Extend the syntax of URL hyperlinks so that they can have link texts

[PHO]

There is currently no way to create URL hyperlinks having link texts, that is:

--| <http://example.net/>

renders to http://example.net/, but we can't create links that look like EXAMPLE. I need something like:

--| <http://example.net/ EXAMPLE>

[SimonHengel]

I think it would be nice to reuse some existing markup for that, e.g. Markdown's syntax for links:

[some link](http://example.net/)

Of course this has the disadvantage, that it could theoretically interfere with existing documentation. I'm not sure if that is a problem.

[SimonHengel]

Our current syntax for links is already valid Markdown (Automatic Links). So using Markdown syntax for named links would be consistent.

[SimonHengel]

Markdown syntax for named URLs conflicts with our syntax for definition lists. So I ended up using the following.

<http://example.net/ some link>

This is not the most beautiful thing, but it works (the code is on my dev branch).

If anybody has any better ideas, please raise your voice.

[anonymous]

Milestone 2.10.0 deleted