Chapbook-style links don't show arrows linking passages in the editor

[jtheory]

Describe the bug I used the Link -> Passage Link function to add new links in the editor, and that created links like this: {link to: 'Passage name', label: 'Label text'} ...which works when testing the story, but aren't supported otherwise in the editor (no arrows between passages, no autocomplete for passage name, no auto-creation of new passages).

I went hunting through the docs, found the [[Passage name<-Label text]] format, and that works fully.

What's the direction here? I've hunted through issues but not found any discussion, and the docs don't talk about a custom Chapbook style anywhere that I could find.

To Reproduce

• Use the editor menu to insert a link in a Chapbook story; no editor support
• Also manually enter a standard [[]] type link, after some confusion & searching docs
• Notice that many link features only work with the manually-entered classic link style

Expected behavior Two good options for consistency across docs & the editor:

• full support in the editor for Chapbook-style links, and updated docs
• insert classic links in the editor (maybe just until there's full support for Chapbook links)

Stories and screenshots Here's an example -- there are two links from "Realization", to Call friend and Processing done, but only the classic style one shows the arrow.

Environment Twine version 2.8.1 (89) in Ubuntu via Snap.

[greyelf]

note: the same "no connection arrow is shown" issue is true for any Link Inserts that accepts a Passage name as an argument. eg. {reveal link}

[klembot]

This should be fixed as of version 2.0.0. Could you try that out?

[greyelf]

@klembot I reinstalled Chapbook v2.0.0 using the URL from the documentation's Version History section, and then created a new project with the following initial Passage... note: both of the Links were created using the toolbar option.

:: Start
Content of the initial Passage visited
{link to: 'Second', label: 'Next'}
{reveal link: 'Show Third', passage: 'Third'}

...and as neither the Second or Third Passages referenced by the Links were auto-created I manually did that myself.

A dashed connection arrow is show between Start and Third, but no arrow is shown between Start and Second.

[klembot]

@greyelf most of what you're describing is intended behavior; the dotted-line references that Twine allows format to specify do not autocreate passages, which was an intentional decision. There does seem to be a bug where it recognizes {link to: 'Second'} but not {link to: 'Second', label: 'Next'}.