# Wiki Links vs Regular Document Links

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096>\
**Category:** DEVONthink To Go\
**Created:** [March 5, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096 "2020-03-05T17:09:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![BlueKnight](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BlueKnight](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BlueKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/1 "2020-03-05T17:09:48Z")

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So in DevonThink to Go, Wiki links are not working, but regular links are working. Is there a change in either DevonThink to Go or Devon Think to somehow enable the ability to use regular links instead in DevonThink to Go.

I have started using WikiLinks as a base to create some structured documents, and it would be so much easier if I can take it on the road with me. While I can use the links of the document it is a royal pain to do so.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/2 "2020-03-05T19:43:47Z")

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WikiLinks are not supported in DEVONthink To Go _(and never have been)_. They _may_ be a feature of the next major version.

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**Author:** ![BlueKnight](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/b38774/32.png) [@BlueKnight](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BlueKnight)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/3 "2020-03-05T22:48:34Z")

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@BLUEFROG

Pretty Please with sugar on top 🙂

The only think that I ask if you can, please recommend what to use for Wiki that “may” be supported in the future. So basically giving us guidance as to if you will support this on the TO GO what you think would be the support.

Markdown, RTF, etc… and then what you think would be the most compatible (example: Square Brackets, Mashed Words).

I am not saying that you are committing to anything just kind of plan in to the future, if you would support Wiki Links what will you support. The reason is that if you are undergoing to recreate a wiki structure for certain purposes in DevonThink, might as well do it with the concept of what **may** be supported in the future instead of having to redo everything.

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**Author:** ![rlamber3](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/4bbf92/32.png) [@rlamber3](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/rlamber3)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/4 "2020-05-08T19:35:04Z")

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+1 for WikiLinks in DEVONthink To Go. I am currently working on a personal knowledge management/second brain database and I am using Wiki Links extensively throughout with Markdown files. Its a pain not to see them when I refer to the documents in DTTG.

I am using double brackets to trigger mine. I would hope that if it becomes a feature that all of the options for creating wiki links that are supported in DT3 would also be recognized in DTTG.

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**Author:** ![curtismchale](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/curtismchale/32/7389_2.png) [@curtismchale](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/curtismchale)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/5 "2020-05-19T18:18:19Z")

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Also would love to see WikiLinks in DEVONthink To Go. I use them heavily and have always just searched on iOS but as I move more and more work to exclusively iOS DEVONthink starts to loose it’s utility.

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**Author:** ![jooz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@jooz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jooz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/6 "2020-05-19T20:37:54Z")

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**+1 for support for [[]] links in DTTG.**

My use-case is similar to @rlamber3’s: specifically I am using MD files and use wiki-links to connect multiple documents with each other.

On a similar note, I was experimenting with “Notion”-like feature, specifically I am trying to build a dashboard for my key assets to which I link back via wiki-links. Following observations:

- **this does not work in DTTG** (this just broke my heart as I was really positive that I would be able to build this with DTTG as on-the-go is a very important requirement for me)
- if the name of the links file changes this stops to work as well

2 questions:

1. Is there a way (script?) to dynamically check for any name changes and get them corrected automatically?
2. Is there a way to programmatically get a x-devonthink-link in addition to [[]] link -\> this would work as a workaround for DTTG while there is no native support for [[]] yet. To do that manually would be really a lot of waste.

This is a basic example of what I am trying to achieve

 ![image](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/9/9c63247b913cc80e83b8d94068368665ad950f56.png)

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**Author:** ![jooz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@jooz](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jooz)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/7 "2020-05-19T21:08:01Z")

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Further digging in the forum brought me to “Insert Item Link” menu command and a simple KM script to accelerate my workaround mentioned in 2.  
Here is a very basic script to achieve this:

 ![image](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/e/ee6e71e98d51950e8919009639818fe7ceba4f77.png)  
What I was able to do is something like that with both wiki link (which works on Mac) and x-devonthink link (which works on IOS).  
 ![image](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/2X/9/9619571934b75d1280aeb2fcafb3a0ef9293993f.png)

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/8 "2020-05-20T00:22:58Z")

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iOS ≠ macOS and DEVONthink To Go and DEVONthink do not have feature-parity. Automatic WikiLinks are not a simple mechanism to implement but _may_ be part of a future release. It’s on the very long list of possible features.

