Hi all, Don't know if this is widely known (and much less, whether it is useful), but I discovered that you can quickly make a non-linking link simply by inserting a single link break. That is, the code: [[Some link]]
Will render as: [[Some link]] - just plain text.
Caveats: - Only really works with multi-word links, as breaking anywhere but a space inserts an extra space: [[Foo ]] renders as: [[Foo ]] - Attempting to use a "pipe trick" with a single word produces the amusing effect of making the link totally vanish: [[Foo| ]] renders as nothing at all. (while [[Foo|]] renders as linked Foo). - explicitly linking the name back to itself produces a normal link: [[Foo| Foo]] is the same as [[Foo]]. - doesn't seem to work for templates - probably not useful for anything?
Anyway, just some more rather curious fringe parser behaviour.
Steve
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