.com/#DisableWikiLinksPlugin > > After importing this tiddler, save-and-reload (so the plugin takes > effect). Then, open the DisableWikiLinksPlugin tiddler and select the > "Disable ALL automatic WikiWord tiddler links" checkbox in the > "Configuration" section of the documentation. That's it. From then > on, when a tiddler is rendered, no automatic links will appear... just > links that have been specified using [[...]]. > > enjoy, > -e > Eric Shulman > TiddlyTools / ELS Design Studios --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/TiddlyWiki?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
