In principle this is a good idea - we already have linking schemes to Perl documentation and CPAN, so we should also provide convenient ways to link to the ever changing Perl6 documentation. As [bareword] links are traditionally on-site links, I propose a different scheme, similar to [doc://] and [cpan://]:

  1. [syn://S(\d\d)(?::(\d+))?] could link to "http://perlcabal.org/syn/S$1.html#$2"
  2. [syn://S(\d\d)(?:/(\w+))?] could link to "http://perlcabal.org/syn/S$1.html#$2"

This is a bit off the cuff, but as both kinds of links are to Perl6 synopses, using the pseudo-protocol syn:// makes sense to me - maybe a different name like perl6syn:// makes more sense (yet makes it more verbose)...

What I wouldn't like is making the traditionally local links [\w+] going off-site, even for a class of special cases.

Update: I wrote handlelinks settings - (patch), which implements this scheme, but have neither tested nor applied that patch yet.

In reply to Re: Request for Perl 6 links by Corion
in thread Request for Perl 6 links by moritz

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