This is identical to a preprocess hook (see below), except that it is
called in the initial pass that scans pages for data that will be used in
-later passes. Scan hooks are the only hook that should modify
+later passes. Scan hooks are the only hook that should modify `%links`.
### preprocess
parameters: `cgi`, `session`, and `form`. These are, respectively, the
`CGI` object, the user's `CGI::Session`, and a `CGI::FormBuilder`.
-Each time a form is set up, the formbuilder_setup hook is called.
-Typically the formbuilder_setup hook will check the form's title, and if
+Each time a form is set up, the `formbuilder_setup` hook is called.
+Typically the `formbuilder_setup` hook will check the form's title, and if
it's a form that it needs to modify, will call various methods to
add/remove/change fields, tweak the validation code for the fields, etc. It
will not validate or display the form.
If your plugin needs to access data about other pages in the wiki. It can
use the following hashes, using a page name as the key:
-* `%links` lists the names of each page that a page links to, in an array
+* `links` lists the names of each page that a page links to, in an array
reference.
* `%renderedfiles` lists names of the files rendered by a page, in an array
reference.
This is the standard gettext function, although slightly optimised.
+#### `urlto($$)`
+
+Construct a relative url to the first parameter from the second.
+
+#### `targetpage($$)`
+
+Passed a page and an extension, returns the filename that page will be
+rendered to.
+
## RCS plugins
ikiwiki's support for revision control systems also uses pluggable perl