I was trying to be fancy with my Wiki link names "Dottari ~ Kintargo City Guard" instead of using a hyphen. It appears that using the tilde in "[[Dottari ~ Kintargo City Guard]]" causing the text treated as normal text instead of an Wiki link to another Wiki page. So, I'm using a hyphen (-) instead but I'm curious as to why tilde breaks things.
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Hey @Krothos,
From what I can see in the code, this is just an oversight.
The "Name" of the Wiki Page has no character restrictions at all (currently). But when the code is scanning the text for "Wiki Links" after you Save, it only processes a Wiki Link if all of the characters are within a limited group, specifically: letters, numbers, spaces, and any of _()-!@,'"
So it's very easy to create a Wiki Page that can't be linked to in the normal way by adding a character to the Wiki Page name that isn't in that limited group. Alternatively, you can create an "a href" link to the wiki page or an "external link" using the full url of the Wiki Page.
I can't think of any technical reason that tilde should be excluded.
I'll add this to the dev queue.
Thanks,
thaen/Aleks
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Thank you.
@Krothos, I've added the "~" to the allowed special characters, so Wiki Pages with "~" in the Name will now link properly.
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Thank you! I don't know why but I've using this symbol a lot where ever I need a hyphen. :-P
Happy to! Ha! Yeah, it adds a bit of "flourish" to things. : )
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