From 244d85db5cc8c836208f86b5958612e1e9e5e9e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Preston-Werner Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 22:49:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document external links in Readme. --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 965b677f..2f8b8e14 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -113,6 +113,18 @@ Here are a few more examples: [[モルドール]] -> モルドール.ext +## EXTERNAL LINKS + +As a convenience, simple external links can be placed within brackets and they +will be linked to the given URL with the URL as the link text. For example: + + [[http://example.com]] + +External links must begin with either "http://" or "https://". If you need +something more flexible, you can resort to the link syntax in the page's +underlying markup format. + + ## ABSOLUTE VS. RELATIVE VS. EXTERNAL PATH For Gollum tags that operate on static files (images, PDFs, etc), the paths