`. That's the "lightest" form of
> markup that is built into ikiwiki itself.
>
> Alternatively^2, some different hook (I think [[plugins/typography]]
> might use the right one?) could interpret an ad-hoc syntax and
> turn it into a `
` either before or after `htmlize` processing.
> However, that would be adding an extra layer of syntax for your
> users to keep track of.
>
> [[templates|ikiwiki/directive/template]] are another way this could
> work:
>
> \[[!template id=warning text="Do as I say, not as I do."]]
>
> There's a "note" template bundled with ikiwiki already.
>
> --[[smcv]]
>> I think you mean the `htmlize` hook, as I cannot find any `htmlize`
>> plugin.. That said, yeah, i understand the limitations of Ikiwiki
>> here. I guess that the [[ikiwiki/directive/template]] directive is a
>> good workaround, but it's not really shorter to write:
>>
>> \[[!template id=warning text="Do as I say, not as I do."]]
>>
>> than to write:
>>
>> [[!format txt """
Do as I say, not as I do.
"""]]
>>
>> ... in fact, it's actually longer. So short of allowing arbitrary
>> classes *and* fenced blocks, I don't think this can go much
>> further.
>>
>> We *could*, however, import the admonition styles from MoinMoin
>> directly. It would involve importing 5 icons from MoinMoin and
>> creating associated styles. Is that something you would be open to?
>>
>> --[[anarcat]]
>> Looking more at the MoinMoin images, the source (and license!) for
>> them is not quite clear, so they don't make such great targets for
>> inclusion. They are, nevertheless, included in Debian so presumably
>> they are DFSG-friendly? The copyright file marks them as "UNKNOWN"
>> which is worrisome... I have found the following results about them:
>>
>> * [admon-warning.png][] seems to be [public domain according to this sketchy site][]
>> * [admon-note.png][] seems to have a [source in XFCE][], as part of
>> the notes plugin
>> * [admon-tip.png][] is used in the Debian release notes, so is
>presumably fine as well [source there](https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/images/note.png)
>> * [admon-important.png][], same, [important.png](https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/amd64/release-notes/images/important.png)
>> * [admon-caution.png][] can be found in Mediawiki as well, which is
>> a good source of icons. According to Debian, some are public domain,
>> some are LGPL (!?). In MediaWiki itself, the source of that file is
>> lost in the mists of time.
>>
>> Even though there is some confusion about the source of those
>> images, I think, in good faith, that they can be generally be
>> considered reusable. --[[anarcat]]
[public domain according to this sketchy site]: http://all-free-download.com/free-vector/download/tango_process_stop_115912.html
[source in XFCE]: http://git.xfce.org/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin/tree/data/icons/scalable/xfce4-notes-plugin.svg
[admon-warning.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-warning.png
[admon-note.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-note.png
[admon-tip.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-tip.png
[admon-important.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-important.png
[admon-caution.png]: https://moinmo.in/moin_static19/modernized/img/admon-caution.png
Update: I have made a [[plugins/contrib/admonition]] plugin for this
purpose, as a patch. Hopefully it will be mergeable here? Here's a
screenshot of what the help page would look like, to give you an idea
of the results:
![](http://paste.anarc.at/snaps/snap-2016.04.15-18.07.39.png)
---
I like the idea of admonitions. I've done something vaguely similar on my own site ([e.g.](https://jmtd.net/film/blade_runner/)), but I just
use `\[[!template` and put up with the verbosity.I like that `\[[!tip` is shorter than `\[[!template id=…`. If
I was being a total purist I'd argue that the correct change would be to make a syntax shortcut
for the template syntax, since functionally that's what `tip` is doing, and include the
admonition styles in either `style.css` or in every shipped theme. But I'm more of a pragmatist
and your current plugin actually exists and IkiWiki is starving for contributors (IMHO)
so I encourage maintainers to merge it. I will probably merge it into [opinionated ikiwiki](https://jmtd.net/log/opinionated_ikiwiki/)
in either case (which will at least mean there'll be another avenue for people to check it out) *— [[Jon]], 2020-08-07*
> One quick tip/request, [[anarcat]]: If you could update the "master" branch in your IkiWiki
> fork to match the merge base for your branches, it would be easy to use Gitlab's "compare"
> feature in-browser to see a combined diff of your changes. *— [[Jon]], 2020-08-07*
> > Thanks for your support and comments! :) I don't have the time to manage another extra branch on top of the stack I already have unfortunately. but it might be simpler for me in the future... I keep on hoping all patches get merged and that i don't need to (more officially) fork `master`, but it seems that's where I need to go myself... In the meantime you can see the list of patches I maintain in [[users/anarcat]] and [my maintenance log](https://anarc.at/services/wiki/). I hope that helps! -- [[anarcat]]