2023-09-16 Oddµ wiki syntax

When I started writing Oddµ, I thought I might not need any wiki syntax at all. I don't particularly like Markdown links but it seemed that they were good enough.

When the focus isn't so much collaboration with strangers, wiki links aren't all that important any more. Does a link language really need WikiWords or double square brackets? When writing in a language with a lot of inflection, things are difficult enough. Perhaps it is easier to give the concept it's own, terse name – it's filename. In which case Markdown syntax is good enough. The author needs to provide the link text and the page name.

link language

As it turns out, however, there are some occasions where I like linking to "concept pages" (as opposed to "blog pages"). And there, inflection can be a problem, but it usually isn't. I found myself writing a lot of `[RPG](RPG)` links, for example. How much simpler it would be if I could write `[[RPG]]` instead! And so that's what happened: I added double square bracket links back.