[FM Discuss] Hyperlinking chapters in booki interface

[Janet Swisher]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Lachlan Musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:41, Edward Cheung <aifolposes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I have a quick question: while entering content into a chapter in the
>> FLOSS Manuals booki interface, is there a way to insert a hyperlink to
>> another chapter in the same manual?
>
> I seem to recall this being frowned upon for some reason. I remember
> wanting to do same and being advised against - "try to keep each
> chapter atomic and independent". I presume it makes for easier
> "remixing"
>
> Having said that, of course it's possible. I presume you just copy the
> link of the chap in q and paste into a link text?

You should use the full URL (not a relative link) to the other
chapter, in case the one you're working on gets remixed separately
from the one you're linking to. And put the URL in the text, as well
as in the link, so that it can be referenced even from a printed page.

--Janet