New Link extension - previously known as Selflink plugin

[GiovanniSalmeri]

I have written a little Selflink plugin. It allows to write [a somepage] as a shortcut for [Title of the page](path/to/somepage) (or [a somepage - text for linking] as a shortcut for [text for linking](path/to/somepage). Functionally similar to the tag cms_selflink in CMSMadeSimple, which I have been using so far. Perhaps it could be useful for the wiki function of Yellow, where internal links are very common?

[GiovanniSalmeri]

A little update: after four years of honorable service, the extension Selflink is deprecated in favour of its new version Link, which does the same and much more: also external links, also "download" links (with size and type automatically shown), also automatic check for broken links. In the page of Selflink I added a little update script which modifies all old Selflink shortcuts (and, if desired, also all markdown links) to the new format.

[markseuffert]

A little tip: What one could do is renaming a repository. Then GitHub will automatically redirect from the old to the new URL in the web browser, e.g. from giovannisalmeri/selflink to giovannisalmeri/link. Should you want to inform your old users in the README, you can put a link to a point in history with detailed upgrade information. Learn more about renaming a repository.

Possible advantages of renaming a repository:

1. get automatic redirection
2. keep all issues/stars accumulated
3. have fewer obsolete/archived repositories