TiddlyWiki5/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/concepts/Hard and Soft Links.tid

created: 20150123220237000
modified: 20240610085736941
tags: Concepts
title: Hard and Soft Links
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

A <<.def "hard link">> is a [[link|Linking in WikiText]] that can be detected by a superficial examination of WikiText.

A link is <<.def "soft">> if it is:

* contained in text [[trancluded|Transclusion]] from elsewhere
* supplied via a [[macro|Macros]] or [[variable|Variables]]
* generated by a link widget whose <<.attr to>> attribute is a transclusion, macro or variable

<$macrocall $name=".warning" _="""Soft links are not detected by link-related filter operators such as <<.olink backlinks>>, <<.olink links>>, <<.olink all>> and <<.olink is>>."""/>

This concept is analogous to [[Hard and Soft Transclusions]].
Overhaul the filter operator documentation: part 2 2015-01-24 21:18:44 +00:00			`created: 20150123220237000`
Improve docs of transcludes and backtranscludes operators (#8247) * Improve docs of transcludes and backtranscludes operators * Improve docs: cross reference hard/soft links and transclusions 2024-06-10 10:36:44 +00:00			`modified: 20240610085736941`
Overhaul the filter operator documentation: part 2 2015-01-24 21:18:44 +00:00			`tags: Concepts`
			`title: Hard and Soft Links`
			`type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki`

Improve docs of transcludes and backtranscludes operators (#8247) * Improve docs of transcludes and backtranscludes operators * Improve docs: cross reference hard/soft links and transclusions 2024-06-10 10:36:44 +00:00			`A <<.def "hard link">> is a [[link\|Linking in WikiText]] that can be detected by a superficial examination of WikiText.`
Overhaul the filter operator documentation: part 2 2015-01-24 21:18:44 +00:00
			`A link is <<.def "soft">> if it is:`

			`* contained in text [[trancluded\|Transclusion]] from elsewhere`
			`* supplied via a [[macro\|Macros]] or [[variable\|Variables]]`
			`* generated by a link widget whose <<.attr to>> attribute is a transclusion, macro or variable`

Macros and styles for tips and warnings 2015-02-26 16:32:00 +00:00			`<$macrocall $name=".warning" _="""Soft links are not detected by link-related filter operators such as <<.olink backlinks>>, <<.olink links>>, <<.olink all>> and <<.olink is>>."""/>`
Improve docs of transcludes and backtranscludes operators (#8247) * Improve docs of transcludes and backtranscludes operators * Improve docs: cross reference hard/soft links and transclusions 2024-06-10 10:36:44 +00:00
			`This concept is analogous to [[Hard and Soft Transclusions]].`