Automatic links syntax (was: automatic links within backticks not escaped properly)

[david scotson]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2004 13:16:59 -0500, Michel Fortin
<michel.fortin at michelf.com> wrote:
> Le 1 déc. 2004, à 4:55, david scotson a écrit :
> 
> > Returning to my point about using '<>' instead of '[]', would it be
> > possible to include the square bracket as an alternative character
> > choice for automatic links? Just to make it consistent with the other
> > linking schemes and therefore easier to explain/remember for those
> > like myself, and I imagine most of my intended audience, who are
> > unfamiliar with the <url> convention.
> 
> What are you suggesting? Something like this:
> 
>         [](http://somewhere.org/)

No, I meant that as well as the current automatic link syntax:

<http://www.example.com>

it might be worth considering this syntax:

[http://www.example.com]

since it is more consistent with non-automatic links, where the
equivalent link would be created with:

[http://www.example.com](http://www.example.com)

or

[http://www.example.com][id]

i.e. the text to be linked is generally placed between square brackets
and if that text happens to be a url then it shouldn't be necessary to
specify it again.

regards,

dave