- """]]
-
-ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a
-space in directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]].
-This syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives
-with no parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in
-[[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed syntax
-shown above as the preferred alternative. However, ikiwiki still supports
-wikis using the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is not enabled.
-For backward compatibility with existing wikis, this option currently
-defaults to off, so ikiwiki supports the old syntax.
+ """ othertext='''
+ 1. 'quux'
+ 2. "foo"
+ ''']]
+
+If you want to put text with triple quotes into a parameter value, you can
+use perl-style here-doc syntax, even nesting it like this:
+
+ \[[!directive text=<<OUTER
+ [[!otherdirective <<INNER
+ inner text
+ INNER]]
+ outer text
+ OUTER]]
+
+ikiwiki also has an older syntax for directives, which requires a space in
+directives to distinguish them from [[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. This
+syntax has several disadvantages: it requires a space after directives with
+no parameters (such as `\[[pagecount ]]`), and it prohibits spaces in
+[[wikilinks|ikiwiki/wikilink]]. ikiwiki now provides the `!`-prefixed
+syntax shown above as default. However, ikiwiki still supports wikis using
+the older syntax, if the `prefix_directives` option is disabled.