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--- namespaces [2018-03-30 13:01] – old revision restored (2017-12-05 10:46) LarsDW223
+++ namespaces [2020-10-04 17:28] – [Creating Namespaces] removed unessary sentence about paths andi
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-====== Namespaces ======
-A namespace is similar to a directory or folder, while pages are similar to files.
-In [[DokuWiki]]  you can use namespaces to categorize your pages. For names of namespaces the same restrictions hold as for [[pagename|pagenames]].
-A default DokuWiki installation comes with the built-in namespaces: //wiki// and //playground//.
 ===== Creating Namespaces =====
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 A namespace can be created in the media manager after having selected a file on the local computer and adding a ''name:'' (of namespace wanted) just before the media file name and then clicking ''upload''. This will create on the fly the namespace (folder) for the file media, visible after a refresh of the windows.
-In DokuWiki pages are created as in every other wiki. Simply create a link to a non existing page, follow this link, and click on Create this page. See also [[.:page#create_a_page|Adding pages]].
+In DokuWiki, pages are created as in every other wiki. Simply create a link to a non existing page, follow this link, and click on Create this page. See also [[.:page#create_a_page|Adding pages]].
 ^  Examples:  ^^
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 :!: Gotcha: The syntax for relative and absolute internal links is non-unique and complex relative to directory and filename conventions.
-Paths are absolute if and only if they begin with "/".
 Links are absolute if and only if they have a ":" prefix or have no prefix but do have intermediate (or suffix) ":"
 Links relative to the current namespace may also begin with either "." or ".:" (".." or "..:" for parent namespace).
+===== Referring Images =====
+Regarding referring of namespaces, images and other media files are handled like wiki pages. That means, the following refers to an image that belongs to the current namespace:
+<code>
+{{image.jpg}}
+</code>
 ===== Deleting namespaces =====
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 It is possible to link to the default file of a namespace by ending the linkid
-with a colon: %%[[foo:bar:]]%%. Which page the link links to is dependent on the
+with a colon: ''%%[[foo:bar:]]%%''. Which page the link links to is dependent on the
-existence of certain named files. For %%[[foo:bar:]]%% the following pages are
+existence of certain named files. For ''%%[[foo:bar:]]%%'' the following pages are
 checked:
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 The pages are checked in that order and whatever page is found first will be linked to. [[config:autoplural|Autoplural]] linking is not done for those links.
-DokuWiki supports [[doku>Interwiki]] links. These are quick links to other Wikis.
+===== Interwiki Links =====
-For example this is a link to Wikipedia's page about Wikis: [[wp>Wiki]].
+DokuWiki supports Interwiki links. These are quick links to other Wikis.
+For example: [[wp>Wiki]] is a link to Wikipedia's page about Wikis. → Main article: [[doku>Interwiki]]