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**Author:** ![Perfido\_Pelato](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/perfido_pelato/32/18769_2.png) [@Perfido\_Pelato](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Perfido_Pelato)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/9 "2021-02-28T13:26:47Z")

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@BLUEFROG

Do you plan to add wikilink support to DTTG 3 anytime soon?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/10 "2021-02-28T20:39:06Z")

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Welcome @Perfido_Pelato

Not _anytime soon_. This requires underlying technical changes as well as new text editing frameworks to work properly.

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**Author:** ![kewms](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@kewms](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/kewms)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/11 "2021-02-28T20:58:33Z")

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Will DevonThink on the Mac retroactively recognize links? That is, if I type [[Make a Link]] in a document in DTTG, then sync the document, will DT make the link for me?

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**Author:** ![Perfido\_Pelato](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/perfido_pelato/32/18769_2.png) [@Perfido\_Pelato](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Perfido_Pelato)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/12 "2021-02-28T21:08:27Z")

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Thank you @BLUEFROG, I’m an Evernote user (since 2010) and I’m currently evaluating DevonThink: I’ve played with it just half day and I found it really remarkable.

I share some notes and documents with my wife, who’s a Windows / Android user. Now I’m trying to find a solution to use DT while keep sharing with her, by taking advantage of the indexing feature of DT and using Obsidian as a middleman.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/13 "2021-02-28T21:15:25Z")

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You’re welcome and thanks for the kind words!

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/14 "2021-02-28T21:20:25Z")

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Indeed that will work provided you’ve enabled the square bracket syntax in DEVONthink, per your example.

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**Author:** ![jstarek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/858c86/32.png) [@jstarek](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/jstarek)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 7:08am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/15 "2021-03-30T07:08:28Z")

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> [@jooz](#):
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> Is there a way to programmatically get a x-devonthink-link in addition to [] link → this would work as a workaround for DTTG while there is no native support for [] yet.

I have also just come across this issue and was looking for a workaround. I found a [script for converting WikiLinks to Markdown links](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-convert-wikilinks-to-markdown-links/59889) based on x-devonthink-link syntax in the forum, perhaps that’s helpful for anyone stumbling across this thread in the future.

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**Author:** ![Grantst](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Grantst](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Grantst)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/16 "2021-03-30T09:15:34Z")

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And if you haven’t seen it you can control/right click any wiki link (in edit mode if using markdown) and select \> convert to item link. If you hold the option key this can convert all wiki - links to item links. It’s pretty cool…

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**Author:** ![JMTee](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/jmtee/32/98_2.png) [@JMTee](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/JMTee)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 9:47am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/17 "2021-03-30T09:47:52Z")

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Didn’t know about this 🤯 I’ve been agonising about the best way to link notes together, but this feature solves it for me. Thanks for pointing this out.

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**Author:** ![Grantst](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Grantst](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Grantst)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/18 "2021-03-30T23:31:24Z")

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That feature is very handy, and if you haven’t seen Bluefrogs suggestion

> [@Wikilinks and placeholders](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wikilinks-and-placeholders/63199/4):
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> Since you’re using square bracket syntax and Markdown, you can pass the name in square brackets, like so…

This helps create wiki-links on the fly, and then you can use the contextual menu to convert if you need. But this includes important a _backlink_.

The edit \> inert \> item link is also pretty handy for directly creating markdown links, or use control-cmd E, but not quite as smooth as the [[ method.

I would love to see an option of all links being created as item links as they are more robust and iOS friendly.

Bear does this exact thing, so it’s definitely possible (but of course Bear is not DT nor has any of it’s superpowers).

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**Author:** ![pete31](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/d26b3c/32.png) [@pete31](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/pete31)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/19 "2021-03-31T00:10:03Z")

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> [@jstarek](#):
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> I found a [script for converting WikiLinks to Markdown links](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/script-convert-wikilinks-to-markdown-links/59889) based on x-devonthink-link syntax

The script was written before the built-in command (see below) was introduced.

> [@Grantst](#):
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> And if you haven’t seen it you can control/right click any wiki link (in edit mode if using markdown) and select \> convert to item link. If you hold the option key this can convert all wiki - links to item links.

To convert wikilinks of more that one record at once the script is still useful.

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**Author:** ![Grantst](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Grantst](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Grantst)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/wiki-links-vs-regular-document-links/54096/20 "2021-03-31T00:22:23Z")

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I agree Pete31, you’re script is still going to come in handy, and would be a good one to hard bake into one of DT3 official script offerings.

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