VimWiki - How to create a link to a code file, and open that file with vim

Question

I am new to VimWiki.

I am currently taking my class notes with VimWiki, and love the organization it provides.However I want to link my SQL & c code from class to one of my classes index's, but whenever I try to link it with

[[FileName.FileType]]

It just comes out as

[[FileName.FileType.wiki]]

I also tried

[[file:\FileName.FileType]]

and it did not work in the context of being unable to open with VIM, by HTML hyperlink path showed

file:::C\VimWiki_HTML\FileName.FileType

Is there a way I can make it link to the correct file type, and through vim be able to open that file

Answer 1

but whenever I try to link it with [[FileName.FileType]] It just comes out as [[FileName.FileType.wiki]]

Vimwiki use the wiki syntax [[name]] to handle wiki files (with extension .wiki) in your wiki space (by default ~/vimwiki, so this example will look for the file ~/vimwiki/name.wiki that's all.)

Maybe there's a way to derogate that rule, I dunno (I never had that need.) But Vimwiki also supports markdown syntax, and that's what I use for external (and non-wiki) files: [filename or description](path/to/FileName.FileExtension)

I also tried [[file:\FileName.FileType]]

Yes, you can also use wiki syntax for local resources/files with appropriate prefix. But still use forward slashes, even on Windows filesystem: [[file:path/to/FileName.FileExtension]] or [[local:path/to/FileName.FileExtension]] is perhaps what you were looking for.