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[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / plugins / write.mdwn

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-lkiwiki's plugin interface allows all kinds of useful [[plugins]] to be
+Ikiwiki's plugin interface allows all kinds of useful [[plugins]] to be
 written to extend ikiwiki in many ways. Despite the length of this page,
 it's not really hard. This page is a complete reference to everything a
 plugin might want to do. There is also a quick [[tutorial]].
@@ -356,21 +356,48 @@ when the page is being previewed.)
 The function is passed named parameters: "page" and "content", and 
 should return the formatted content.
 
+### build_affected
+
+       hook(type => "build_affected", id => "foo", call => \&build_affected);
+
+This hook is called after the directly changed pages have been built,
+and can cause extra pages to be built. If links and backlinks were provided
+by a plugin, this would be where that plugin would rebuild pages whose
+backlinks have changed, for instance. The [[trail]] plugin uses this hook
+to rebuild pages whose next or previous page has changed.
+
+The function should currently ignore its parameters. It returns a list with
+an even number of items (a hash in list context), where the first item of
+each pair is a page name to be rebuilt (if it was not already rebuilt), and
+the second is a log message resembling
+`building plugins/write because the phase of the moon has changed`.
+
 ### delete
 
        hook(type => "delete", id => "foo", call => \&delete);
 
-Each time a page or pages is removed from the wiki, the referenced function
+After a page or pages is removed from the wiki, the referenced function
 is called, and passed the names of the source files that were removed.
 
-### change
+### rendered
 
-       hook(type => "change", id => "foo", call => \&render);
+       hook(type => "rendered", id => "foo", call => \&rendered);
 
-Each time ikiwiki renders a change or addition (but not deletion) to the
+After ikiwiki renders a change or addition (but not deletion) to the
 wiki, the referenced function is called, and passed the names of the
 source files that were rendered.
 
+(This hook used to be called "change", but that was not accurate.
+For now, plugins using the old hook name will still work.)
+
+### changes
+
+       hook(type => "changes", id => "foo", call => \&changes);
+
+After ikiwiki renders changes to the wiki, the referenced function is
+called, and passed the names of the source files that were added, modified,
+or deleted.
+
 ### cgi
 
        hook(type => "cgi", id => "foo", call => \&cgi);