what about editing a node? will the user editing the node see their original shortcut link, or will they see the expanded link?

if you can't easily edit these links afterward, then their value is not as great. on the other hand, i doubt that the expense of generating real links on-the-fly or storing two copies of the node text (source and expanded) are worth it either.

i think that having these sort of links go to a separate page that lists the full link and perhaps redirects after 5 to 10 seconds would be the most maintainable implementation.

that way, the author can simply edit the original text, the user will have a chance to see what resource their being sent to (and a chance to cancel), and it can be forward and backward compatible (as long as there's no links with titles matching /^(?:(RFC):(\d+)|(CPAN):(\w+(?:::\w+)*))$/ ).

In reply to RE: RE: RE: Direct links to module documentation by mdillon
in thread Direct links to module documentation by Corion

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