I now have two macros that automate the creation of [reference-style links][1] for Markdown documents. The first is used while you're typing and you come to a spot where you want to add a link. It's documented [here][2] and [here][3]. The second is used when you want to select some text already in the document and turn it into a link. It's documented [here][4]. Thanks to the members of the list who gave me pointers.

[1]: they look like this, but with a URL here [2]: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2006/02/textmate_and_links_again.html [3]: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2006/03/new_and_improved_textmate_and.html [4]: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2006/03/markdown_links_in_textmate_the.html

-- Dr. Drang