YSK: Lemmy 0.18.0 Now supports text to link conversion
GOODBYE RELATIVE LINKS!!!
It is now enough to simply write the name of a community/magazine in the !name@instan.ce format, and lemmy will convert that into a clickable local link for each users instance, so they never get taken off-instance in a manner especially confusing to new users.
Examples:
If you are on an instance now running 0.18.0, you'll see four clickable links. These are not relative markdown links, I simply wrote the name of the communities in plain-text.
If you want to see it in action before your instance is on 0.18.0, here’s a hardcoded link to view this post on an instance that’s already on 0.18.0 right now: https://sh.itjust.works/post/374636
Woo hoo! Will this also help between Kbin and Lemmy?
Yes, it works with kbin mags too, from lemmy.
Kbin would have to be updated, too, to be able to do the same thing.