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Feb 28, 2026 at 8:50pm
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How do I make an x-link?
by Annette Author IconMail Icon
Hello,

I tried to create an x-link by typing the old way. Open curly brace, type x-link, colon, instert the weblink, closing curly brace. Type the name of the thing I want to tell. Open curly brace, type /x-link, closing curly brace.

When I checked it with the {/} thing turned on, it showed me that it wasn't working because the link was automatically double braced by the system. I deleted the extra curly braces and my link is now showing the way I want to, but is there a more intuitive way to do that without having to fix it before being able to see it?

How do I make those double braces not double up automatically for an x-link? I tried to find it in the @ function in the tool bar, but it seems to only take care of things within Writing.com.

{x-link:https://openlibrary.org/works/OL183675W/The_Castle_of_Otranto?edition=key%3A/books/OL37044696M}The Castle of Otranto{/x-link}

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How do I make an x-link? · 02-28-26 8:50pm
by Annette Author IconMail Icon
Re: How do I make an x-link? · 02-28-26 10:04pm
by ruwth Author IconMail Icon
Re: How do I make an x-link? · 02-28-26 10:27pm
by Ðåvê R¥åñ Author IconMail Icon
Re: How do I make an x-link? · 02-28-26 11:44pm
by The StoryMistress Author IconMail Icon
Re: How do I make an x-link? · 03-01-26 12:55am
by The StoryMaster Author IconMail Icon
Re: Re: How do I make an x-link? · 03-01-26 11:16am
by JACE Author IconMail Icon
Re: Re: How do I make an x-link? · 03-01-26 2:58pm
by Ðåvê R¥åñ Author IconMail Icon
Re: Re: Re: How do I make an x-link? · 03-01-26 3:54pm
by The StoryMaster Author IconMail Icon
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