the role and syntax for #^ ?

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 13:58:38 +0100

What role becomes #^ for example here https://urlfor.me//1 . Where can I to look up the syntax for #^ ?

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Andrew

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:00:07 +0100

This is a confusing thing for all newcomers. If you install the bookmarker plugin, it will replace those characters with a bookmark icon. I have no idea why this is a plugin thing. Probably "historical reasons".

neue medienordnung plus

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:09:12 +0100 last edited: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 15:09:37 +0100

This is a confusing thing for all newcomers.

Thank you for answer.
Proposal: This confusing thing to explain in the help:). Is it harmful, when I delete this #^ -thing in my posts?

If you install the bookmarker plugin, it will replace those characters with a bookmark icon.

My experience is, that plugin-based-solutions are short-lived and flaky :|.

JRandal

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 19:11:39 +0100

I guess that explains why I only ever see the two characters rather than a bookmark icon.

Mike Macgirvin

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:18:09 +0100

That sequence of characters is a tag. It isn't a hashtag and it isn't a mention. It's a different kind of tag. It indicates a link which can be saved to your bookmarks. If you see these characters (or the icon) you can visit your actions menu and save the link to your bookmarks. If you're using the plugin, you can also just click the icon to save the bookmarks. We make most links bookmarkable, because many of us keep lists of things to 'read later'.

Hubzilla provides a number of these "tag" mechanisms which are not found in other services. Due to the variations of these which are possible, we have some tag sequences of more than one character, such as the 'private mention' and the 'bookmark' tag and the 'forum delivery' tag.

If you remove those characters, it cannot be saved to your bookmarks without visiting the link and activating the Firefox Social provider for Hubzilla or using some other method.

The "bookmark icon" and 'save bookmark' action does not federate to other networks, and is incompatible with some themes. That's why we have a bookmarker plugin. It smooths over the raw 'bookmark' tag and displays it in a friendlier way and adds direct interactivity. For the reasons stated and the fact that you cannot easily type a bookmark icon into a post, this is the way it has to be done.

Mike Macgirvin

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 20:42:20 +0100

PS> see help/tags_and_mentions for a description of various tag mechanisms, but it seems the bookmark section was missing from that document. I've just added it.

Andrew

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 02:49:49 +0100

In the pull request I just made, I revised and moved your tags and mentions page into the member guide (and slipped in some usability improvements for #doco navigation and link sharing).

Doco updates by anaqreon · Pull Request #664 · redmatrix/hubzilla

Integrate tags and mentions page doco into member guide. Fix bug when loading page with section link. Change URL when scrolling to stay current with viewed section to facilitate easy help page link...

Mike Macgirvin

Thu, 02 Feb 2017 03:10:27 +0100

Thanks for that.