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    "canonical": ":beta:markdown",
    "page_id": "8ogpjczen4u99yp6xaurh"
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---
====== Markdown Page ======

===== About =====
This [[beta|beta]] idea is to create more [[docs:utility:markdown|markdown capabilities]]





===== File Extension =====

Actually, there is no way to change the file extension of a page.

This is possible to change it at write/read but the [[https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/blob/master/inc/pageutils.php#L292|wikiFN]] function
that makes the translation between a ID and a file does not allow it.


A simple modification such as the below in the[[https://github.com/splitbrain/dokuwiki/blob/master/inc/pageutils.php#L307|wikiFn function]] works for writing / editing a file (The history functionality was not tested).
<code php>
if ($id == "markdown"){
        $ext = 'md';
} else {
        $ext = 'txt';
}

if(empty($rev)){
    $fn = $conf['datadir'].'/'.utf8_encodeFN($id).'.'.$ext;
}else{
   $fn = $conf['olddir'].'/'.utf8_encodeFN($id).'.'.$rev.'.'.$ext;
   ....
}
</code>

See [[https://forum.dokuwiki.org/d/18009-allowing-md-files-as-well-as-txt-files-wherehow-to-file/2|forum thread on the subject]]