Right, in that case I'll have to painstakingly type in the longhand form for every image link (in my case) and also must include the target='_blank' bit otherwise opening in the same tab.
On Monday, February 23, 2015 at 9:38:47 AM UTC+13, Jed Carty wrote: > > I am pretty certain that the only other way to have external links without > using html tags is to just type in the complete url without any formatting. > Just typing http://tiddlywiki.com will be a link, but that isn't very > useful. > > Making a macro or widget like the link widget but that works for external > links probably wouldn't be very difficult, but it would just be a wrapper > on the a tag anyway, so I am not sure how useful it would be. > > Do you think it would make a significant difference to be able to type > something like > > <$external-link to='http://tiddlywiki.com'>Some text or images >> here</$external-link> >> > > instead of > > <a href='http://tiddlywiki.com' target='_blank'>Some text or images >> here</a> > > ? > > That is a sincere question, I have gotten used to just using the html and > I am not sure if it would be helpful for someone to use one over the other. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
