New wysiwyg editor+solution
A new editor - TinyMCE.
You can configure it at *tinyMCE - config info: http://wiki.moxiecode.com/index.php/TinyMCE:Configuration
add link instructions to the bottom -- use the bar for that:
link: [ [name]] / [ [name|text]] or include: { {name}} / { {name|view}}
Remaining issues moved to their own tickets and tagged with TinyMCE.