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I'd like the ability to use a shortcut, but declare an explicit link text rather than using the link text defined on [[/shortcuts]]. For example, if I create a shortcut "xcbgit" pointing to files in an XCB gitweb repository, I don't always want to use the path to the file as the link text; I would like to src/xcb.xsd, but use the link text "XML Schema for the X Window System protocol".

If I understand you correctly, you can use Markdown [your link text](the path or URL) . Using your example: XML Schema for the X Window System protocol

If I don't understand this, can you give an HTML example? --[[JeremyReed]]

The problem is like that in [[bugs/shortcuts_don't_escape_from_Markdown]]. We would like to use the shortcuts plugin but add a descriptive text -- in this case [[xcbgit src/xcb.xsd|XML Schema...]] The file src/xcb.xsd could be any url, and the point of shortcuts is that you get to shorten it. --Ethan