Omitting the prefix "wiki:" doesn't work with quoted links when an alternative link text is provided

[sebastian@…]

Omitting the prefix "wiki:" doesn't work with quoted links when an alternative link text is provided. For example the following works:

[wiki:"Quoted Wiki Page" This is a quoted wiki page]
["Quoted Wiki Page"]
[QuotedWikiPage This is another wiki page]

But the following (omitting "wiki:") doesn't work (as expected):

["Quoted Wiki Page" This is a quoted wiki page]
["TracGuide" Not even when no spaces are used]

Displays as:

• This is a quoted wiki page
• Not even when no spaces are used

And should be displayed as:

• This is a quoted wiki page
• Not even when no spaces are used

[Christian Boos]

Yes, I've noticed that myself some times after implementing the MoinMoin's "internal free links" syntax. I'm not sure if "internal free links with labels" are supported in MoinMoin, but the suggested syntax looks consistent.

Btw, is it only me or has the MoinMoin's wiki syntax for links been overhauled to be more Creole-style? (​MoinMoin:HelpOnLinking)

[Remy Blank]

Not a blocker for 0.12.

[Sebastian Krysmanski <sebastian@…>]

Btw: This also doesn't work when no alternative text is provided. For example [MoinMoin] should be rendered as MoinMoin but is rendered as [MoinMoin]. This is especially the case for non-camelcase wiki pages.

[Christian Boos]

I think [<some text>] is seen too commonly in plain text to be automatically replaced by a link.

See ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_bracket#Box_brackets_or_square_brackets_.5B_.5D.

[Sebastian Krysmanski <sebastian@…>]

You may be right although I think users using the Trac wiki would always expect square brackets to represent a link (at least I do) - so I guess they won't use them as often as you think. But that's just my opinion.

[Christian Boos]

See also ticket:9239#comment:9.

[Remy Blank]

["Internal free links" with a label] have been added in [9535].