title: Link Formatting
modifier: psd
created: 20110211143122
modified: 20110215151920
tags: formatting
creator: matt

!Wiki Links
Any words or phrases that are CamelCase or compound words - in which the elements are joined without spaces - will result in them becoming links to tiddlers with that name. 

For example,
{{{
WikiWord
}}}
Displays as:
WikiWord

To stop this happening the words must be escaped:
{{{
~WikiWord
}}}
Displays as:
~WikiWord

Alternatively, a tiddler can be linked to using square brackets to encompass the whole tiddler title:
{{{
[[tiddler name]]
}}}
!Pretty Links
Optionally, custom text can be added, separated by a pipe character (|)
{{{
[[alternative link text|tiddler name]]
}}}
Displays as:
[[link to our WikiWords tiddler|WikiWords]]
!External Links
Writing the URL in the text results in a link to that external site:
{{{
http://osmosoft.com
}}}
Displays as:
http://osmosoft.com
Similar to pretty links alternative text can be used to link to external sites:
{{{
[[Visit the Osmosoft site|http://osmosoft.com]]
}}}
Displays as:
[[Visit the Osmosoft site|http://osmosoft.com]]
!Links to Other Spaces
Link to a space by preceding it with {{{@}}}:
{{{
@about
}}}
Displays as:
@about

Suppress space linking with {{{~}}}:
{{{
~@about
}}}
~@about
Link to a tiddler within another space:
{{{
TiddlyWiki@glossary
[[TiddlySpace API]]@glossary
[[Information about the HTTP interface|TiddlySpace API]]@glossary
}}}
Displays as:
TiddlyWiki@glossary
[[TiddlySpace API]]@glossary
[[Information about the HTTP interface|TiddlySpace API]]@glossary