VimwikiBacklinks doesn't see wiki-style [[links]] when using markdown syntax

[nebulaeandstars]

tl;dr: VimwikiBacklinks can recognise [normal-links](normal-links), but not [[wiki-style-links]]. Given that vimwiki seems to support both formats, I assume this is a bug.

• expected behaviour: both forms of link should be counted as a backlink.
• actual behaviour: only [markdown-style links](some-other-note) are detected.
• bug is present in the latest versions of both dev and master.

vimwiki config:

let g:vimwiki_list = [{
            \'path': '~/docs/notes/',
            \'path_html': '~/docs/notes/html',
            \'syntax': 'markdown',
            \'ext': '.md',
            \}]

let g:vimwiki_table_mappings = 0
let g:vimwiki_global_ext = 0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Make three files
2. Add two links to the first file:
   • [second-file](second-file)
   • [[third-file]]
3. Follow the links and test using :VWB
   • the second file will have a backlink to the first
   • the third file will not

[nebulaeandstars]

After some digging around, it looks like vim-zettel might have a working implementation, but I haven't spent much time trying to figure out how it works.

[nebulaeandstars]

I'm not that familiar with vimscript, but I've made an MR for this, as it ended up being a fairly quick fix

[fcsm1922]

@nebulaeandstars,

I'm not that familiar with vimscript, but I've made an MR for this, as it ended up being a fairly quick fix

Hi.Please tell me how you solved this problem?

[nebulaeandstars]

I just changed a small part of the function that generates the list of links.

Before it was saying "If in markdown mode, count markdown links, otherwise count wiki links."

Now it says "Count wiki links. If in markdown mode, also count markdown links."

Pull request is here. It doesn't like it can merge anymore, though.

[fcsm1922]

@nebulaeandstars,

did you change this in the base.vim file?
could you post your file? so as not to make mistakes when changing))

[fcsm1922]

made changes to the file ~/.vim/bundle/vimwiki/autoload/vimwiki/base.vim that you made.... and nothing..
and yes... the base.vim file is smaller for some reason (by the number of lines of code)

in the created vimwiki directory
[[folder/filename]]
when converting index.md to html file index.html outputs
[[folder/filename]] instead of a link to a file located in folder

explanation:

[[create folder/create file|file description]]

convert to html

[[create folder/create file|file description]] is rendered in index.html as follows. instead of following the file description link

VimwikiShowVersion: stable 2.5

Update:

I sort of figured it out. create such folders [index.md file description](creation folder/file name) and everything works.

but it's unclear why the number of lines in base.vim is less than on the website...

Thanks!

[lumpsoid]

@fcsm1922
you can use the fzf plugin for vim on this purpose, just take search by the name (id) of your file

[brennen]

Should be resolved with application of 3ac8e1a.