[announcement] apt links on the wiki

[Robert McWilliam]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30:35AM +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote:
> I can confirm that apturl isn't installed on a Kubuntu Intrepid box I 
> have access to.  How about if we uploaded a small "package" icon (like 
> Synaptic's icon), then used markup of the form:
> 
> {{{
> To frobnicate your computer, install 
> [[InstallingSoftware#installing-a-package|{{package-icon.png}}]] 
> [[apt:foo|foo]]
> }}}
> 
> Which would be displayed as:
> 
> {{{
> To frobnicate your computer, install []_foo_
> }}}
> 

I really don't like that idea. Any example of an icon with text next
it that I can think of has both doing the same thing and breaking that
convention runs the risk of confusing users. Are there other places
that use icon and text next to it to do different things?

     Robert

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